Liu Lu

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Previous Life

Liu Lu came from a wealthy family. In Jiang He’s previous life, he obtained a heat-emitting red stone from an urn and subsequently awakened supernatural powers. He could project flames from his hands, kill a level-one Weird, and later surround his body with fire to defend against attacks 2 20.

After Wang Qian died in a Weird’s jaws, Liu Lu became increasingly cruel toward weaker survivors. Jiang He was frequently among those he bullied, creating the resentment Jiang He carries into his second life 10. Jiang He nevertheless remembers the later Liu Lu as a much shrewder opponent, hardened by adversity 22.

Thunder Convoy Encounter and Awakening

In the changed timeline, Liu Lu and Wang Qian were surrounded by mutant locusts before either had awakened. Liu Lu was knocked away while protecting her, but the Thunder Convoy intervened and killed the creatures. The mysterious convoy subsequently provided the two Sequence Crystals that awakened Liu Lu as an Assassin and Wang Qian as a Technician 49.

Other Rampage Group members believed Liu Lu had simply found the crystals. Liu Lu himself regretted not distinguishing them beforehand, claiming that exchanging sequences would have spared Wang Qian the exhausting work of repairing machinery 10 11.

Leadership and the Picky-Eating Weird

Liu Lu sought to expand the Rampage Group by having damaged buses repaired and recruiting the stranded survivors. He publicly settled a dispute over bread by reprimanding his own subordinate and dividing the loaf evenly, earning the other survivor’s admiration 10.

His rivalry with Jiang He escalated during their flight from pursuing creatures. Following Wang Qian’s plan, Liu Lu collected the group’s blood and threw it into Jiang He’s vehicle to redirect the Picky-Eating Weird. The creature instead attacked and overturned their bus 22.

Liu Lu initially inflicted extensive damage with Infinite Assassination. Once the Weird evolved, however, his attacks became less effective and his superpower ran out. He still tried to stand between it and Wang Qian, urging her to escape. Jiang He ultimately intervened and killed the creature 23 24.

Service Area and Devil Arum Fusion

Still weakened by his injuries, Liu Lu protected Wang Qian from a threatening man at the service area and was beaten until he spat blood. Jiang He intervened after the attacker turned his attention toward him 27. Liu Lu later learned that his longest-serving subordinate, Liu Qiang, had died after becoming a Demon Seed Human Puppet 30.

His hostility toward Jiang He intensified when Jiang He proposed absorbing the group into his convoy. Liu Lu accused him of wanting Wang Qian for himself 31. When the Corpse-Devouring Devil Arum captured them, Liu Lu’s emotional instability made him susceptible to its infection, and it swallowed him 33.

Liu Lu subsequently emerged fused with the Devil Arum, still conscious and intent on reclaiming Wang Qian. He fought Jiang He over the Spore Fruit, using vines to move through the air and attack. Although he appeared consumed by rage, he later revealed that much of his behavior had been an act intended to deceive Jiang He 37 38.

Defeat and Compromise

Jiang He interrupted Liu Lu’s attempted execution of him by attaching the Bearded Face Skin to his face while supernatural creatures approached. Liu Lu survived the ensuing destruction but was left unconscious. Jiang He then decapitated and dismembered him, only to discover that the Devil Arum’s survival allowed his body to reassemble 39 40.

After acquiring and fusing with the Devil Arum Heart, Jiang He gained the means to suppress Liu Lu’s vitality, movement, and superpower. Liu Lu’s renewed attack failed, forcing him to negotiate. He agreed to join the convoy and fight its enemies in exchange for access to the fruit energy escaping from Jiang He 41 46.

His jealousy remained unresolved. When he later heard Wang Qian scream inside Jiang He’s RV, he angrily pounded on the door and demanded that Jiang He honor their agreement that she was only his driver. Wang Qian reassured him that she was unharmed 49.

Personality

Liu Lu’s devotion to Wang Qian is sincere but explicitly described as obsessive and unhealthy. He fears upsetting her, readily abandons his anger when she confronts him, and makes her comfort a priority. His convoy’s rule that nobody could eat before she arrived placed her above every other member 11 20. His protectiveness also leads him to confront enemies while exhausted or badly injured 23 27.

Toward others, he can be domineering, contemptuous, and quick-tempered. After Wang Qian ordered him to arrange refueling, he redirected his anger at sleeping subordinates and slapped them awake 20. His apparently fair leadership impresses survivors, but Jiang He regards it as hypocritical showmanship 10. Despite his volatility, Liu Lu is capable of calculated deception, as demonstrated when he conceals his strength during the fight inside the Devil Arum 38.

Abilities and Skills

Infinite Assassination

The signature skill of the Assassin Sequence produces successive translucent black energy attacks 23.

• Target locking: Locks onto an opponent within a limited, unspecified range.
• Penetration: The attacks pierce everything in their path.
• Scaling: Greater available superpower permits more consecutive attacks.
• Drawback: Launching more than two attacks in one use leaves Liu Lu rigid until the attacks dissipate.
• Combat limits: Prolonged use exhausts his superpower. He has no speed-type skill to help him pursue a faster opponent during the Picky-Eating Weird battle 23.

Devil Arum Fusion and Vine Control

Through the Devil Arum’s Symbiotic Embers ascension skill, the fused being inherits the emotions, memories, and personality of its human host 38.

• Controls multiple large vines to strike, restrain, lift, and transport targets 37 38.
• Achieves flight-like movement by riding an ascending vine 37.
• Gains extraordinary senses capable of identifying approaching Mutant Beasts and Eldritch Horrors 39.
• Uses energy from the partially eaten Spore Fruit to revive withering vines 38.
• His vines can be burned through by Jiang He’s flames 37.
• During the fruit battle, his eyesight has not recovered, allowing Jiang He to exploit silence, concealment, and decoys 37 39.

Regeneration and Survival

Liu Lu’s fused body survives injuries that would kill an ordinary human 40.

• Regenerates after decapitation, with a small arum forming at the severed neck.
• Reassembles even after extensive dismemberment.
• Resists Jiang He’s available flames, including fire directed inside wounds.
• Recovery becomes substantially slower after Jiang He removes the Devil Arum Heart 40 46.

Previous-Life Flame Abilities

Liu Lu’s earlier timeline grants him a different documented power set; these abilities are not identified as part of his current Assassin Sequence 2 22.

• Projects flames from his hands to kill a level-one Weird.
• Later covers his entire body in flames to block attacks 2.

Weaknesses and Control

Relationships

• Wang Qian — His deputy leader and longstanding romantic interest. Initially cold toward his advances, she becomes increasingly moved by his willingness to protect her and seeks his rescue after the Devil Arum swallows him 11 25 26 27 34.
• Jiang He — A survivor he bullied in the previous life, an enemy in the current timeline, and eventually his convoy leader. Their cooperation is enforced through the Devil Arum Heart and sustained by Liu Lu’s need for fruit energy 10 38 46.
• Corpse-Devouring Devil Arum — The Demon Seed that absorbs and fuses with him. Its will remains distinguishable from his own, complicating both his identity and his loyalties 33 40 46 47.
• Liu Qiang — His longest-serving subordinate. Liu Lu grieves his death and feels responsible because his own decision brought the group to the service area 30.
• Er Biao and the Rampage Group — His followers, who continue addressing him as their boss after he joins Jiang He. They persuade him to avoid another confrontation with Jiang He 47.

Notable Quotes

“As long as I’m here, don’t even think about hurting Qianqian!” 27

“Let me join the convoy and absorb the fruit’s energy, and I’ll help you deal with any trouble you encounter!” 46