: Hoolay: "If future generations resemble you by three parts, I lose my composure!"
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: Imagery, battle, epiphany, fucking hell, MiHoYo is simply a genius, how did they even think of blending all these elements into the scene.
: Since Honkai: Star Rail, Yanqing has been shaping the image of a arrogant but genius swordsman, getting beaten all the way until now, and finally he's broken through!
: MiHoYo's foreshadowing runs way too deep!
: After such a long time, Yanqing's character arc finally reaches sublimation here!
: So cool!
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The screen filled densely with comments. Because sooner or later, this scene will become one of the good moments in Star Rail.
Just a few seconds of animation. Yet condensed within it is a long story and history.
Yanqing's character growth.
Hoolay and Jingliu's grudge.
Jingliu's teachings to Yanqing.
All of these complicated emotions were expressed in that brilliant moment!
The more a scene lingers in the audience's hearts, the more it will stay unforgettable!
On screen, Yunli and March 7th were both shocked by the astonishing scene.
"Mas… Master still knows that move? So… so cool!" March 7th's mouth hung wide open.
'This guy actually held back when sparring against me.' A thought rose in Yunli's mind.
However,
Just when everyone thought Hoolay was about to be executed, this cunning werewolf suddenly tapped into some last hidden strength.
He raised his blade with his right hand and struck down hard at Yanqing.
Clang!
At the last possible moment, Feixiao's long-lost voice rang out between them. With a light block of her right hand, she easily deflected Hoolay's blade away.
"Hmph!" Feixiao snorted coldly, casting a faint glance toward Hoolay.
Hoolay opened his mouth, wanting to say something.
But the tearing pain from the Crimson Moon in his chest made his body tremble violently, his massive frame completely shattering the frozen ground as it collapsed to the floor.
That damned poison actually severed the Crimson Moon's link to his blood. That last strike just now had already been the last he could muster.
From the moment he was struck by that sword, he had already lost.
Even if he managed to succeed in a sneak attack and kill Yanqing, he could never turn the tide again.
"What an unforgettable strike... so similar to the one that woman defeated me with back then."
"Seven hundred years have passed. I thought I had found a way to counter it, but in the end… my fangs have dulled. You've won, boy."
Hoolay did not act stubborn.
Like an old wolf in twilight, he rose from the ground, his breath ragged.
"There's no need to struggle, Hoolay."
"Once you're back in the Shackling Prison, you'll have a long time to ponder that sword." Feixiao said lightly.
Then she turned her head, looking at Yanqing and the two behind him.
"Well done. My intent was for you to merely stall Hoolay aboard the Skysplitter."
"I never expected you to actually defeat him."
"Young people truly are to be feared."
Facing Feixiao's praise, Yanqing gave a bitter smile: "Just luck, that's all…"
"Hmph, what luck."
"When fighting me, how come you never used that move?"
Yunli walked up to Yanqing, holding her sword, giving him the look of someone demanding an answer.
"Master Yanqing, you were so cool just now!" March 7th praised from the side.
The great battle was over, Hoolay subdued.
The interaction of these three little ones also allowed the tense audience to relax.
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: Hahaha, Yunli is way too cute.
: The way these two bicker has such a youthful vibe!
: After this battle, the bond between these three master and disciples must be even deeper!
: Our little March on the Xianzhou is really shining!
: True! Looking at it this way, the Express crew's connections are growing stronger and stronger!
: If you can't win in the future, just call in help from the Xianzhou!
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The comments continued.
Meanwhile, Feixiao approached Hoolay, ready to coordinate with the Cloud Knights to take him into custody.
At this point, the situation, by all appearances, seemed firmly under their control.
However, just as Feixiao and the Cloud Knights approached Hoolay, this 700 year old War Chief, who had kept his head lowered all along, suddenly spoke: "I have indeed lost, Feixiao."
"But this is not beyond my expectations."
'Hm?' Feixiao's brows furrowed.
An ominous feeling rose sharply in her heart.
"Cloud Knights, fall back!" Feixiao suddenly shouted loudly, her blade already half drawn.
At the same time, the three youngsters also jolted in shock.
"It's not over yet?!" March 7th stared in disbelief.
"You finally came to stand before me."
"Feixiao!" Hoolay struggled to lift his head, staring at Feixiao.
In his eyes, there was no longer a hunger for battle.
Only cunning, and the twisted joy of one who still had a final gambit to play.
"What else do you want to do?"
"Hoolay!"
"You're already powerless to resist!"
Wind howled around Feixiao, her gaze sharp as she fixed on him.
She couldn't figure it out. His aura was already so weak, he didn't even hold a weapon.
What trick could he possibly have left? Hoolay seemed unbothered by her stare, his words strained and ragged.
"I've awaited this for so long. This hunting game has finally reached its end. I told you, I prepared a path for you!"
After speaking, he forced himself upright.
Before everyone's eyes, his right hand stabbed brutally into his own heart.
Blood spurted wildly from the wound.
And in the next moment, a throbbing, blood-red sphere glowing faintly with illusory light was torn out from Hoolay's body!
The blood-red sphere pulsed ceaselessly in his hand.
And the instant it appeared, the entire Skysplitter was bathed in blood-red moonlight.
"I will die! And with me will die the entire Luofu Xianzhou!"
At first, everyone thought Hoolay's plan to assimilate Feixiao had been foiled by his defeat.
His surrender seemed to confirm it.
However, no one expected that he would abandon his own life and unleash the Crimson Moon aboard the Skysplitter!