Fire Dance
Rebirth of the Strongest Sword GodContents
Biodata
| Feature | Information |
|---|---|
| Name | Fire Dance (火舞) |
| Alias(es) | Fire Phoenix 1929 |
| Gender | Female |
| Affiliation | Zero Wing Guild |
| Occupation/Role | Assassin; Zero Wing main force commander 2133 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 133 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 Assassin | 423 | Had successfully advanced and tested herself against Level 15 special elites and a Level 16 Chieftain. 423 |
| Realm of Subtlety | 769 | Entered the realm after observing Seliora wield a sword, gaining smoother, faster, more economical movements. 769 |
| Tier 2 Assassin | 1659 | First documented as a Tier 2 Assassin; used a Legendary item fragment to ambush and instantly kill Lei Jingyang. 1659 |
| Tier 3 Assassin | 2133 | Overwhelmed Tier 2 opponents, including Feral Beast Legion assassin Yumo, after using the Firefall Orb. 2133 |
| Dark Force | 2194 | Confirmed to have mastered Dark Force after seriously injuring peak Dark Force expert Wang Zongquan with one palm strike. 2194 |
| Mana Body: 107% | 2849 | Broke through the 100% limit with the Tier 5 Sword Saint inheritance and strange beast stone sculpture. 2849 |
| Mana Body: 110% | 2849 | Further refined her Mana Body to 110%, greatly improving her combat power. 2849 |
Background / History
Fire Dance originally led a group that targeted the Martial Arts Alliance in Red Leaf Town as retaliation for the Alliance’s losses against Ye Feng. Her group was subsequently caught in a Martial Arts Alliance trap; Ye Feng intervened, eliminated the opposing healers and spellcasters, and saved her surviving teammates. Fire Dance was already familiar with Ye Feng’s reputation and regarded him as her idol. 133 137 138
By the time Shi Feng assembled his early team, Fire Dance had joined it as its most experienced combatant. Her former companions were later coerced by the Martial Arts Alliance into confronting Shi Feng’s group, placing her in direct conflict with people who had previously shared hardships with her. 166 167
Fire Dance and her companions later returned from God’s Trial with equipment that drew attention even in White River City. Within Zero Wing, she became the guild’s undisputed number-one Assassin and a central member of its main force. 232 320
Appearance
Fire Dance is a striking young woman with a fiery figure, fair complexion, and a composed martial-artist’s bearing. Her equipment frequently emphasizes a flame motif. 138 232 459
- Tight crimson leather armor during her early adventures. 232
- Red-and-black Warfire Set leather armor. 459
- Dazzling Truefire Flow Blades worn at her waist. 446 459
- Often described as possessing a dangerous, blade-like presence; after equipping the Warfire Set, she gave the impression of a rose covered in thorns. 558 459
Personality
Fire Dance is battle-driven, confident, and highly observant. She willingly tests herself against stronger opponents, but her clash with Long Wu taught her that powerful equipment could not compensate for shortcomings in fundamentals and combat comprehension. 275 559
She is fiercely loyal to Zero Wing and Shi Feng. She refused Long Wu’s invitation to join the Battle Dragon Legion and later rejected Uncle Li’s recruitment offer despite his recognition of her talent. 559 1268
Her combat judgment is notably sharp. While watching Shi Feng use Void Step, she correctly concluded that it was not a Teleportation-type skill and recognized its extreme mental strain. 423
Abilities & Skills
Assassin Combat
Fire Dance is an exceptionally fast close-quarters combatant who combines rapid attacks, precise timing, and high Agility. Her attack speed allows her to interrupt casting, overwhelm opponents before they can coordinate, and exploit openings in crowded battles. 263 558 1743
- Used rapid dagger attacks to prevent a demon maid from casting while building energy for a high-damage Eviscerate. 263
- Her speed allowed her to catch six Dark Hunters in under twenty seconds, moving at nearly twice their speed. 1743
- Can use Assassin techniques including Shadow Step, Shadow Kill, Gale Step, Backstab, and Shadow Break. 450 794 1514
- Practiced movement-based skill execution after God’s Domain changed skill activation from verbal commands to player movements. 448 450
Realm of Subtlety and Martial Arts
After observing Seliora, Fire Dance entered the Realm of Subtlety, allowing her to move and attack with no unnecessary motion. 769
- Her improved technique made her blade movements faster, less rigid, and more effortless. 769
- In the real world, she uses hidden force and Dark Force, defeating White Tiger Martial Arts School trainees and seriously injuring Wang Zongquan with a palm strike. 910 2193 2194
- Used visual persistence to evade Wang Zongquan’s Mountain-Crashing Shoulder Strike and counterattack at close range. 2193
Everchanging
Everchanging is Fire Dance’s Legendary item fragment weapon. It transforms her slashes into a mixture of real and illusory attacks, making the true trajectory difficult to identify while allowing illusory strikes to inflict real damage. 778 779
- Filled the space before her with sword rays to defeat Blood Sun’s Phantom Sword. 794 795
- Its hidden effect enabled her to block Uncle Li’s enhanced Shadow Kill. 1267
- Grants the Phantom Body effect, creating indistinguishable phantoms and allowing Fire Dance to switch places with them at will. 796 1514
- Provides an additional life-saving effect with a 48-hour cooldown, contributing to her “Fire Phoenix” nickname within Zero Wing. 1929
Domain Skills
Fire Dance possesses powerful control-oriented Domain Skills that let her contest opponents whose raw strength exceeds her own.
- Water Restraint — Manipulates surrounding water into whips that can restrain, interrupt, and damage enemies; even a High Lord struggled to escape it. 947
- Petrification Domain — Slows enemies and helped her counter Changhong and Axe Cleaver’s attacks. 796 1928
- Free Will — A Warfire Set skill that removes restriction and control effects. 459
Stealth, Detection, and Trapwork
Fire Dance can locate enemies through their magic-power signatures and has sufficient trap-dismantling expertise to work on Master-ranked arrays. 1146 2529
- Detected and eliminated nearby demon players by sensing their dense magic power. 2529
- Identified the difficulty of a Master-ranked trap array and estimated that dismantling it required five minutes. 1146
- Located the Floor Lord guarding a demonkin nest. 1954
Equipment / Weapons / Items
- Everchanging — Legendary item fragment short sword; creates real and illusory slashes and grants Phantom Body. 778 796
- Petrifying Thorn — Epic weapon personally given to her by Shi Feng. 766 779
- Truefire Flow Blades — Level 25 Dark Gold weapons that significantly raised her combat power. 446
- Warfire Set — Complete set given by Shi Feng; provides increased Agility, 35% skill cooldown reduction, Free Will, and Warfire Frenzy. 458 459
- Firefall Orb — A secret Zero Wing item that greatly increases her aura and combat power. 2132 2133
- Mana battle array — Rare auxiliary skill obtained during the Wandering Dead Souls expedition. 2586
- Tier 5 Sword Saint inheritance crystal — Used alongside the strange beast stone sculpture to improve her Mana Body. 2848 2849
Relationships
- Shi Feng / Ye Feng / Black Flame — Guild Leader, mentor, rescuer, and trusted partner. He saved Fire Dance from the Martial Arts Alliance, equipped her with major weapons and sets, and acted as her coach during her real-world martial arts confrontation. 138 260 777 2194
- Buffalo — Former companion who initially joined Shi Feng’s team because he trusted Fire Dance and wanted to learn from her. 170
- Flying Shadow — Fellow Zero Wing Assassin; regarded as the strongest Assassin beneath Fire Dance after improving through sparring and battle. 320
- Kele — Zero Wing teammate who shields her from ranged attacks during major battles. 1927
- Long Wu — Battle Dragon Legion expert whose overwhelming technique exposed the gap in Fire Dance’s fundamentals; she later grew strong enough to suppress him. 559 1515
- Yumo — Feral Beast Legion’s top Assassin; Fire Dance countered Yumo’s killing techniques and defeated her decisively as a Tier 3. 2133 2234
- Uncle Li — An expert who recognized Fire Dance’s potential and invited her to join his group after she suppressed him in combat; she refused. 1268
Story Role / Major Arcs
- Martial Arts Alliance conflict — Leads retaliatory attacks against the Martial Arts Alliance, is caught in its trap, and is saved by Ye Feng. 133 137 138
- Early Zero Wing main force — Joins Shi Feng’s party, returns from God’s Trial, and becomes Zero Wing’s leading Assassin. 166 232 320
- Warfire and mastery training — Receives the Warfire Set, learns movement-based skill activation, and begins developing more refined combat technique. 458 459
- Everchanging arc — Receives Petrifying Thorn and the reforged Everchanging, enters the Realm of Subtlety, and defeats Blood Sun and Changhong through illusion-based combat. 766 769 794 796
- Guild wars — Defeats Battle Dragon Legion members, confronts Dark Hunters alone, and helps crush Death God Studio. 558 1743 1927 1928
- Tier 3 breakthrough — As Zero Wing’s main force commander, defeats Yumo and the Feral Beast Legion’s Tier 2 forces with overwhelming strength. 2133
- Later campaigns — Instantly kills a Tier 3 Demon-transformed Shield Warrior, scouts hostile demon players through mana detection, and develops her Mana Body beyond 100%. 2521 2529 2849
Notable Quotes
“No need.” — Fire Dance, declining to use stealth before facing Blood Sun. 793
“I'm not a disciple of any family. I'm merely a trainee at the Heavenly Combat Training Center.” 2194