He is Li-Long, possessed by the influence of Soul Edge. Perhaps not many remember this character, but he debuted in Soul Blade, the first game in the Soul franchise. Li was a mercenary who fought against Japanese pirates. One day, he was brutally wounded in a battle, but was rescued and taken in by Chie, Taki's childhood friend. Li and Chie developed a beautiful romance while he recovered from his injuries, but not everything was happiness. Hashibei, Chie's father, formerly the leader of the Fuma clan and now a fugitive from the clan he once led, was attacked in his home by a ninja from that clan. Everyone assumed that Mitsurugi was responsible for Chie's supposed death, so Li decides to travel to Spain with the goal of acquiring Soul Edge and avenging his beloved's death. Of the nine characters in the Super Saiyan cast, only four canonically faced Cervantes, who at that time wielded the evil sword, and Li was one of those four (the others being Sophie, Taki, and Sieg), but also the weakest. In this alternate reality, Li defeated Cervantes and took possession of the Sword of the Soul with the goal of killing Mitsurugi, but what he didn't know was that this sword demanded a great price
