Huayu: That year, I withdrew from the Super Boy competition.

After the straps were tied around his body, Su Wei immediately felt uncomfortable. He used his hand to loosen the straps tied around his chest a little.

"Feeling stifled, huh?"

Master Chen said this while tightening the belt at his waist.

"But this is normal. It's always like this the first time, Yuki."

He locked the last metal buckle, stood up, and patted Su Wei on the back.

"Relax, young man."

Master Chen then shared some of his experience with Su Wei.

"Once you're up there, don't struggle against the wire. If it pulls you, just go with the flow. Don't be so tense."

The more relaxed you are, the better your posture will be, and the less you'll suffer.

Su Wei nodded, wanting to say "No problem," but when she opened her mouth, only a breathy sound came out.

Uh, my throat feels a bit dry.

He paused, took another breath, and swallowed back the "no problem" he was about to say, instead nodding.

Master Chen was used to this scene, so he didn't say much and bent down to check the tightness of all the metal buckles.

After confirming that everything was alright, he patted him on the shoulder and turned to adjust the hoisting height of the wire.

Su Wei stood there and waited.

The cloak covering the armor was blown up by the wind, then fell back down.

He looked down at the cold metal buckles around his waist; all his weight and balance would soon be entrusted to those thin steel wires.

He was clearly playing the role of the supreme ruler of the demon realm.

That ruthless person who looked down upon the three realms and never bothered to look at anyone directly.

But at this moment, he felt like a puppet on a string.

He took a deep breath, looked up at the eaves of the city gate tower, and silently recalled the key points of the aerial maneuvers that Lao Yuan had taught him on the ground.

Beside him, Hugo was already strapped in with wires and was being suspended in mid-air, testing his movements.

He turned around at a height of about three meters, and even took the time to shout down to Su Wei below:

"Don't be afraid, you'll be fine once you get on!"

Su Wei didn't answer, but simply nodded upwards.

Then he lowered his head and tightened the bracers of his armor even more.

…………

Before filming began, Yang Mi walked over from the other side of the city gate tower.

She didn't have any aerial scenes today, but she stayed on location the whole time, holding a cup of hot water, watching the crew make final adjustments to the wires.

Yang Mi looked at him for a while, then picked up her cup and walked over.

"What's wrong, little junior? Are you scared?" she teased.

She could tell that Su Wei was a little nervous.

Su Wei turned her head, wanting to smile, but the muscles on her face wouldn't obey her.

That forced smile looked stiff; even he himself thought it was too fake.

He stopped struggling and said softly, "It's alright."

Why is Su Wei so afraid? It's mainly because Su Wei herself has a slight fear of heights.

"It's alright, I'm just scared."

Yang Mi said this with a smile, but after laughing for a moment, she immediately comforted him.

"The first time I was suspended by wires, my legs were shaking before I even got on."

Even after the director yelled "Action!", I was still shaking, but it stopped once I was off the ground.

She spoke of it casually, as if it were a trivial matter.

Su Wei knew that Yang Mi was deliberately making it sound easy, but after hearing Yang Mi's words, he was indeed less nervous.

It's not like he, a grown man, can't do something that a woman can do.

Seeing that he had calmed down a bit, Yang Mi reached out and patted him on the shoulder, encouraging him:

"Keep it up, little brother."

After saying that, she smiled, turned around and walked back to the sidelines, giving her spot to the two people who were about to take the field.

Su Wei took a deep breath, turned her gaze away from Yang Mi's back, and looked back at the hoisting point on the top of the city tower.

Master Chen gave the equipment a final check, gave him a thumbs-up, and then stepped back behind the control panel.

Before performing their movements in mid-air, Hu Ge and Su Wei rehearsed several times on the ground using a frame set up by the martial arts instructor, so they knew the sequence of movements by heart.

Liang Shengquan sat in front of the monitor below the city gate, confirmed the hoisting parameters of the two sets of wires, and picked up the walkie-talkie.

"All departments, prepare—Action!"

As soon as the command was given, Su Wei felt a sudden tightening in her waist and groin.

It was a force that left no room for negotiation, lifting him directly off the ground.

My feet suddenly lost their footing, I felt weightless, and my stomach churned violently.

The city walls, eaves, and equipment boxes on the ground all seemed to plummet downwards, growing smaller and smaller in the distance.

The first half-second is the most immediate fear.

My limbs wouldn't obey me, my shoulders involuntarily shrugged, and my hands instinctively reached out to grab something.

But there was nothing in the air, only two thin steel wires and the whistling of the wind.

The protective gear was digging into my thighs and waist; those leather straps were now the only thing I could feel supporting my entire body.

This unreliability of reliance causes the body to unconsciously stiffen.

But then, Hugo's voice came from the front.

"No—don't come any closer! I'm telling you, I'm not afraid of you!"

It was Jing Tian's line, which Hu Ge shouted in a bluffing manner.

Su Wei looked up and saw that Hu Ge had already "run" along the eaves of the city tower according to the predetermined route. He was suspended by wires and made a panicked escape move, shouting back to Su Wei as he ran.

That shout pulled Su Wei back from her reverie.

Professional instincts took over control.

Before the brain can even react, the body has already begun to execute the actions remembered.

His right arm swung out from his side with a large amplitude and high speed.

With his arms leading a slight rotation of his body, his left leg kicked out backward, creating a hovering posture in the air, his black armor and red hair blowing backward in the wind.

When practicing this movement on the ground, you're just going through the motions; it's only when you're in the air that you truly get the feel for it.

The steel wire vibrated with a buzzing sound near my ears, and the vibrations traveled throughout my body through the metal buckles of the protective gear. I could clearly feel the direction and magnitude of each pulling force.

Hugo was much more composed than him.

She flipped, turned, and changed direction in mid-air, completing the sequence with fluid grace. She even managed to glance at Su Wei between the movements.

That look wasn't from the actor playing Jing Tian; it was Hu Ge himself giving it, conveying a sense of "It's okay, just keep up."

Su Wei wanted to respond, but at that moment, the wire control panel made a sharp turn according to the pre-programmed action.

With a sudden tug on the wire, his body was pulled sideways.

The acceleration came too suddenly, and his facial muscles completely lost control. His lips drooped down, and his brows furrowed.

His entire expression on the monitor looked like a gloomy impatience.

Liang Shengquan watched from behind the monitor and did not call for a halt.

He noticed the change in Su Wei's expression.

From his expressionless face when he caught up, to his suddenly somber expression after being turned and pulled.

Strictly speaking, this expression wasn't acted out; it was Su Wei herself who lost control of her expression.

But this gloomy expression was surprisingly fitting on Chonglou's face at this moment.

There's a note in the script about this aerial chase scene.

"Chonglou began to get impatient with Jingtian's slippery movements."