!!!
She really deserved to die for actually suspecting that the real Leon was Sparkle in disguise.
Another 1600 Stellar Jades were thrown in her face. Even though there had been more than one precedent before, it didn't stop the players from smiling happily.
Who would complain about getting more gacha resources?
[Father is still the best to us!]
[You know, I've always been a faithful believer of Father Leon.]
[From launch until now, the benefits I've personally received from Leon, converted, equal six golds.]
[Ah? How is that even possible?]
[Free 0+1 is already two golds. The ten-pull Leon gave at launch got two Seeles, and the remaining pulls also got two characters.]
[Who asked you?]
[European dogs that can't be killed!]
Ah Xian's stream for today ended here. The next day, while doing Jingliu's companion mission during the stream, she didn't expect there to be another surprise.
Leon actually appeared at the end.
But the surprise quickly turned into horror — he knew Luocha!
When Luocha spread his hands in The Shackling Prison, many Honkai Impact 3rd veteran players had already labeled him as a villain.
Luocha was brewing something big, waiting for the right plot to serve it up.
Some lore researchers had long studied stories related to Luocha and concluded that he was connected to the forces of Order.
Now that Leon had spoken, it ironclad confirmed the researchers' guesses weren't too far off.
As for why he hated Abundance, some people guessed that Luocha's hometown and the church had been destroyed because of Abundance.
Unfortunately, there wasn't enough information, so this couldn't be confirmed.
Even what was inside Luocha's coffin remained unknown.
However, the story of the Five Warriors of the Cloud had finally been clarified, allowing them to deduce a roughly complete sequence of events.
This also sparked some controversy.
After all, in the eyes of some players, the reason the Cloud Five fell apart was too melodramatic.
What was originally an irreconcilable war between race and belief had ultimately escalated into personal romantic feelings between children. There was no doubt it lowered the quality.
But some people also believed that humans weren't grass or trees — how could they be emotionless? It felt more grounded.
In any case, everyone could find reasons to refute.
Regardless, since it involved the current limited banner character Jingliu, the hype was definitely guaranteed.
Some content creators focused on plot, while others focused on guides.
No matter which guide creator it was, when making a guide for a new character, they couldn't avoid one character.
Leon.
And it was still the two-star Leon.
One provided terrifying support capabilities, while the other provided sufficient survivability and excellent cycling ability.
Coincidentally, in the Light Cone pool for this round's Jingliu banner, there was the best Light Cone for four-star Leon running alongside it.
Since launch, this Light Cone called [Reliable and Proper Hobby] was making its first appearance as a weapon pool companion.
Just like the now-famous four-star Harmony Light Cone [Dance! Dance! Dance!].
Countless players had been waiting and hoping, and they had finally gotten this Light Cone.
As a result, players who originally had no intention of pulling for Jingliu's signature weapon mostly couldn't resist jumping into the pool.
Because Silver Wolf's signature Light Cone [The Rain Keeps Falling] had spawned a meme, many Light Cones now had similar nickname-style names.
Leon's two Light Cones were nicknamed "Spectrum Always Reliable" and "May Always Return," respectively.
The percentage energy recovery effect of a 5-stack "Spectrum Always Reliable" was simply too good.
Many players only truly understood why it had been placed in Jingliu's Light Cone pool as a companion after reading the guides and personally testing it after pulling it.
Because Jingliu's best survival teammate was Leon.
With the percentage energy recovery provided by Leon's follow-up attacks, Jingliu's team cycling would be greatly improved.
If paired with Harmony Leon as well, once Jingliu finished warming up and entered her Soul Transformation state, she wouldn't exit that state for the entire battle.
The ultimate reason, besides the improved energy cycling, was inseparable from the extra turns provided by Harmony Leon.
As everyone knew, extra turns did not consume the character's own buffs.
And the [New Moon and Full Moon] stacks that Jingliu needed to use when outputting in her Soul Transformation state actually wouldn't be consumed during extra turns.
This resulted in almost every guide creator binding Leon to Jingliu's team when making her guides.
Except for a very small number of special cases, players had no complaints about this at all.
As a Chongguo special attack white-haired red-eyed character, Jingliu already had extremely high popularity, and her strength was also top-tier in the current version.
The consequence of stealing the Harmony Leon that almost every team needed was only one —
Players cried out: Why can't Leon be split into two to use?!
In the early versions after launch, the target of these cries was four-star Leon. In the current version, it was the five-star Harmony form.
He's too versatile!
Why wouldn't new players who just joined have any complaints either?
Because the official announcement modified the Version 1.3 main story quest rewards.
After completing the Izumo main story, the limited-time Salvation Emissary could be obtained for free, and it had become permanent.
In addition, the follow-up quests for obtaining the character also gave a dedicated Light Cone. In the truest sense, it achieved the goal of downloading the game, grinding the main story, and getting a free five-star 0+1.
Once the hype spread, more and more players joined out of curiosity.
A large number of new players arrived one after another, making this game the most popular second-game at the moment, with unmatched momentum.
Naturally, Leon became a breakout character.
Compared to Zhongli, Genshin Impact's breakout character back in the day, he was even more so.
Both were Guofeng characters, and in terms of image design, skill descriptions, and so on, there was a large amount of cultural content available for research.
In addition, any player who walked through Leon's past plotline would be struck down by the knife. There were almost none who weren't.
The story was actually very simple — simple enough that you could guess the direction in advance.
But sometimes, it was precisely this kind of simplest and easiest-to-understand plot that, with excellent direction and excellent music, could deliver a heavy blow to people's emotions.
Watching new players personally stab Leon during the QTE segment of the plot was something many veteran players had to experience.
Back then, no matter how tearful I was or how loudly I cried, seeing others do the same now finally gave me a turn to laugh.
That's right… this kind of clip video comes with built-in counter-armor.
Most people are emotional creatures, easily swayed by emotions.
Some players, every time they revisited the plot and got emotionally affected, would at the very least have red eyes.
With sufficient buildup, followed by two consecutive waves of explosive plot climaxes, more and more players came to like Leon.
Although Leon had long since stopped feeling much about the rise in faith value, at the very least, it still held meaning.
If he felt it had no meaning, then he would have to suspect that he was getting closer and closer to becoming a Self-Annihilator.
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