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you could also defeat theoptional mini-boss Central Centinel: Jiaoduanin this area to obtain thePauper Jadeand aComputing Unit.

Fortunately,the backup control room lies just beneath the current platformyou’re standing on.

Yi about to face Yingzhao who can be seen in the background in Nine Sols.

Start by heading a little left andjump down a ledge.

Inside the room, you canhack the console with the prompted buttonsto restore power to the Light Bridge.

Just before the boss encounter, be sure to activate thenearby Root Node.

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Yingzhao Boss Preparations

As a tutorial boss, General Yingzhao isn’t particularly hard to defeat.

However, there are afew Jades and upgrades that you should grabbefore engaging him in battle.

This will provide the extra headroom needed to last longer against Yingzhao.

Yi standing before bridge that leads to a pyramid of sort in Nine Souls.

By now, you’ll haveacquired some skill points.

If not many, at least two skill points will get you by.

However, theRecovery JadeandQuick Dose Jadedo prove invaluable in this encounter.

Yi in an area with the vendor Chiyou to his right and a Root Node on his left in Nine Sols.

Equipping these two Jadesrequires two slots each.

Yingzhao Attack Patterns

The Yingzhao boss fight is split between two phases.

Here’s an overview of all the moves he uses in each phase.

Yi in the control room that restores that restores power to the light bridge in Nine Sols.

Phase One

Attack

Description

Charged Sweeps

Yingzhao runs across the arena whilecharging two sweep attacks at Yi.

Crimson Stab

This is afollow-up attack with a slight wind-upafter the sweep combo whereYingzhao pokes Yi with his spear.

This is then followed byanother strike from below.

A three panel comic that shows Yingzhao activating his defense mode in Nine Sols.

Phase Two

Crimson Thrust

Yingzhaoglows greenand does aforward thrust attackwith his spear.

Crimson Slam

Afollow-up to the stab attackwhich seesYingzhao jumping in the air and piercing the groundwith his spear.

Sometimes, Yingzhao likes todo the two-hit combo twice or thrice in a row.

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Aftersuccessfully parrying the stab attack twice,Yingzhao enters a staggered state.

This presents an excellent chance for you to unleash an onslaught of attacks capped off with a Talisman Explosion.

Things do start to get exciting in phase two, which starts after depleting Yingzhao’s health bar.

A Skill Tree where you can spend points to learn abilities in Nine Sols.

On top of having thesame regular attacks from phase one, Yingzhao cannow perform twomore Crimson Attacks.

The same strategy applies here, but with a little maneuverability added to the equation.

Whilecharging up the crimson thrust attack,Yingzhao glows greenin the process.

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To counter it, you mustexecute a Tai Chi Kick.

As for the slam attack, healways follows it after the stab attack.

General Yingzhao Rewards

By following the strategy, you’ll defeat General Yingzhao in no time.

General Yingzhao about to strike Yi with his spear in Nine Sols

To the right of the boss arena, you’ll alsofind Kuafu, and he’ll surrender hisSol Seal.

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