Back when Liang Chuan was still a clueless Genshin newbie, he had once used triple-digit damage numbers to scrape several Stonehide Lawachurls to death.
His secret?
"Backboarding."
That is—memorizing every single attack pattern of the Stonehide Lawachurl.
As long as this Lawachurl's attacks in this world hadn't changed, he was absolutely confident he could solo it without taking a single hit.
"Chuan-ge?!
What are you doing?!
Don't go—
You'll die!!!"
The First Assassin of Fandou Garden stomped anxiously as Liang Chuan strode toward the Stonehide Lawachurl.
But how could he possibly stop him?
Their stats weren't even on the same planet.
Under the shocked gazes of every single player, Liang Chuan walked right up to the towering monster.
"What do we do now? Just… watch Chuan-ge get flattened?"
The First Assassin frowned.
"I—I'll put down a few Scare Boxes.
Maybe he'll use them to escape later…"
The Clown-class player She Never Loved Me crouched on the ground, setting up boxes everywhere.
"Bro, that's clown behavior for real.
You think your little toy boxes can actually scare a giant Hilichurl?"
"What else can I do?! I gotta help somehow!"
"That… um… does this big Hilichurl fall to charm?"
The Black Widow player, ID Boundary-Pusher, swayed her hips, posed seductively, and struck a sultry S-curve.
Her avatar was tall, curvy, and dressed… minimally.
Whether the Lawachurl cared was unknown.
But a whole bunch of male players definitely cared.
"Calm down. Calm down!!!
Character creation exists.
Female players all sculpt themselves into goddess-tier beauties.
Reality… may not exactly match…"
The First Assassin inhaled sharply, forcing himself to remain sane.
"Besides, this game doesn't allow full interaction.
You can't do… those things.
No matter how pretty the avatars look, you can only admire from afar…
This is torture!!!"
"Uh, yeah… I'm logging off for today.
Gonna go… 'study Japanese' on my browser."
One player couldn't handle the temptation and logged out instantly.
"See?! I told you!
There shouldn't be female players in the raid!
Especially not a Black Widow with built-in charm skills!
This is messing up our morale!"
Steel True Man snorted.
"Bro, you really ARE a real man.
You said that out loud without fear of her writing a spicy essay about you on the forums."
Iron-Handed Romantic laughed.
"Huh?
Why are you all chatting so casually?
By now, Chuan-ge's probably already been smashed into paste…"
"No… he hasn't."
Boundary-Pusher pointed ahead and giggled charmingly.
"Chuan-ge is dancing around the big Hilichurl~
That big guy can't even touch him~
Chuan-ge is sooo amazing~~"
"Shut it, you temptress!
Stop messing with our heads!
Don't make me fight you!"
Steel True Man rolled up his sleeves.
Meanwhile—
Liang Chuan was indeed moving with ease, slipping between the Lawachurl's attacks.
He watched its motions closely, whispering to himself:
"Shoulder tilt—
That's the heavy punch wind-up.
Dodge behind him."
"Arm pullback—
That means a right-upward swing.
Roll diagonally left."
"Squatting down—
That's the boar-charge. Easy. Move perpendicular."
"Back twist—
That's his 'Meteor Slam.'
When he jumps, just sprint out of the landing zone."
Every attack was read perfectly.
Every attack was dodged cleanly.
And every time he slipped past, Liang Chuan would stab the Lawachurl in the same spot using his Iron-Tipped Spear.
The damage numbers were pitifully low—
but he hit the exact same spot every single time.
Slowly, deliberately, the Stonehide Lawachurl's right leg began to crack and bleed.
If he kept it up, he'd pierce right through the limb.
Sensing danger, the Lawachurl entered Rage Mode.
Its entire body flared with golden geo energy.
Its damage spiked sharply.
Every slam now generated shockwaves.
A normal punch in regular mode might leave a sliver of HP.
A punch in Rage Mode would reduce Liang Chuan's health bar to negative values.
But—
although it raged, its attack patterns hadn't changed.
All he had to do was avoid the shockwaves.
This was easier than dodging Raiden Shogun's Musou no Hitotachi.
Liang Chuan continued: dodge, poke, dodge, poke.
Until—
CRACK.
The Iron-Tipped Spear pierced straight through the Lawachurl's right leg.
With one leg crippled, the giant could barely move.
Liang Chuan accelerated his attacks—
and finally, the Stonehide Lawachurl collapsed with a thunderous crash.
From afar, the players stared at the scene, completely dumbfounded.
"Did… did Chuan-ge just kill that thing without taking a single hit?"
"That wasn't a stat boost—
that was straight up HACKING!!!"
"I swear, that looked EXACTLY like an auto-dodge script…"
"You idiots.
Have you ever seen a script fight the controller for input priority?
Maybe, just maybe—
Chuan-ge is actually that strong?
Otherwise, why would the devs let him control the MOST IMPORTANT NPC?"
"…That does make sense.
Only the strongest staff member would be allowed to pilot the 'main crystal' NPC."
While players argued—
Liang Chuan looted a Black Bronze Horn and a Damaged Mask.
His experience bar shot up instantly—
straight to Level 14.
After adding his stat points:
Base stats (no passives):
Physique: 36
Strength: 21
Agility: 19
Spirit: 18
Even without passive boosts, his raw stats were already the absolute peak of human capability.
With passives?
Even a Vision-holder would get flattened.
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