Green Phoenix

**Green Phoenix** is Thirteen's master and one of the Shadow Killers of the Killers League. He ordered Thirteen to kill Seven and bring back his sword. In the Season 3 dub, he's referred to as Green Phoenix.

## Character history

At the age of 21, he went on a killing spree of strong opponents in order to be recruited by the Killers League as one of the Shadow Assassins. He took Thirteen as an apprentice around the same time.

In the second year of his membership, he takes an interest in Seven who was just recruited among the Shadow Assassins with its leader's recommendation. He saves him from Redtooth and tells him he would have won easily if his sword had been of better quality. He also tells him the Thousand Demon Daggers location and warns him about the demon protecting it.

He becomes aware of Seven's survival during Stan's attempted invasion of Chicken Island when Thirteen uses a Qi technique to broadcast what she sees to her master. He asks her to kill him and bring the sword back to him.

When he realizes she failed to accomplish this task because she felt indebted to Seven, he tells her he will repay that debt and saves Seven a second time from Redtooth. He gives the Thousand Demon Daggers back to Seven and creates a barrier around the fight between him and Redtooth to prevent outsiders from meddling with the Killers League business. When Seven is about to lose, he kills Red Tooth. This act shocks Redtooth, who asks him how he will justify this to the leader. Green Phoenix's answer seems to surprise him a great deal.

He tells Seven that he can't protect his friends from the swarm of assassins that will continue to come on Chicken Island as long as he stays there. His words convinced Seven to return to Xuanwu in order to kill the leader of the Killers League.

In Season 4, Green Phoenix's backstory is revealed. He was actually the wealthy, loved son of the Emperor of the small Qingyun (青云) Country. Ten years ago, the Killers League had invaded the country in order to seize its national treasure, a pendant worn by its Emperor. The Killer League Leader personally executed the task, leading the assassins to stealthily kill all the surrounding people while Green Phoenix was playing a game of Go with his father. It was only when one of the guards accidentally knocked down one of the standing torches, setting the building aflame, that the royal family was finally alerted to the attack.

Green Phoenix's father attempted to kill their attacker, but since they were all under the Leader's hallucination technique, the stab to the stomach was harmless and was easily killed in the same way. Distraught, Green Phoenix attempted to take revenge only to be struck down by another assassin. He was actually saved by his mother, who took the attack in his stead, leaving him covered by her dead body as he could only helplessly watch the Leader seize what he came for and leave. The fire finally spread enough to make part of the wooden roof collapse, trapping Green Phoenix and permanently scarring his right side of his face as he screams in rage and agony.

He was soon after saved by his master, who was too late to stop the assassination. His master was able to identify the sword technique and he hid Green Phoenix and went to confront the Leader. Green Phoenix's master failed to kill him under the illusion, but managed to cut his right arm off. After the Leader left, Green Phoenix's master, with his dying breaths, managed to tell Green Phoenix that the secret to defeating that technique was to overcome its fear.

In S04E02, Green Phoenix returned to the Killer League Leader before completing the assignment of killing Seven. He reveals that he joined the Killers League for the purpose of killing its leader. The Killers League Messenger attacks Green Phoenix, attempting to stall and make him waste his qi, but gets pushed out of the barrier Green Phoenix creates to fight the Leader one-on-one. The Leader taunts him on his confidence to kill him, and only then learns Green Phoenix's true identity and reason for his perceived betrayal.

In S04E07, Redtooth's flashback reveals that in Fate, Green Phoenix said had replied that the Leader would be the next to die.

S04E10 continues with the duel between the Killer League Leader and Green Phoenix. Unfortunately, right before Green Phoenix is able to land the killing blow, he runs out of qi to maintain the barrier and the Messenger is quickly able to block most of the attack with her own body, revealing that she is actually a high density robot from Stan Country. He prepares to attack again, but a live recording from Manjusaka stops him. She has placed a wounded Thirteen in a den of hungry Snake Demons, using only enough of a repelling flower scent on her to hold them off for the time it would take Green Phoenix to arrive there in his fastest state. Green Phoenix attempts to bluff that he doesn't care for her, but destroys the Messenger and leaves to rescue Thirteen.

When Green Phoenix saves Thirteen, he inadvertently gets poisoned by the the transferring toxin on her. Manjusaka attempts to persuade him to abandon her, and asks for a kiss for an antidote. He kicks an enhanced pebble at her and leaves, knocking her back against a tree and dirtying her clothes.

Green Phoenix and Thirteen take refuge by the water with their wounds dressed but not fully healed. Thirteen asks if she's a burden to him, saying that Green Phoenix could've escaped if it wasn't for her. He denies that, saying that his own plans of revenge would've failed anyway and that there'll be countless assassins now out to hunt himself down. Green Phoenix confesses to Thirteen that he used her, along with Seven's discovery and his trust in her, to use the Ancient Dark Ice as a diversion to get himself alone with the Killer League Leader and kill him. He was aware that this would put Thirteen in danger, and even taught her a dual blade technique to further hide his own swordsman technique.

He gives his own sword to Thirteen, and wishes that he could pass down the Qingyun Flowing Sword technique down to her as well. However, since they're out of time, the two of them can only sit down together for a few minutes to watch the sunset before Green Phoenix must leave to draw the assassins away from Thirteen's recovery. He tells her that there's another person in the North part of Xuanwu Country who can teach her, and that he doesn't regret having bonded with her.

Green Phoenix kills the assassins tracking him and gets confronted by Manjusaka. She attacks him as well, working together with Stone Gate in a sneaky combo. He appears to cut through Stone Gate and shoots through below Manjusaka's shoulder with his qi as she seemingly teleports right up to him. She takes advantage of this, turning her fan into a dagger and stabs him in the heart. Before she can stab too deeply, Green Phoenix stops her, revealing that he had one of Thirteen's blades and stabs her in the stomach, making her topple over.

Heavily wounded, Green Phoenix falls into a kneel. He looks up to see the Killer League Leader approaching him with a drawn sword for one last battle.

## Abilities and Techniques

### Moon's Reflection Of The Twin Phoenix (双刀流：双凤映月)

This skill shrouds his two swords in qi, causing them to fly out on their own and attack the opponent. The qi is shaped like a pair of wings around the sword, with a long trailing tail. Green Phoenix taught this skill to Thirteen.

### Qingyun Flowing Sword (青云流水)

Not much is known about this technique, although it is strong enough to kill the Killer League Leader. It is assumed to be exclusive to the royal family of Qingyun Country.

## Possessions and Weapons

### Ancient Dark Ice (黑玄冰刃)

It is unknown where he obtained this poison in its blade form. He gives it to Thirteen to stab Seven with in order to send him in a frenzied state.

### Qingyun Sword (青云剑)

This sword presumably was made in order to best utilize the Qingyun Flowing Sword technique, but can be used in a pair for dual sword techniques. It is assumed to be a powerful blade from the now-extinct country of Qingyun.

## Appearance

He is an attractive young man with long white hair and green eyes. He wears an iron mask on the left side of his face to hide a severe burn, which he covers with his hair and a thin lock of hair that falls over her right shoulder. He is tall and thin and looks very dignified. He wears red eyeliner under his eyes and uses twin blades.

He wears a long, dark green assassin uniform with matching long boots and green ornaments on his shoulders and chest.

## Personality

Green Phoenix is an outwardly calm and dignified person. He is an extremely ambitious and intelligent man and will kill and subtly manipulate others to reach his own goals. Throughout his life, he has been known for being cold and calculating, even when angered, but is secretly very caring of Thirteen.

He manipulated the circumstances around Redtooth's death to make it look like Seven killed him before convincing Seven to fight against the Leader. Many people have speculated that he is the smartest of the Shadow Killers but the weakest. The Killer League Leader says that his true strength would make him the strongest.

## Relationships

### Thirteen

Thirteen is Green Phoenix's apprentice. The two show to have a dignified relationship with each other. Green Phoenix teaching and training Thirteen efficiently, as Thirteen shows great respect and obedience towards her master. Thirteen has been training under Green Phoenix since she was young. Although it appeared that he did not care for her well-being, he has always looked out for her even when he seemingly forces her to fend for herself. He passes down his family's sword and its special technique to her, entrusting her to another mentor as he leaves to face his death.

### Seven

Not much is known about their relationship in the past. Green Phoenix is shown to see Seven in a dangerous manner, deeming Seven a beast during his fight with Redtooth. However, when Seven is nearly bitten by Redtooth, Green Phoenix saves him and gives him advice once Seven asks what the best sword in the world was. The two don't seem close from what we've seen, seeing each other as co-workers working within the same organization. Unbeknownst to Seven, Green Phoenix made Thirteen poison him with the Ancient Dark Ice as a distraction.

### Redtooth

Not much is known about their relationship either. Redtooth is shown to show clear annoyance towards Green Phoenix for saving both Seven during their first fight that took place in Xuanwu Country, and the second that took place on Chicken Island. The two don't seem close whatsoever as Blue Phoenix himself kills Redtooth without remorse during the outcome of Seven and Redtooth's second battle. In S04E07, Redtooth swore to pay Green Phoenix back for trying to kill him.

### Killer League Leader

At first, Green Phoenix plays his usual calm and dignified appearance around the Leader, listening to him as any other Shadow Killer would. However, during the showcase of S04E02, Green Phoenix is shown to absolutely loathe the Leader for the assassination of his family. Green Phoenix joined the Killer League for the sake of revenge against the Leader and he holds a very deep grudge and hatred for the Leader, wanting him to die under Green Phoenix's blade.

## Trivia

* In Chinese, 青 in his name 青凤 is a colour that can mean both blue and green (even black), depending on the context. Usually it is referring to a cyan like colour. The English dub has switched between using 'blue' and 'green' for his name.