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Overview

Ability effects and combat skills in action during a boss fight

Shadow-Slaying Challenge (破敌灭影, Pòdí Mièyǐng, 'Defeat Enemies, Destroy Shadows') is a boss-focused launch challenge event in Honor of Kings: Worldpart of the Hello World launch umbrella. The event rewards one of the game's most distinctive launch-window Huanling companions: the Crimson Divine Beast.

Event Design

The challenge focuses on completing boss-fight encounters against shadow-themed enemies. Players progress through a series of challenge tiers with escalating difficulty, earning event currency and eventually unlocking the Crimson Divine Beast (猩红神兽) Huanling spirit summon as the headline reward.

Crimson Divine Beast Huanling

The Crimson Divine Beast is a powerful combat companion with strong stats and distinctive visual design. It is one of the headline rewards of the S0 launch window and is exclusive to players who complete the Shadow-Slaying Challenge during the event window. Note that this Huanling is distinct from (though thematically related to) the world boss Crimson Stone Statue also referenced in launch coverage; the Huanling is a companion form rather than a hostile boss encounter.

Rewards

Crimson Divine Beast Huanling (headline reward)
Jingpo currency
Equipment upgrade materials
Challenge-specific cosmetic frames or portraits

Duration

The event runs concurrently with the S0 Season launch window. Specific boss rosters and end dates are not consolidated in launch-window primary sources and should be verified in-game.

Challenge Tier Structure

The challenge breaks the boss roster into escalating tiers. Players unlock the next tier by clearing the previous one, which keeps the difficulty curve roughly aligned with player gear progression during the launch window. Each tier rewards event currency and material drops; the Crimson Divine Beast Huanling is gated to clearing the full track.

Preparation

Upgrade Ningwu gear at least to the recommended tier for each fight; under-leveled gear leads to multi-attempt runs that waste daily stamina.
Bring an AoE Huanling spirit for the multi-target waves and swap to a single-target spirit for the boss closers.
Save consumables and pet ultimates for the final tier; the early tiers are clearable with normal rotations.

Crimson Divine Beast Versus the World Boss

The Crimson Divine Beast Huanling is a companion spirit, not a hostile encounter. It is thematically related to the world boss Crimson Stone Statue but is a distinct piece of content: the Huanling is unlocked as a reward for clearing the challenge, while the world boss continues to spawn in the open world for its own loot table.

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