In Honkai: Star Rail, The Blade Shines, the Fox Loses Its Mind is a mission to continue mastering and part of the “Duel Under the Azure Sky II” chain, during which you will have to fight the Mad Feixiao, as well as the Inner Beast and the Shadow “Feixiao”. If you have difficulties with obtaining or completing the quest, then study our guide.
Walking through the quest “The Blade Shines, the Fox Loses Its Mind”
How to Start the Quest
It starts automatically immediately after completing the previous mission of the line called “Comrade's Shoulder, Weapon in Hand”. Open the journal, find the corresponding task and start tracking it. If the quest does not appear, try moving to another location or logging out of your account and logging back in after 20-30 minutes.
Discuss the situation with your companions (optional)
Before you start talking to the Borisin leader, you can chat with your friends by interacting with Feixiao and March 7. You can choose any answers, as they will not affect anything later.
How to Defeat Crazy Feixiao
Approach the monster and talk to it. Then take it away to begin exploring the area “Battlefield of the Inner Beast”. There you will have to fight another boss, so we recommend taking physical, fire and/or quantum damage dealers. Fighters who can penetrate any vulnerabilities are also suitable.
Next, watch the new video where Hulei rips out his heart and creates the Scarlet Moon, and Feixiao absorbs it, causing him to go berserk. You have to fight this boss. He is capable of inflicting massive damage to both single targets and all of your characters at once.
The main danger for you is the debuff “Powerlessness”, which Feixiao can apply with a single attack “Giant Axe: Iron Claw”. This negative effect will reduce the damage inflicted by your characters. For supports, it is not very scary, but if the damager is affected, the overall DPS of your squad will significantly decrease. For this reason, be sure to take a hero capable of removing debuffs.
Let's add that the boss has “Protection”, due to which the damage she receives is significantly reduced. This buff can be removed from her by breaking through her vulnerability, so it is best to use damage dealers and supports who can speed up the destruction of tenacity.
Continue attacking the enemy until you reduce his health to 1%. After that, a new cutscene should begin, which will lead to the start of the subquest “Bright Starfall, Beast in Restraint”.
How to Defeat the Inner Beast and the Shadow of “Feixiao”
You will find yourself inside Feixiao's mind. Move forward to the quest marker, destroying illusions along the way if you wish. Listen to Hulei, and then destroy the phantom of suspicion with a basic attack (LMB). Move to the next signpost and dispel the phantom of fear. At the end, you will have to dispel the phantom of desire.
However, before doing this, we advise you to prepare for the upcoming fight. The fact is that one of your characters will be replaced by Feixiao (Hunt: Wind), who can act as the main damage dealer in the team. Make sure that your squad has at least one shielder or healer, as the upcoming boss is capable of inflicting a lot of damage.
This boss is actually two separate creatures – the general himself and the inner beast. At a certain point, they enter into resonance and receive a boost. However, in this state, their vulnerability penetration increases, and the action of all allies when destroying tenacity moves forward.
For this reason, if you see that Feixiao's Shadow has resonated with any part of the beast's body, try to quickly break through its durability to remove the buff and advance the action of your characters. Note that damage done to body parts reduces the overall scale of the boss.
Don't forget to use Feixiao's ult, which is accumulated not by energy, but by the attacks of your allies. With this blow you will not only be able to inflict a lot of damage on the enemy, but also significantly reduce his durability.
In the final phase, the boss's attacks will be significantly stronger – he will more often inflict mass damage. Try to quickly penetrate the vulnerabilities of the Inner Beast's body parts, and only then take on Feixiao's Shadow, that is, it is not at all necessary to finish off the beast itself.
At a certain point, the boss will ascend and cannot be hit, that is, only parts of the Inner Beast's body will remain – you need to quickly break through the vulnerabilities of these parts, otherwise the enemy will carry out an extremely powerful attack. When the boss has about 5% of health left, a new cinematic will begin. Look at it, and the quest will be completed.
As a reward, you will receive 500 Mastery Points, 60 Star Jades, 6 Lost Crystals, 6 Traveler's Guides, 2 new melodies, and 60 thousand credits. Plus, you will have access to the next mission “Splashing Waves, Old Feuds Are Over.”
