Jingliu, who exuded a sense of coldness and madness, was standing on a high place, looking down at the corpses of Cloud Knights scattered all over the ground. And Jing Yuan, who was standing among them and walking slowly towards her.
The audience who had originally hoped that it was not Jingliu could no longer hold back. Not only Jingliu came, but Jing Yuan also came. It was really a battle between master and apprentice!
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In the picture, Jing Yuan walked towards Jingliu step by step, tightening the grip on his weapon.
The sword intent and cold air on Jingliu's body scattered, causing a strong wind around.
Jing Yuan's hair and clothing were all swaying in the wind. Under the cover of the fluttering hair,
The Divine Foresight no longer had the calmness and elegance of the past.
He pursed his lips tightly, and his eyes were full of heaviness.
Here the screen showed a clear shot of his face.
But it made the audience stare blankly. The emotions expressed in those eyes had reached their peak.
For this scene, Jing Yuan practiced repeatedly on the set, and finally, under the guidance of Xia Wen, he captured this scene with charm!
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: The acting is too good! Woo woo woo, no wonder all the actors use their real names, they are just interpreting themselves.
: And everyone in MiHoYo seems to have said that they will not appear in any other dramas in the future. This is not acting, they are the real people in the Honkai: Star Rail Universe!
: I really want to know what it would be like to see everyone in Honkai: Star Rail in real life. I'm afraid I can't tell the difference between the drama and reality.
: Director Xia is so good at filming. He uses shots like this to convey feelings. It must be intentional, woohoo.
: I'm completely heartbroken. Jing Yuan must be feeling very uncomfortable now facing his master who killed his compatriots.
: I don't want to see either of the two get hurt in the battle between the Wise General and Luofu Swordmaster.
: Oh, I really don't know who to worry about now. I originally thought that Jing Yuan would defeat the master, but after seeing the opening scene, I'm not sure.
: I don't know who is better between The Divine Foresight and Luofu Sword Master!
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The emotions expressed by Jing Yuan in this shot amazed the audience.
But at the same time, the previous brief scenes showed the strength and ruthlessness of Jingliu's sword intent.
For a moment, it also made the audience nervous. Even though Jing Yuan is now a general with the title of The Divine Foresight, they still dare not make a conclusion.
"The boss's control over the picture and the lens is becoming more and more exquisite. If I wanted to express this emotion before, it would take up a certain amount of screen time."
The girls in the screening room were also whispering.
They always feel that the images, plots, and expressions of Honkai: Star Rail Series are continuously improving.
On the screen, Jing Yuan approached his former mentor.
He looked up holding the weapon tightly in his hand.
In front of him, on the ruins with the background of the waning moon, Jingliu held the sword in one hand, her eyes bloodshot.
The eyes that had once been gentle, stern, and belonged to his master in front of Jing Yuan were now indifferent and ruthless.
They were filled with murderous intent.
The sound of the flute gradually became shrill and gentle.
The camera gradually froze on Jingliu's face. That was a very beautiful face, but no human emotions could be seen. Those red eyes pierced the audience's hearts.
The battle had not yet unfolded. In the minds of the audience, every bit of the High-Cloud Quintet which had been drawn out by Xia Wen made them feel their heart tremble
The next moment, Jingliu's face gradually blurred and turned into her youth.
She stood on the training ground of the Cloud Cavalry.
Her voice was full of vitality and emotion.
"We, the cloud knights, are like clouds blocking the sky, protecting the Xianzhou. Draw your sword!"
A young Jing Yuan stood solemnly at the bottom of the stairs, looking straight at Jingliu.
The master's words made him feel excited and responsible! He drew his sword without hesitation.
"Yes! Master!"
The Cloud Knights under her command and Jing Yuan all drew their swords.
The warriors' voices and Jing Yuan's voice rang out together.
"We, the cloud knights, are like clouds blocking the sky, protecting the Xianzhou!"
This scene is the very first shot in the Myriad Celestia Trailer: The Story of the High-Cloud Quintet.
Xia Wen specially picked it out and put it in the beginning of the High-Cloud Quintet in advance.
It was for this moment. After all, for the audience, they witnessed the story of the High-Cloud Quintet with their own eyes.
The relationship between the master and the apprentice. And now they are drawing their swords against each other.
At this time, the audience's memories were stirred again. It instantly pierced the hearts of tens of millions of viewers.
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: That Director definitely did it on purpose! He had to replay this segment, and I couldn't help but cry.
: I actually completely understood Jing Yuan's current mood. I really don't know whether I should praise MiHoYo or scold it.
: My heart really hurts. The last card of the glorious High-Cloud Quintet, the last master and apprentice, are about to fight each other to life and death. Woo woo woo, MiHoYo, you have no heart.
: I was sniffing my nose and thought that this drama was suddenly so good. Why was it so good in such a place?
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This opening scene instantly made the audience completely involved.
"So sad…" Firefly has the richest emotional perception, and now she is in some pain from the knife.
She wants to enter the Honkai: Star Rail Universe immediately and find a way to stop this fatal fight.
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As Jing Yuan drew his sword and shouted the Cloud Knights' Oath. The young voice gradually turned into an adult voice and the scene returned to the battlefield.
Jing Yuan no longer drew the wooden sword like in his youth, but the weapon symbolizing the general in his hand.
It's sharp blade was aimed at his former master.
Although it was slow, he never hesitated.
Jingliu still looked down indifferently.
Just seeing the spear in Jing Yuan's hand, the sword in her hand also trembled.
The violin sound in the background was slow.
Telling sadness.
But the next moment. A sudden vibration directly tore apart all the sad emotions.
Jingliu almost turned into a ghost in the camera, and her speed was so fast that her figure was blurred.
Only the blood-red eyes could be seen moving at a very high speed.
The sad violin in the background and Jingliu's sudden action.
In the music and the picture. It became a wonderful contrast of stillness and movement.
The audience who were still immersed in the sad atmosphere were directly awakened.
Just like Jing Yuan in the picture. This sudden attack was totally unexpected.
In the shock, the horror and danger of the former Xianzhou Sword Champion Jingliu were perfectly highlighted.
The cold sword intent attacked.
Jing Yuan's eyes suddenly widened. In fact, he was not really prepared to fight to the death with his master.
The sound of the violin sang a slow and sad tune.
But the battle in the picture was presented at super high speed. Jingliu's figure was ghostly almost turning into a black shadow on the screen.
She stabbed a sword in front of her one second, and came behind Jing Yuan the next second.
Jing Yuan held his weapon, gritted his teeth, and resisted the attack of his master with difficulty.
Until this moment, he didn't couldn't make a move against the speed of Jingliu's attack. He was always defending.
But Jingliu's sword moves, every sword, were aimed at killing!
A tense and intensive action scene.
But it conveyed content that was no less than a literary drama.
Jing Yuan, who was still unwilling to fight his master, and Jingliu, who was completely fallen to mara, and attacking with the intent to kill, were in stark contrast to each other.
The audience watched the fight between the master and the apprentice, which was so tense that they dared not breathe.
In their minds, they could not help but recall the friendship between the members of the High-Cloud Quintet.
The laughter and joy in the past, and the life-and-death struggle now, all made them feel miserable.
Xia Wen didn't know if it was an illusion. In the screening room, everyone's breathing became much quiet and they seemed to stare at him for a moment, making him subconsciously shiver.
In the picture, the crazy battle was still going on.
The sound of weapons clashing kept sounding constantly.
The battle between Jingliu and Jing Yuan was getting more and more tense and more and more dangerous!
On the screen, Jingliu's figure had occupied the entire screen.
She held the sword and made continuous thrusts at various angles. It felt like each sword stabbed at the camera.
The terrifying power made the fascinated audience couldn't help but fear and dodge.
It was as if they were fighting with Jingliu.
In the screening room, because of the super large screen, Jingliu's performance in this section was even more shocking.
Furina, Fu Xuan, Tingyun, couldn't help but twist their bodies slightly to avoid the sword's edge in the picture.
Their eyes were full of tension.
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After a series of thrusts, Jingliu's sword turned, and her figure leaped up, descending from the sky, and chopped down from high.
Only then did Jing Yuan raise the weapon in his hand high, he took the initiative to block the attack!
In a roar like venting his frustrations, Jing Yuan suppressed Jingliu and pushed her far away.
From this side of the screen, he pushed her out of the screen.
And along with this process, the scenes from his childhood were shown.
Under the setting sun, the young Jing Yuan held a long sword and swung down hard.
Master Jingliu was on the side, teaching seriously.
"Hold it tight! As a Cloud Knight, you must not let your weapons drop from your hands or let yourself become distracted for any reason!"
"Yes! Master!" Little Jing Yuan panted and continued to swing hard.
The erhu played by Teacher Jingliu herself also appeared with the violin.
With the swing of the sword.
The scene turned to the real battlefield again.
Cold air and smoke emerged.
Jingliu slashed again, tearing all these obstacles apart.
The terrifying sword made Jing Yuan try his best to resist, but he couldn't help but retreat again and again.
Looking at his master who attacked again at high speed.
Jing Yuan gritted his teeth, and while staggering, he held his weapon with both hands and swung it.
Until Jingliu came to him he suddenly changed his hands and swung his weapon with his left hand, forcing Jingliu's offense to change to defensive.
Even though she had fallen into the mara, Jingliu's habit of her swordsmanship remained unchanged.
Just as Jingliu's advice to Yan Qing.
"If the sword is too sharp and you won't know how to hide it!" Jingliu is not just about attacking.
Combining hardness and softness, and performing the right swordsmanship at the right time.
This is one of the key points of swordsmanship that Jing Yuan has heard from Jingliu since he was a child.
No one expected it to be used at this time.
Jing Yuan held the weapon, and after a feint to pull away, he swung it with his backhand, mainly with his left hand and mainly with his right hand from the side.
He chopped out a strange and powerful attack.
This move forced Jingliu to give up blocking with her sword for the first time.
Instead, she used her body to evade the attack.
After this attack, the battle between the two became more intense.
Jing Yuan, who no longer defended blindly, fought with Jingliu.
In the picture, both weapons clashed with each other.
Every collision raised a large area of cold air and smoke.
But it was immediately dispersed by a more stronger attack.
The figures of the two flickered in the smoke.
Only the sparks from the collision of both weapons would occasionally illuminate the figures of the master and apprentice at the same time.
This is a true fight of life and death.
The fight was so exciting and smooth.
All the audiences were watching with their eyes fixed on it.
It was so wonderful!
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: What a wonderful fight! Super delicate!!
: I was so ignorant that the swords could have such wonderful moves.
: How did Jingliu's swordsmanship achieve such a feeling of being both elegant and agile, and also full of murderous intent?
: I felt that as long as I went in, I would be killed by the two of them immediately. It feels so scary.
: It was a genius to be able to portray the mood and personality of the two people with just moves.
: I can't take it anymore. My little heart can't take it. The fight was too exciting, and the next result will be even more exciting.
: I don't want to see anyone get hurt. I really can't breathe.
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Such a delicate and wonderful fight made the audience even more entangled and painful.
Because everyone knows in such a duel between masters, one side will definitely lose in the end.
And this result, they all don't want to see.
But just like Jingliu's sudden attack, this process is not affected by the will of the audience.
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After Jing Yuan's attack missed, Jingliu seized the opportunity and raised her sword backwards with all her strength. Her red eyes had already widened.
But there was only one emotion in them: this was an opportunity to kill the person in front of her with one blow!
The few seconds of the screen, the tension-filled sword-holding posture, and the eyes that could feel the fierce killing intent on the screen all revealed a concentrated focus.
But this shocking picture and this focus made all the audience feel a chill that penetrated their hearts.
Because such concentration only belonged to a great swordsman.
And the reason why this swordswoman was so focused was because she really wanted to kill her own apprentice with her own hands.
Is this what it means to fall into mara?
At this moment, everyone once felt their understanding of becoming mara-struck was refreshed.
Under the gaze of countless eyes around the world, the entire screen focused on the cold tip of the sword.
In just a moment, this sword would pass through Jing Yuan's eyes and pierce his head.
At the critical moment, Jing Yuan turned his head and dodged the sword.
As the sword passed in front of his eyes, he saw his own eyes which were full of disbelief.
He finally understood that Jingliu really wanted to kill him.
Defending, retreating, and trying to awaken Jingliu were just his wishful thinking.
In the moment of life and death Jing Yuan seemed to see the time when he followed his master to fight against the mara-struck soldiers who were once his companions.
When he was still indecisive and did not dare to kill, Jingliu drew the sword in her hand without hesitation.
"This is what it means to fall into mara." Before she finished speaking, the sword shadow had already arrived.
The cold light flashed, and the mara-struck fell to the ground.
"The mara is the final fate of the immortal species."
"If one day, I fall into mara, you must not show me any mercy." Jingliu turned her head and said calmly.
Jing Yuan, who was already stunned, held the spear in his hand and said stupidly: " Yes... Master..."
The scene returned once more to the cruel battlefield.
Jingliu kneels on the ground in pain, holding her forehead and letting out a suppressed roar.
Jing Yuan, standing on ice, was unable to attack his mentor.
"Those who fall into the mara have their six senses turned upside down and do not remember anyone and will attack anyone nearby."
"Go back, Jing Yuan."
The words of his master floated.
It finally struck him that his master, Jingliu who he once knew, was gone. Jing Yuan just looked at his former mentor, who was in great pain because of being mara-struck.
A cold chill suddenly woke him up from his daydreaming. He came back to his senses from the trance.
Jingliu, who had used her killing move to pierce the air, had already jumped into the air and slashed down several deadly swords in the air.
In a panic, Jing Yuan dodged, but was still overturned by the aftermath.
After controlling his body again, turning back and looking at the huge building behind him had been chopped into several pieces, his eyes widened again.
At this time, the audience took a breath from this dense rhythm. The memories in Jing Yuan's mind, as well as Jingliu's attacks that were aimed at killing with one blow, combined with the somber music in the background, made the audience feel extremely tense at this moment.
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: After these few knives, Jing Yuan should have been awakened, Jingliu, good master, when will you wake up!
: The most painful thing is to watch your loved ones forget about you, and then you have to kill them yourself.
: I was wondering why the trailer of the High-Cloud Quintet didn't tell me where Jingliu was. It turns out he was waiting here. Director Sia, you are such a sinister person! Die!
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The audience no longer have any expectations at this moment. In the grief brought to them by the story, they can only follow the camera.
Towards the predetermined ending of fate.