10 Rings Demon Knight

**Gu Jie Zhi**

A member of The Dark Army Imagine Corps. He is classified at the infernal level, demon knight class.

## Biography

A demon knight who wields the Mandarin's Rings. He is a member of The Treasured Order within The Mother Blood Tree's territories.

He is an ancient demon who has been a long time member of The Treasured Order. He is one of the original members of The Order and is a legendary S Rank general. He has a keen mind and a sharp, dry wit. He acts like he is a florid, gentlemanly, erudite speaker, but in reality he does not hesitate to resort to violence quickly and decisively. He is ruthless, cunning, and without morals. He acts with a cheerful, pleasant, and flippant demeanor, but his eyes have seen the bloodshed of countless beings.

Gu Jie Zhi is a 5'8, slender demon with a fit body, Asian features, and black hair tied in a ponytail behind his back. He has a widow's peak, thin eyebrows that arch high, a thin nose, a pointed chin, high cheekbones, and narrowed eyes. When he fully opens his eyes, they are red with black vertical slit pupils. He wears black robes trimmed in red with long sleeves, martial artist shoes, and the Ten Rings (5 on on each arm) on his forearms. Under his robe is a tunic.

## Powers/Abilities/Techniques

Martial Arts Skills

Keen Mind

Fit

The Ten Rings grant Jie Zhi a variety of superhuman abilities: enhanced strength, durability, speed, agility, stamina, reflexes, nigh-immortality, and the ability to manipulate the rings at will. When the rings are used by him, they generate an aura of azure and red.

**Superhuman Strength**: Jie Zhi's physical strength is enhanced to superhuman level by the Ten Rings, numerous times stronger than any normal human being. The enhanced strength granted by the rings was proportional to how many rings he is wearing at once, he usually keeps five rings on each arm to evenly distribute his strength enhancement but can double the power of his punches by moving all rings to a single arm.

**Enhanced Durability**: Jie Zhi's durability is enhanced by the Ten Rings, numerous times more resistant to physical and energy damage than any normal mortal, as well as being able to withstand falling from immense heights that would definitely kill a normal mortal.

**Enhanced Speed**: Jie Zhi's speed is enhanced by the Ten Rings, allowing him to run and move at incredible level of speed, much faster than any normal mortal.

**Superhuman Agility**: Jie Zhi's agility is enhanced by the Ten Rings, allowing him to coordinate his body with perfect balance, equilibrium, flexibility, and dexterity, much greater than any normal mortal, as well as leaping great distances and heights with precision.

**Enhanced Stamina**: Jie Zhi's stamina is enhanced by the Ten Rings, allowing him to exert himself at peak capacity for long periods of time without tiring or showing any sign of fatigue.

**Enhanced Reflexes:** Jie Zhi's reflexes are enhanced by the Ten Rings, allowing him to react and dodge objects traveling at high speeds, much quicker than any normal mortal.

**Nigh-Immortality**: The Ten Rings stop Jie Zhi from ageing as long as they are worn, as well as preventing him to die from natural causes, such as earthly infections, diseases, and disorders, making him near-immortal. He is still in his prime despite being more than a thousand years old. However, the rings do not grant him true immortality as they can not protect the user from fatal injuries or supernatural causes of death.

**Weapon Calling**: The Ten Rings obey Jie Zhi calling as though they were driven by a form of intelligence and self-awareness. He is able to telepathically control and use them as weapons in various ways to attack his opponents, and will return to him whenever he wants.

**Energy Manipulation**: Jie Zhi can control and manipulate a magic energy field emitted by the Ten Rings at will, generating an aura of red, azure, and transparent energy currents. He an use them for a variety of purposes, such as creating an energy barrier, shooting the rings towards the ground to launch himself high up into the air and again to safely land on the ground, firing them individually or together as high-powered projectiles, shooting blasts of energy, extending the rings as energy chain to use as a whip, projecting energy blasts, and blocking or deflecting attacks from opponents.

* **Energy Projection**: Jie Zhi can shoot the Ten Rings individually or together as energy projectiles.
* **Energy Blast**: Jie Zhi can use the Ten Rings to project an energy blast.
* **Chain Creation**: Jie Zhi can extend the Ten Rings as an energy chain to use as a whip.
* **Force-Field Generation**: Jie Zhi can use the Ten Rings to create an energy barrier.

**Equipment:**

Mandarin's Rings