Zi Lang

= GAMEPLAY INFO: =
== Special Moves: ==
* Tornado Thrust: HCF + S (He launches a ground tornado from his staff, staggering his opponent inside once the tornado makes contact.)
* Staff Rush: HCB + S (He jumps and does two staff strikes to his opponent.)
* Rising Kick: DP + K (He puts his staff to the ground and does the famous Senkyutai to his opponent.)
* Flying Shaolin: HCF + K (He does a flying kick to his opponent, similar to Liu Kang.)
== Spirit Summons: ==
* Monkey Dance: QCF + S and K (Pandemonkey jumps and grabs his opponent's torso, punching him/her many times in the face and finishes the attack with a hammerfist, blasting his opponent to the ground.)
* Chimps Ahoy: HCB + S and K (Pandemonkey rolls himself and rushes towards his opponent, hitting him/her ten times upwards.)
== Limit Breaks: ==
* Tornado Slam: HCFx2 + S (He launches a bigger ground tornado from his staff, which sends his opponent upside down to the ground, like Haohmaru's Senpuu Retsu Zan.)
* Scissor Kick: HCFx2 + K (He rushes towards his opponent and does five scissor kicks in succession.)
* Shaolin Showdown*: QCB, HCF + 3S (Lang prepares by assuming a Kung Fu pose while shouting and strikes his opponent with his staff. Once it makes contact, he starts to do a Wuxia styled jump and stands with his staff on his feet as he accelerates towards him/her with a palm strike in the chest, followed by him landing to the ground as he does a series of staff strikes on his opponent and finishes with him invoking a huge tornado where his opponent is located as he jumps and does a downward strike to his opponent, causing him/her to fall in the ground.)
* = Requires the Maximum Brave Meter to perform
== Murder Acts: ==
* Windy Slicer: F, B, D, U + MS (Lang impales his opponent with his staff, and starts to twirl it many times until the wind generated from it starts to rip his/her parts as a result before they fall far away. Physical Murder. Close distance.)
* Monkey Business: D, B, F, D + HK (Lang summons Pandemonkey and orders to attack him while he says "All yours!". The monkey spirit then grabs his opponent and slams him/her around like a ragdoll and after that, he rips his/her body horizontally in two and he later throws said parts to the ground. Spiritual Murder. Sweep distance.)
= MISC.: =
* Voice Actor: Archie Kao (English), Ryosuke Yamamoto (Japanese), Eduardo Garza (Latin American Spanish)
* Intro Sequence: Lang is seen floating from the wind before he lands to the ground and then grabs his bo staff he says "Patience is a virtue... unless you provoke me." before he goes to his fighting stance.
* Match Point Sequence: Lang spins his staff upwards before he puts it to the ground and assumes a Kung Fu pose.
* Victory Sequence: Lang does some Shaolin poses with his staff and then puts it in the ground as he says "You need more concentration, fellow warrior.". Pandemonkey then lands from a jump and starts to do the monkey dance.
* Stage: Shaolin Pagodas
* Rival: Red Axe
= STORY MODE: =
== Prologue: ==
(Shows the book in one page a drawing Lang doing a Kung Fu pose, followed by his name below, and then in the other page, a series of texts will show up with the following prologue here.)
In the country of China, the Shaolin were formed when an Indian dhyana master who goes by the name of Batuo, arrived in the country in 464 AD to spread Buddhist teachings. Batuo's first disciples in the art are Huiguang and Sengchou. As time has passed, the conditions of lawlessness from the Emperor allowed the Shaolin to develop numerous martial arts in the country.
As part of the Ming Dynasty, in the Henan Province, one of the most known Shaolin Monks in the country is Zi Lang, who dedicated his life to protect the balance of mankind. During the moment he traveled around the country, the evil Deathopian lord Deathstructor came to the temples and killed both his fellow monks and his master to transform them into Jiang Shi, hopping undead creatures who feed the lifeforce of their victims.
Feeling aggraviated for Deathstructor's acts, Lang decides to purge his country from the Jiang Shi and wants answers by going to the Deathopian region so he will eradicate the skeletal lord and save his people from the outbreak.
== Stage 4 Interlude - VS. Haruto Kazama ==
=== Pre-Fight Cutscene: ===
(Scene takes place in Sengoku Warfare. Haruto just slashed a few soldiers of the Toyotomi clan.)
Haruto: "Phew! Hope these are the last ones for now."
(A gust of wind shows up as Lang comes to scene in front of Haruto and greets him.)
Lang: "Long time no see, Haruto!"
Haruto: "Lang, what a big surprise for you!"
Lang: "How are things with this Sengoku warfare?"
Haruto: "Truth to be told, I just striked some Toyotomi footsoldiers, but not the big man himself Nobunaga-dono mentioned."
Lang: "Wait a minute..."
(Lang grabs his staff and does a whirlwind... to a Toyotomi spy he tried to attack Haruto behind and throws him off, leaving Haruto shocked.)
Haruto: "Did you do that?"
(Lang challenges Haruto and goes to his fighting stance.)
Lang: "Don't understimate a Shaolin... and to make sure, how about a friendly duel?"
Haruto: "My fire... against your wind! The duel is set!"
(Haruto accepts his challenge and unsheathes his Ninjato as he goes to his fighting stance.)
=== After Match Cutscene: ===
(Haruto starts to get up easily.)
Haruto: "For a Shaolin... you are brave."
Lang: "But remember that I don't fight unless someone provokes me."
Haruto: "That explains all, aibou!"
Lang: "However, I predicted that if Toyotomi takes over your country... he will cause a strife against my people in the future."
Haruto: "That's why I fight in the name of Oda Nobunaga."
Lang: "The famous warlord of Owari?"
Haruto: "The same... and he's coming right now!"
(Oda Nobunaga comes to scene with his horse as he talks with Haruto.)
Nobunaga: "Haruto, is he your friend?"
Haruto: "Yes, Nobunaga-dono!"
Nobunaga: "On another news, I assigned a new mission to you!"
Lang: "What's that mission he's talking about?"
Haruto: "He's picking me to watch over Mitsuhide Akechi, his protegeé."
Lang: "Don't tell me."
Haruto: "I have a feeling that he's not to be trusted."
Lang: "Good luck on your mission!"
Haruto: "Back at you, Lang."
Lang: "Xièxiè!"
Nobunaga: "Let's go, Haruto-kun!"
Haruto: "Hope your country will be safe!"
(Nobunaga runs with his horse and leaves the scene, and so is Haruto with his smoke bomb. Lang then uses his staff to generate wind as he leaves the scene with it.)
== Fated Battle - VS. Red Axe ==
=== Pre-Fight Cutscene: ===
(Scene takes place outside of Deathstructor's Castle, where we see dark brown mountains, a couple of bones and dark gray clouds that cover the entire sky, followed by lightning coming from said clouds.)
Lang: "Here I am, my people... The final destination."
(Just as Lang is almost stepping the bridge, ligtning strikes from the sky to the ground and then Red Axe lands to the scene with his stomp.)
Red Axe: "Not so fast, young one."
Lang: "I got a duty to accomplish, stranger, so step aside."
Red Axe: "My people is in danger!"
Lang: "And so do I!"
(Red Axe challenges Lang and goes to his fighting stance.)
Red Axe: "Can I trust your word?"
Lang: "Hope you understand this after the battle."
(Lang accepts his challenge and goes to his fighting stance.)
== After Match Cutscene: ==
(Red Axe is slowly getting up.)
Red Axe: "I admire your bravery, monk!"
Lang: "The same can be said from you."
(Lang helps Red Axe to get up.)
Red Axe: "Tell me. Why are you going to Deathopia?"
Lang: "Deathstructor killed my people and turned them into Jiang Shi."
Red Axe: "He's also my enemy too! He's planning the eradication of my homeland!"
Lang: "That makes the two of us!"
Red Axe: "I was considering entering, but since your duty is more important, I let you pass."
Lang: "Thank you, warrior!"
(Red Axe and Lang and Red Axe shakes hands for five seconds.)
Red Axe: "Good luck on your quest to purge your country!"
Lang: "Back at you regarding your people!"
(Lang runs towards Deathstructor's castle.)
== Sub-Boss Cutscene: ==
(We cut to Deathstructor's lair as we hear his laugh as he sees Lang through a crystal ball.)
Deathstructor: "So you have decided to fight me... However, this isn't going to happen soon."
(Deathstructor's skeletal right hand glows to the crystal ball. We cut to the castle with Lang walking towards, as a black energy teleports him to a platform in a cave with lava surrounding it.)
Lang: "My Shaolin senses indicate someone's coming!"
(We hear an animal growl for a while. Then, an hybrid creature starts to land the ground with a huge shockwave. Pandemonkey is summoned, albeit feared.)
Mantigore: "Nobody's going to step Deathopia, mortal!"
Lang: "I refuse to step down, creature!"
Mantigore: "I don't trust monks like you."
Lang: "You're the one who shouldn't trust Deathstructor!"
(Pandemonkey disappears as Mantigore screams in front of Lang. The latter is now in his combat stance afterwards.)
Mantigore: "You monk can't stop me, the mighty Mantigore!"
Lang: "It is Deathstructor the one I should stop, but I'm going to give you a lesson."
== Final Boss Cutscene: ==
(Mantigore gets up easily.)
Mantigore: "I regretted my bad decisions, monk."
Lang: "Peace and harmony symbolize me. I do my best to protect my country."
Mantigore: "My time here is over... go to his throne room as I'm going to rest myself peacefully at my homeland."
(Mantigore's eyes start to close as his ethereal body starts to disappear in front of him.)
Lang: "Hope Buddha will accompany you in your eternal rest."
(We cut to Deathstructor's lair, as he gets angry for Mantigore's vanishing, seeing through a crystal ball.)
Deathstructor: "How pathetic! A mere monk defeated Mantigore for nothing... If he insists, I will show him my true power!"
(Deathstructor's skeletal right hand glows to the crystal ball.  We cut back to the cave as Lang is feeling a strange sensation.)
Lang: "This seems a bit suspicious for me."
(Dark energies causes Lang to be teleported to Deathstructor's throne room, a place located in the top of the castle, decorated in dark fantasy architecture. Deathstructor is seen sitting in his black throne.)
Deathstructor: "The last of the Shaolin, right?"
Lang: "That I am... and I suppose you're Deathstructor."
Deathstructor: "Correct! For I am the bringer of the upcoming apocalypse."
Lang: "Why did you killed my people and turned them into Jiang Shi?"
Deathstructor: "Have you wondered why I created a legion of undead?"
Lang: "Tell me in first place."
Deathstructor: "They are so weak-willed, preachy, and too cowardly to defend themselves. The path you are walking is stupid, not to mention useless."
Lang: "And that's the reason why you killed them? They are not cowards as you said!"
Deathstructor: *laughs "You got the idea! By killing those unfortunate souls, your master included, I turned them into stronger creatures that will lead me to the victory!"
Lang: "Your actions are unforgivable!"
(Deathstructor unearths his scythe, Black Cleaver, out of the ground and grabs it as he starts to walk outside of his throne to the square one in front of Lang.)
Deathstructor: "And what I expect from you? Trying to run home with your deceased parents, watching as your country rotting by my hand?"
Lang: "I will not allow you to corrupt my country!"
Deathstructor: "Enough! Your quest to save China will be over!"
(Lang is now assuming in his combat stance.)
== Ending cutscene: ==
(Deathstructor is defeated, however he gets up easily.)
Deathstructor: "How a mere Shaolin like you can defeat me?"
Lang: "I bring peace and harmony... That's why I embarked in my quest."
Deathstructor: "No! You won't!"
(Deathstructor runs towards Lang and attempts to attack him but is countered by Lang's staff, impaling the skeletal ruler in the chest for five seconds and then pulls off. Deathstructor starts to feel that his ironic death is starting now.)
Deathstructor: "What did you have done to me, the fearful Deathstructor?"
Lang: "What I do is called purge. You will never terrorize my people again."
(Lang leaves the castle as the components of it are starting to fall while energy waves are starting to surround Deathstructor.)
Deathstructor: "You cannot escape from my curse, Zi Lang!"
(The waves cause Deathstructor to explode into bones. We cut to Lang leaving the castle and summons Pandemonkey with the latter starts to jump with the former, which starts to create a big whirlwind, dissapearing both of them as the Deathopian castle is falling into pieces. We cut later to a rural town of the Henan Province as the Chinese people are scared of the Jiang-Shi.)
Chinese Villager #1: "Stay away from me, creep!"
Chinese Villager #2: "We are doomed!"
Chinese Villager #3: "Help us, Buddha!"
(Suddenly, the Jiang-Shi surrounding them are turned to ashes for a strange reason.)
Chinese Villager #2: "Are we... alive?"
Chinese Villager #4: "Yes!"
Chinese Villager #1: "This means... a miracle happened!"
(They heard a familiar voice.)
????: "It is, my people! Deathopia's reign is over!"
(The citizens turn around and see Lang, who just arrived at time.)
Lang: "My duty to purge my country is done, villagers. You can now relax in peace."
Chinese Villager #5: "Thank you, Lang!"
(The villagers come to hug Lang for a while.)
Chinese Villager #6: "You saved us, Shaolin!"
Lang: "Now my comrades and master are resting in peace... but if anything I learned from my journey is that I can reestablish the Shaolin with new disciples."
Chinese Villager #2: "Sounds good!"
Lang: "Now, considering that I'm becoming a master soon, who will be my very first disciples?"
(The villagers raise their hands upwards.)
Lang: "All right, let's reinaugurate the Shaolin Academy!"
(Later, we see Lang and a new generation of Shaolin Monks, with the assistance of the Ming Emperor, are building the famous Shaolin Monastery in Dengfeng, Zhengzhou.)
Ming Emperor: "The Shaolin Monastery is a great idea you have done, Lang."
Lang: "I will train my own disciples so they can learn the path of peace and harmony."
Ming Emperor: "A wise decision, indeed!"
Lang: "It is, Emperor."
(The last scene has the completed Shaolin Monastery with Lang and his Shaolin disciples, as well as Pandemonkey, doing many Shaolin katas.)
Lang (v/o): "I'm Zi Lang, formerly the last of the Shaolin Monks... and now, the master of a new generation, instructing them the path of peace and harmony for the future."
(The screen transitions into a huge wind gust, turning it black after that.)
(Avril Lavigne's "Keep Holding On" starts playing as the credits which background is accompanied of a papyrus with ink-stained reflections of the Animal Spirits while the credits are rolling.)
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