Demon Person

Biodata

Appearance

The Demon Person wore black clothing and kept his disheveled hair over his face 9.

• A gloomy male face occupied the center of his head, with a female face on either side where his ears would normally be 9.
• His voice shifted between male and female, sometimes sounding as though two people spoke at once 9.
• A mouth could open on the back of his hand 9.

Abilities & Skills

Three-Faced Attacks

• The three faces could spit out black serpents as thick as a bowl’s rim 9.
• The mouth on the back of his hand could bite an opponent during close combat, though it could not penetrate Ning Xiu’s fifth-layer Golden Bell Shield 9.
• A bite from a black serpent left Ning Xiu’s wound numb 10.

Resilience

• He survived a powerful Internal Energy-infused kick to the abdomen and got back to his feet, though the blow seriously hurt him 9.

Possessions

Ning Xiu recovered these items from his body after the fight 10:

• Silver notes worth 300 taels.
• Two bottles of pills whose effects were unknown to Ning Xiu.
• Three skull-headed darts.

Story Role

After Ning Xiu left Spring Full Pavilion late at night, the Demon Person confronted him on the road back to the Demon Subduing Bureau. Ning Xiu detected nearby Evil Qi and challenged him to show himself 9.

In their fight, the Demon Person recognized Ning Xiu as a Ninth Rank Martial cultivator associated with the Bureau. Ning Xiu resisted his biting mouth, fought through his serpent attacks, and crushed all three of his faces with Internal Energy, killing him 9.