During this mission you have to confront two bosses.
This page of the guide contains a walkthrough for this mission.
First Shrine
Go straight ahead and pray at the first shrine.
Kill Gaki near the corpse.
Jump down and kill Yoki and the Skeleton Warrior.
Watch out for another human enemy standing on the cliff on the right, who will shoot at you.
Defeat Nure-Onna, who will arrive from the land of Yokai.
Go ahead and climb up - there’s a shooter on the right.
it’s possible for you to find a Kodama behind the tree by which he stands.
Go to the right and kick off the door, which is the aforementioned shortcut.
Instead of crossing the bridge, go left and reach the top of the structure.
Move across the wooden footbridge.
A new will come across a new pop in of Yoki in the building that uses Kusarigama.
By defeating it, you’re able to bring up the chest, which is in the middle.
Use the ladder on the left side - lower it to unlock a faster access to the upper floor.
Then go to the corner where the railing is broken and jump down.
You will find another Kodama.
Head towards the bridge.
There is a cliff on the left side of the bridge where you’re free to jump.
Head up, there you’ll encounter Nure-Onna.
Defeat her and climb the ladder.
That’s where you’ll come across more shooters.
They may interrupt your melee combat and make it more difficult.
Shoot them down and wipe them out.

Near one of them, behind the platform, there’s another Kodama.
The easiest way is to jump on it from above and perform an attack from the air.
initiate the door, go ahead until you’re in the field.
There you will find a second shrine.
Meanwhile, go to the right, by jumping into the water.
You have to head up to the right.
But beware of the huge number of human opponents patrolling the area.
You’ll come across them every step of the way.
Most of them are ranged opponents.
The best way to deal with them is to shoot them from a safe position.
However, watch out for more shooters.
There shouldn’t be that many enemies, so you’re free to choose melee combat.
After jumping down, go right.
On the right side there is a cave.
You will encounter two human mages in the cave who mainly use ranged attacks.
Run towards them and eliminate each sorcerer in a few seconds.
So, you won’t have to fight them a bit later.
Exit the room, further to the left there is a Nurikabe.
you might take off the talisman to free Nurikabe.
You will get some items and unlock the shortcut.
On the right there is a mage and a Sudama.
Go ahead, where you have encountered Sudama, and climb the ladder.
There you will find a path on the left, which leads to next location.
In front of it there is a gate that you might open to unlock the shortcut.
Before you go left, pop swing open the gate and go straight to the building.
Shoot down the soldier from a safe distance and then defeat Yoki.
Around the corner of the building, on the right, there is another Kodama to collect.
Jump down and go back to the door you have just unlocked, follow the path mentioned above.
There will be some skeleton warriors on your way - wipe them out, all of them.
By going ahead you will notice a large warrior skeleton, but don’t go that way first.
When you pop pop the door, you’re able to unlock another one by going left.
They will fire at you.
Defeat them with your firearm - headshots are welcome here.
After defeating your opponents, go ahead.You will enter the land of Yokai.
You will cleanse this location only after you destroy the red and blue crystal in front of you.
The safer option, is to go left and defeat a Yoki that lurks there.
The Biwa Boku-Boku, who stands at the top, may summon more NPCs that will attack you.
Defeat them and climb the ladder.
This will allow you to rest by the shrine which was locked earlier.
The boss arena is in front of the previously destroyed crystals.
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