Jue Ying

Jue Ying (*Chinese: 角 影 Pinyin: Jué Yǐng lit: Corner Shadow)* is a Demon in service to the Venerable Three Beasts. He is one of the three Demons sent after Wenren Yixuan following the latter's victory over Chen Shou and recovery of the Qilin's son. He serves as one of the antagonists for Season 2, along with Shan Zhu and Jiao Wei.

## Appearance

Jue Ying is a small, green demon reminiscent of western goblins and elves. He has two large ears with the interior being striped black and blue, has a crown-like growth on his head and three small, blue eyes that initially appeared to be his face. He has no visible mouth but can create one if needed but can speak without it.

Jue Ying wears a rather formal attire compared to his fellow demon assassins, with a long-sleeved white shirt with black and gold on the cuffs and collar. He wears dark-cyan pants held up by a gold belt and is one of the few demons shown wearing shoes, with them being the same gold color as his belt and shirt.

In his weakened state, Jue Ying resembles a dragon or an electric eel. His head remains roughly the same save for a large reptilian maw with sharp teeth and a solitary whisker on the top of his snout, with his crown protrusion being replaced with what looks like hair, or a series of quills. The rest of his body is reverted to a viscous green and blue liquid.

## Personality

Jue Ying is devious, sadistic, opportunistic and confident. He holds his abilities in high regard and holds little respect for others, whether ally or enemy. That being said, he's not above working together with Shan Zhu or Jiao Wei if it meant giving himself an edge over his opponents. Despite his haughty nature, Jue Ying is a rather dirty fighter, using hidden projectile blades within his fan, shocking his enemies with electricity via sneak attacks, or expanding his body to create a makeshift bomb for a hasty retreat. His sadism comes out when he gains the chance to drown Wenren Jingxuan by trapping him within his water body and mock Xuan, after the brothers were exhausted from the battle with Jiao Wei.

Jue Ying holds elemental affinities as absolutes. Despite being shown contrary, he firmly believes he holds the advantage over Xuan and Jingxuan due to his affinity for water to their fire. Ironically, he met his demise at the hands of a fellow Water user whose powers were a direct counter to his own.

## Power and Abilities

**Overall Abilities**: Jue Ying was hand-selected by the Venerable Beasts to hunt down Wenren Yixuan, showing a level of trust in his skill and power. His strength, speed, tactics, and elemental prowess made him a lethal foe.

**Tessen Proficiency:** Jue Ying showed great proficiency with his Tessen. In combat, he showed skill in a variety of ways from using it as a shield, blade, or a controllable projectile. He is also able to shoot small blades from it as a suprise attack.

**Hydrokinesis:** One of Jue Ying's elemental powers and his most used. Unlike the Shentu Clan members shown, Jue Ying's control over water is more honed, able to keep water in a liquid state but still able to shape it for attacks. He's also able to walk on water and use it as makeshift footholds, such as in his initial fight with Wenren Yixuan. Jue Ying's control is great enough he can control and manipulate his own liquid form, changing his appearance and using his body as a water trap to drown his victims or to expand and create explosions in manner similar to hydroforming. This technique, however is typically used for escaping or when desperate, as it comes with the drawback of dispersing his body, forcing him to undergo a period of reassembly in order to take a solid form again.

**Electrokionesis:** Jue Ying's other elemental affinity. Unlike his control over Water, Jue Ying's control over electricity is more of a burst rather than fine control. He also showed a requirement for mediums or physical contact for his electric attacks, which he circumvents through his control of water.

**Telekinesis:** Like most powerful demons, Jue Ying possesses telekinesis, primarily using it to control his Tessen mid-flight to attack in conjunction with his close-range techniques.