Hua, Deadly Betrothed is an optional boss of Weeping Creek Valley: a bride in a torn red veil, waiting at a red wedding altar in a clearing of red spider lilies at the north of the valley.
- Role
- Optional boss
- Region
- Weeping Creek Valley
- Nearest bell
- Flesh Lily Fields
- Phases
- 1
- Drops
- Scarlet Wraithblade
How to reach Deadly Betrothed
Weeping Creek Valley mapFrom the Valley Sha-Chi Tower 1st Floor bell, go round behind the tower to the right, drop through the hole in the wooden bridge and follow the path on the left to its end, through red lilies.
Attacks to watch
Parry blue, dodge redEvery known attack 7 of 8 on video
White lily burst
Giant white spider lilies bloom around her and burst a moment later. No flash comes first: get out of the area before they open.
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Lily chain
A line of four or five lilies bursts one after another, travelling toward you. Dodge to the side, not backward along the line.
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Blue-flash overhead strike
Blue · parryA blue line crosses her as she raises her weapon over her head. Parry it.
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Red-flash attack
Red · dodgeA red line flashes across at the height of her head before an attack you cannot parry. Dodge it.
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Grab
She seizes Soul at close range with the line "You heartless bastard!" Do not stand next to her between attacks.
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Great blade
Wide swings of a huge crimson blade.
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Crimson claws
Sweeping vertical slashes of red claws.
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Phases
- Hua, Deadly Betrothed
One white health bar with a yellow Sha-Chi gauge under it, which empties under your hits and refills.
There is no second phase: the bar keeps the same title from the first hit to the last, with no cutscene in between.
How to beat Deadly Betrothed
Parry the blue-flash overhead strike, dodge the red flash. Her other attacks show no flash, so read the lilies instead: white flowers opening around her are about to burst.
She is a long fight. One launch-day player needed four attempts, the third ending with her at about 10% of her health.
Rewards
得Deadly Betrothed FAQ
Where is Hua, Deadly Betrothed?
In Weeping Creek Valley, in a clearing of red lilies at the north of the map, near the Flesh Lily Fields bell. The way in starts behind the Sha-Chi tower, from the Valley Sha-Chi Tower 1st Floor bell.
What does Hua, Deadly Betrothed drop?
The Scarlet Wraithblade, a Two-Handed weapon with 240 damage and 117 Guard Break at level 1, plus 9,000 Remnant Dust. Her hidden trophy is named after the blade and calls her Hua, the Bride.
Does Hua, Deadly Betrothed have a second phase?
No. She keeps one health bar and the same title from the first hit to the last.
What does Hua say during the fight?
"My love? ...Is that you?" when the fight opens, then "You heartless bastard!" with her grab, "Do you really want me dead?" and "My love... how could you be so cruel?!"
Who is Hua the Bride?
The daughter of Song Fu, going by the Hua the Bride pages. A matchmaker, Mrs. Wang, offers Master Li's only son as her match, while Hua's own letter is to her dear husband, Liu Shangli, whom she still waits for.
Who is Hua, Deadly Betrothed?
Weeping Creek Valley mapBeating her gives you the Scarlet Wraithblade, a weapon that disrupts the enemy's Sha-Chi.
She takes Soul for her lost husband. Her opening line is "My love? ...Is that you?", and she fights with exploding white lilies, a huge crimson blade and claws.
Her story is in the book series Hua the Bride, seven pages in the Archive.
The pages found around the Sha-Chi tower and the road to her clearing tell of a match arranged by the matchmaker Mrs. Wang for Master Song's daughter, and of a letter Hua writes to "my dear husband, Liu Shangli". Her father, Song Fu, signs one of them.
My love? ...Is that you?
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