Cao Yuwei

Biodata

Personality

Cao Yuwei is confident in the techniques he keeps in reserve, believing he can restrain an opponent who commits to a follow-up attack. Mei Gongzi's refusal to press him instead frustrates those plans, and her sharp perception visibly unsettles him. 2 56 59

He fights aggressively and relentlessly, repeatedly intensifying his blade intent and charging directly while merged with his weapon. 2 57 60

Abilities & Skills

Flame Armor

Cao Yuwei can forge or form armor from flames around his body.

• Provides him with a defensive state while he prepares further techniques. 2 56
• His prepared follow-up is interrupted when Mei Gongzi declines to advance after evading his attacks. 2 57

Blade Intent and Weapon Unity

He wields a war or battle blade/saber with increasingly powerful blade intent.

• His slashes grow markedly stronger over the course of the exchange. 2 57 60
• He can move as one with his weapon while charging an opponent. 2 59

Restriction Technique

Cao Yuwei possesses an unrevealed method intended to restrain an opponent.

• A golden-red flash appears across his body when the technique is poised. 2 59
• The technique is not completed during the documented exchange because Mei Gongzi repeatedly evades rather than attacking into it. 2 56

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• War/battle blade or saber — His primary weapon, used to deliver forceful blade-intent attacks. 2 57

Relationships

• Mei Gongzi / Pretty Young Master — Combat opponent. She counters his direct assaults through displacement and lock-on disruption, deliberately attempting to exhaust him in a battle of attrition. 2 59 81
• Qin Cheng — The identity under which Pretty Young Master is described during their later documented confrontation. 80 81

Story Role / Major Arcs

Battle Against Mei Gongzi

Cao Yuwei engages Mei Gongzi in a prolonged contest where he uses flame armor, escalating blade intent, and direct charges. Mei Gongzi answers with the Heavenly Mysterious Circle and instantaneous shifts, neutralizing his attacks and breaking his lock-on rather than trading blows. 2 59 60

His opponent's evasive approach turns the encounter into an endurance contest. Cao Yuwei is unable to force her into the follow-up restraint technique he has prepared. 56 62 67