Zhuo Bi.

A heavily armored soldier, Zhuo Bi is the Gatekeeper of the Village of Lu and keeps guard on behalf of the general Wu Xuan.

Slow, steadfast and impossible to push back, he wears full plate with the helmet tipped down. His enormous shield bears a snarling beast on its face, and each swing crushes whatever it meets.

The fight with Soul happens in the Village of Lu on the main route. Winning rewards you with the Bastion Phantom Edge, forged out of his own shield. Wu Xuan, who appears afterward in Pangzhen, wears armor built the same way as his.

A Life of Horns and Commands

Military camps raised Zhuo Bi, and horns and commands were all he knew. East was where he went if Wu Xuan said east, and west if Wu Xuan said west.

He took the command to undergo Transcension without a moment's doubt.

Guarding a Line No One Sees

Only the duty of holding the line remains of who he was. So long has he gone without glancing back that he is unaware of the red threads now winding across the Village of Lu and the puppets covering its ground.

Watching the Village Gate

A boss on the main route, Zhuo Bi occupies an arena at the heart of Village of Lu; heading toward the village gate will bring you face to face with him.

His defeat hands you the Bastion Phantom Edge. In the arena is a chest holding a Blackstone Fragment, with a Memory Flower and a headband for the Young Mistress tale nearby.

Soldier to the core, Zhuo Bi obeys commands unquestioningly, never looks back, and retains nothing of himself except the duty to defend his post.

Zhuo Bi is slow yet powerful. His shield comes down in crushing arcs or into the ground, sending up a surge of dust, and he can kneel behind it to rush. He doesn't dodge at all.

Starting figures: 10,000 HP, 4,000 Sha-Chi. Damage from lightning is amplified by 30 percent and from ice by 16 percent, whereas fire, water and poison are blunted by 60, 60 and 30 percent respectively. Bleed and Blood Burst never affect him. Harder difficulties and later playthroughs push the starting numbers higher.

Once carried by Zhuo Bi, the Bastion is a massive shield. At level 1 it has 226 damage and 198 guard break. Reprisal Shockwave and Bolt Ward number among its moves, and since it lets you get past arrow traps, it works for exploring as well as for defending.

The Zhuo Bi fight happens in the arena of the gatekeeper at the heart of the Village of Lu. A chest holding a Blackstone Fragment stands inside; leftward from it, the way continues to a Memory Flower. Once through the gate, you find a headband knotted around a tree, a goal in the Young Mistress tale.