A Ke

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	A Ke (阿轲)
Alias(es)	Jing Ke (codename)
Species/Race	Honor of Kings hero consciousness projection
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Xiang Yi; Hidden Star Court
Occupation/Role	Assassin; infiltration and close-quarters operative
Status	Active 50
First Appearance	Chapter 28

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Summoned Hero — A Ke / “Jing Ke”	28	Xiang Yi force-summons her through an emergency Energy Point loan to obtain an antidote for Lanling King. Her listed core abilities are Flashstep, Phantom Dance, and Arc Light.
Soul Bond: Entrusting Life and Death breakthrough	48	Her bond with Lanling King unlocks Flashstep Shadow Kill, merging their shadows to tear spatial coordinates and double critical damage; it also applies Shadow Erosion that ignores 30% defense. The skill risks major mental-power drain, energy-signature exposure, and resonance with the Dimensional Shackles.

Background / History

A Ke is summoned from the Hero Pool when Lanling King is dying from Ten Rings poison. Xiang Yi advances 107 Energy Points through an emergency loan to meet her 300-point summoning cost, then orders her to infiltrate the Sea Serpent and recover an antidote or destroy the target container in Cabin 7 28.

During the operation, she breaches the ship’s energy barrier, eliminates guards, disables the Cabin 7 systems, and retrieves a Vibranium fragment instead of a conventional antidote. Although badly wounded by the container’s recoil and pursued by a sniper, she escapes by diving into the sea and returns the fragment to Xiang Yi 29. The fragment is later used to save Lanling King 30.

She subsequently joins Lanling King in the assault on The Hand’s Yunnan base. Despite having her right arm nearly paralyzed by poison, she uses a universal antidote, continues fighting with her left hand, and kills the disguised elite ninja 39. After the battle, she removes poison from Lanling King’s wound herself 40.

Following the destruction of the Kunlun outpost, A Ke helps establish and defend Hidden Star Court’s warehouse base. She handles traps, logistics, reconnaissance, threat removal, and later prepares to infiltrate Hammer Industries alongside Lanling King 37 45 47 50.

Appearance

A Ke wears a tight dark-red combat suit with matte-black armor at the joints and a fanged demon mask covering half her face. Her eyes are repeatedly described as cold and focused, while her red hair is visible during the Hidden Star Court’s establishment 28 37.

• Carries blood-red, curved twin daggers resembling venomous fangs 28.
• Uses cicada-wing-thin short swords identified as Remnant Rainbow during the Yunnan operation 39.
• Later carries the Sharktooth Knife 46 47.
• Her mask and armor can be visibly damaged in combat, including cracks from the Sea Serpent operation 29.

Personality

A Ke is cold, disciplined, and extremely concise. She accepts Xiang Yi’s first mission without ceremony or hesitation, responding through action rather than promises 28. Her attention remains fixed on operational priorities: routes, enemy positions, escape paths, and immediate threats 29 39.

Her detached manner does not prevent loyalty to her allies. She abandons a clean escape to respond when Lanling King is endangered, risks herself to continue fighting after being poisoned, and personally extracts poison from his wound after the Yunnan battle 39 40. She also carries the unconscious Ming Shiyin during the evacuation despite the draining chill affecting her body 45.

Abilities & Skills

Flashstep

A short-range, high-speed displacement ability that turns A Ke into a nearly imperceptible dark-red streak 28 29.

• Exploits weak points in barriers and enemy formations with near-instant repositioning 29.
• Lets her cross confined ducts, bypass guards, and strike cables or weapon systems before opponents can react 29.
• Can be pushed beyond its normal limits under lethal pressure, but doing so does not prevent injury 29.

Phantom Dance

A combat skill that refreshes her skill cooldowns and grants brief invisibility after a kill or assist 28.

• Creates afterimages and allows rapid evasive movement under gunfire and energy attacks 29.
• Helps her partially deflect the destructive recoil from the Cabin 7 container core 29.
• Cannot fully negate large-scale energy impacts; she is severely injured during the Sea Serpent escape 29.

Arc Light

A rapid dual-dagger combination technique 28.

• Used as a close-range finishing style with her twin blades 41.
• Supports her role as a fast executioner against isolated guards and infiltrators 39 41.

Stealth and Infiltration

A Ke can suppress her presence, breathing, and heartbeat to blend into shadows and confined spaces 28 29.

• Navigates vents and ducts without touching rivets or alerting nearby guards 29.
• Assesses patrol cycles, sightline blind spots, guard numbers, and likely targets before an assault 39.
• Performs covert intimidation and cleanup work for Hidden Star Court, including silencing Joey and leaving a broken Viper Gang mark 47.

Assassination and Combat Adaptability

A Ke specializes in rapid kills with bladed weapons and adapts even after sustaining disabling injuries 39.

• Eliminates multiple Yunnan base guards in seconds to create an opening for Lanling King 39.
• Continues fighting after poison nearly paralyzes her right arm, ultimately killing an elite ninja with her left hand 39.
• Can disable infrastructure by severing cables, collapsing force-field systems, and cutting weapon platforms 29.
• Is vulnerable to poison, energy recoil, gunfire, and sustained combat damage 29 39.

Flashstep Shadow Kill

A combination skill created through A Ke and Lanling King’s Soul Bond 48.

• Merges both assassins’ shadows into a single attack.
• Tears spatial coordinates apart and doubles critical damage.
• Applies Shadow Erosion, ignoring 30% of a target’s defense.
• Its activation sharply increases mental-power consumption and risks exposing the group to the Ancient One through Dimensional Shackles resonance 48.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Blood-red twin daggers — Her standard paired weapons; suited to Flashstep, Phantom Dance, and close-quarters executions 28 29.
• Remnant Rainbow — Cicada-wing-thin short swords used during the Yunnan base operation 39.
• Sharktooth Knife — A later documented blade carried during the evacuation and warehouse operations 46 47.
• Fanged demon mask — Half-mask worn during her initial missions 28 29.
• Poison Scorpion mines — Traps she installs around Hidden Star Court’s early warehouse base 37.
• Universal Potent Antidote Needle — Emergency system-provided injection she uses to counter poison in her right arm 39.

Relationships

• Xiang Yi — Her summoner and commander. She follows his orders without hesitation, shares a mental link with him during missions, and remains assigned to protect Hidden Star Court 28 29 33 50.
• Lanling King — Fellow assassin and battlefield partner. They cover each other during the Yunnan mission, save one another from lethal attacks, and later unlock Flashstep Shadow Kill through their Soul Bond 39 48.
• Guiguzi — Strategic support and reconnaissance provider. His Xuan Weizi mapping guides her infiltration of the Sea Serpent, though it cannot detect the ship’s energy barrier 28 29.
• Ming Shiyin — A fellow summoned hero whom she evacuates while he is unconscious and critically injured 45.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Sea Serpent Infiltration — Summoned to obtain an antidote for Lanling King; retrieves the Vibranium fragment from Cabin 7 and survives a sniper pursuit 28 29.
• Yunnan Base Assault — Works with Lanling King to kill Poison Fang, clear The Hand’s base, and retrieve intelligence despite severe poison injuries 39.
• Warehouse Defense — Guards the team against electronic intrusion and watches for threats while Lanling King recovers 41.
• Kunlun Evacuation — Protects Ming Shiyin, destroys contaminated traces, and continues moving despite the Ancient One’s law-level pursuit 45.
• Hidden Star Court Reconstruction — Sets traps, handles supply movement, silences local interference, and helps make the warehouse base defensible 37 47.
• Dimensional Shackles Break Attempt — Combines with Lanling King to use Flashstep Shadow Kill against the shackles restricting the group 48.
• Hammer Industries Operation — Assigned with Lanling King to acquire incriminating evidence, Hammer Core data, and communication-protocol samples 50.

Notable Quotes

“The blade is drawn. Awaiting orders.” 31

“My blade keeps you alive. That's enough to make it worth it!” 48