Spooktober [x2]

[Skulking Shinzu]

Continuing from here.

Whiteout

Rank: "A"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: User creates a whiteout of snowy weather to obstruct those inside.
Special: Handseals
Drawback: ---
Description: Range of this technique is 120 meters + 60 meters per Class Level. Effect is a cloud centered on the target that spreads 36 meters and is 12 meters high. Duration of this technique is 5 hours per Class Level. This technique requires a large source of snow or ice nearby. A swirling snow and a strong wind arise around the user or a creature the user designate, and follows the user or the creature from that point on. Characters in whiteout conditions lose any Minor Defenses, use half movements, and take a -20 penalty on Agility-based skill checks, as well as Observation. The character also gains total concealment. These effects end when the character leaves the area of whiteout. Whiteout conditions stack with wind and snowfall. Visibility is 2 meters. In addition, any creature trying to move within the effects of this Jutsu must make a Tracking check (+10 per user's Class Level) every move movement or wander lost inside the whiteout. A creature that fails cannot leave the area, but can move around within it. Groups of creatures roped or otherwise physically held together can use the lead creature's Tracking check and stay together. A new check can be made once per minute.
Limit: Must know Ice Release.

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“Well, that isn’t good, is it?” Hundreds, thousands, potentially millions of skeletal fiends with glowing green eyes poured forth from the horizon like a swarm of insects. The sight of the beings caused Zuruel’s Chakra to flare and grow icy cold. He stood balanced along one of the four stone walls surrounding a modest village as the power behind his Chakra began to cause the stone bricks and iron gate directly below his feet to frost over.

Had the denizens of the underworld finally learned their lesson? Defeated time and time again, this time, they held nothing back. There were too many. Even for the Kedoin. Swallowing, he relaxed his Tenketsu and allowed his Chakra to circulate freely. Oozing from his pours, it leaked out from his body and formed a pale blue icy aura that caused the frost underneath him to thicken and expand like spiderwebs. For once, brute force wouldn’t do it.

Gritting, he glanced down below at the village behind. Helpless, pale faced humans stared back. Some looked like fighters, but the majority tailors, children or simply malnourished individuals with little meat or muscle. “Emi… If you’re near, hurry.” He prayed amidst the cold breeze as the dire situation forced his Chakra to flare violently. A burst of cold energy filling him, the blue aura doubled, tripled in size. He was on fire. A cold blue fire that frosted over anything its tendrils touched instead of burning. There would be time before the hellish army in the horizon arrived, but not long. He needed to perfect his Jutsu before then.

OOC: ~Emi~

[~Emi~]

Weapon Specialization (Unarmed)
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: User is skilled at dealing damage with 1 weapon. Choose 1 type of weapon (including unarmed strike or grapple). You deal extra damage when using this weapon.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User gains +2 bonus on all attack damage when using the selected weapon. At "B" Class, user gains +1 bonus on all attack damage when using the selected weapon (Increasing to +3). At "S" Class, user gains +1 bonus on all attack damage when using the selected weapon (Increasing to +4).
Limit: Universal TaiJutsu Technique.


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The solitude he had craved had been shorter than hoped, as he hadn't been allowed to isolate himself from the world for more than a few weeks before an old man came up to the cave he had hidden himself in. At first Emi felt the urge to just kill the sage and return to his solitude. But as the man began to speak about the end of the world and that a darkenss was rising in the west, Emi began to worry. The man didn't appear to be lying, and when he walked out from the cave and gazed away from the dying sun, he saw an ocean of undead. Their destination didn't seem to be towards him, which for some reason had him a little jealous. Even though it was a bad thing, he still wanted to instill that might that armies hunted him.

After telling the sage to go to the east and hide, Emi cracked his knuckles and began to warm up his body as he ran towards where it seemed like the army was heading. Even though most of the undeads seemed to be gathered in a massive troop, some of them were actually ending up in his path, forcing him to pump out some additional force to take them down as quickly as possible. Because even though most undeads were really dumb, he expected some of them to be intelligent enough to notice the assault from the side. So he channeled his brute force and aimed in the middle of their bodies to shatter their entire existence into a pile of bones and gruesome meat. Since he had been fighting for so many years, he quickly noticed the disgusting consistency of the opponents bodies, but didn't allow it to make him hesitate.

After a constant running of approximately 2 hours, he finally saw the end of the horde. And by the looks of it the target was either the puny village ahead, or the man standing in front of it. Emi grinned as he spoke the man's name "Zuruel". It had him feel extra pumped, their meetings always had him feel less depressed and it gave him more energy and power. So the remaining undeads in his way didn't even pose enough threat for him to even notice them. When he came up behind the final troop of skeletons, Emi made a massive leap past them and dashed up towards Zuruel.

Been pissing off another master of the undead? My friend.

Emi said as he began to skid across the ground until he finally came to a halt. The Hoshigaki spun around his arms a few times to stretch them before the coming strain.

[Skulking Shinzu]

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2. “E-Emi!?” Zuruel blinked while grinning from ear to ear as his keen Bard hearing caught the sound of his companion’s voice amidst the rattle of bones and screams of corrupted souls. In a masterful display, his friend leapt over the fiends and landed by the large iron gate. “Open it.” He commanded while scratching the back of his head. “For once, I didn’t do anything. A sage called for me, and Lady forced me to answer. She stayed back to protect a village in the Land of Thunder. Looks like the world really is ending.”

Despite the cold words, Zuruel only chuckled in delight. What better way to push his body past its limits than the end of everything? Grinning, he focused on manipulating the Chakra pooling around his body. Suddenly, the aura began spiralling clockwise. Before long, the pale blue rotation began to speed up so quickly that it blurred the Kedoin’s body out from view. It was like a tiny hurricane.

The frost building up below Zuruel sped up so quickly that almost the entire upper-half of the wall he was standing on was now coated in a thick sheet of ice. Luckily, the gate would open and close to allow Emi inside if he wished to do so long before the frost would seal the bars shut. In the meantime, Zuruel focused on maintaining the rotation of his Chakra. He needed to be able to do this on a larger scale.

Gritting his teeth, Zuruel pushed the aura of pale blue outwards slightly. Doubling in size, the spinning aura seemed to wobble and almost cause Zuruel to lose his footing. Expanding the width of influence made it more difficult to control the freezing Chakra. Grimacing, he extended his arms outwards to regain his balance. Was creating a hurricane of whirling ice really even possible?

[ᖫᖭØMNÏᖫᖭ]

((Shinzu your previous posts were read and will be graded here))

Previous training
Post 1: +10
Post 2: +10

X2 Training

Shinzu
+40

New Current TP for Technique: 60/70

Emi
+10/ Technique "Weapon Specialization (Unarmed)" Learned.

[~Emi~]

Wall of Stone
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: This Jutsu creates a wall of rock that merges into adjoining rock surfaces.
Special: Handseals
Drawback: ---
Description: Range of this technique is 30 meters + 15 meters per Class Level. Area of effect is a stone wall whose area is up to 15 meters square per Class Level. Duration of this technique is Instantaneous. This technique requires a huge source of earth nearby. This Jutsu creates a wall of rock that merges into adjoining rock surfaces. It is typically employed to close passages, portals, and breaches against opponents. A wall of stone is 1 inch thick per Class Level and composed of up to one 15-meter square per Class Level. User can double the wall's area by halving its thickness. The wall cannot be conjured so that it occupies the same space as a creature or another object. The user can create a wall of stone in almost any shape they desire. The wall created need not be vertical, nor rest upon any firm foundation; however, it must merge with and be solidly supported by existing stone. It can be used to bridge a chasm, for instance, or as a ramp. For this use, if the span is more than 16 meters, the wall must be arched and buttressed. The wall can be crudely shaped to allow crenellations, battlements, and so forth by likewise reducing the area. Each 2-meter square of the wall has 16 Armour Points per inch of thickness and hardness 8. A section of wall whose Armour Points drop to 0 is breached. It is possible, but difficult, to trap mobile opponents within or under a wall of stone, provided the wall is shaped so it can hold the creatures.
Limit: Must know Earth Release.


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It was slightly curious on how such a small village had managed to get such a proper defensive position and structures. But as they opened up the gates and Emi passed through, he noticed that it was less permanent than it actually looked from the outside. So someone had actually been planning the defense for a while. Emi went up and greeted his friend with an equally large smile.

I am not very surprised. What we have seen the past years.... the evil lurking... it was just a matter of time. I saw a large portion of the army on my way here, and I'm not sure it actually has an end. They marched here while covering the horizon and reached equally as far the other way.

As he spoke to Zuruel, Emi walked around and allowed his eyes wander the scarce defensive forces and structures they had at their hands. What had him worried was that it only seemed to be those two that had any combat experience and the wall would most likely not survive the first wave of undead. So Emi decided that the first thing they needed to focus on was to just increase the durability of their defense. Luckily Emi was able to deal with the element most suitable with that task, the earthen element. So he conjured some chakra and send it into the ground below them and collected all of the stones and minerals nearby. He then forced it up to the surface right outside the already existing wall and made sure to divide it upon the front.

There were several errors in the newly created wall, but the first draft would at least be able to ward some of the initial attacks. But as usual, Emi didn't like to be mediocre, he wanted the wall to be like any castle wall or preferably even better. So he made sure to summon even more boulders nearby the first ones and began to experiment on how to make it more effective than just a large quantity of boulders. First off, Emi imagined that he had to make sure that the boulders would be completely immoveable, which they kind of were to most people. But as the strength of the undeads were unknown and he himself knew that Zuruel for example would smash them easily, Emi made sure to make large poles dig themselves into the ground. Every large boulder got 3 poles and all the smaller ones got two or just one. That did however force Emi to strengthen the earth around the boulders, as it would need to be able to take further damage to keep them steady.

[Skulking Shinzu]

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Zuruel nodded at Emi’s words as his smile slowly shifted to a scowl. Chakra slowly dissipating, he pointed at the horizon. “Endless. You’re not wrong. I fear we won’t be fighting our way out of this one. Not unless you’ve attained the secret to near unlimited Chakra.” The Kedoin scratched the back of his wavy hair. Before he could go on, he noticed Emi had already begun reinforcing the structure around the village. It appeared no further words needed to be said. Emi had already understood what needed to be done. Snickering, he gazed up at the sky growing unnaturally darker by every passing moment. The hordes always seemed to disintegrate and vanish by morning. The duo just had to survive until then…

Before the armies could arrive, Zuruel released his Chakra once more. Fuelled by Emi’s presence, Zuruel unleashed a whirlwind of pale blue Chakra. Unlike before, Zuruel decided to keep the rotation slow and manageable. This allowed him to push out the effects of his torrent of Chakra to a 10m radius around him. Although further than before, he still seemed to struggle to push the ability out any further.

Dense. The Chakra he was releasing with such ferocity was too dense. That’s why it was too difficult to control. Upon noting this, Zuruel realised there was no point in controlling such a massive amount of freezing Chakra. What was the need, when he could simply create sub-zero ice in the first place and then manipulate that? Nodding to himself, he began manipulating the Chakra aura around himself.

Slowly, the aura grew solid and pristine white instead of blue. Seconds later, a gush of snow burst out from every pore in Zuruel’s body. He had figured it out. A pulse of Chakra fired out and as if iron fillings attracted to a magnet, the snow blasted out from Zuruel in a 420m radius. Utterly swallowing the village and everything around it, the Kedoin manipulated the snow storm by forcing it to rotate around the village. Opening a hole, the village became the ‘eye of the storm’. Calm and untouched by ice, it now stood amidst a hurricane of white that served to obscure the village from view from the approaching hordes.

[~Emi~]

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From the looks of it, Zuruel was starting to channel the same type of chakra that he had used the past couple of times that they had met. Emi couldn't help but think back on the result of the techniques of his friend and feel a little pessimistic.

Are you sure that element will more than delay undeads? It feels like it takes more power than necessary to end the unliving with coldness. My chakra has actually started to reach towards the infinite, at a massive cost, but are you able to claim the same?

It was a large claim by him, but he knew that he could push his chakra far beyond the limits of mortals several times over. So he pushed up another couple of boulders around the walls until he finally had covered the entire with a protective stone shield. It was however really brute, with large cracks in between the boulders and different angles along the surfaces of the stone. That was something he knew that he would need to fix far before the skeletons arrived, as it would be quite easy for them to get past that wall otherwise. So he began by covering all the holes by using the materials from the boulders, which held more than enough to cover the unprotected areas.

Don't take it the wrong way, your ice is strong, I would after all know. But unless it breaks bones or reduce the undead to nothing, I doubt it will more than slow them down.

Emi then decided that it was most likely better to just focus on the defense than to analyze his friend abilities, he had to trust Zuruel after all. So after he had covered up all the holes, he moved around a lot of the stone material to make the thickness and strength divided across the entire structure. It was harder than he had thought as there were several different types of stones within that were difficult to break down or share evenly. But whenever he found something that was either more brittle or stronger than the average he followed the simple principle that he needed to have the strongest defense where the army would crash into it.

Then he figured that the wall needed to be either completely straight or leaning towards the opponents, to avoid giving them a good surface to climb up on. It was a difficult decision to make, as the one that would lean forwards was more tempting in the aspect that it would make it almost impossible for the general soldier to climb it. But as it would also make the bottom part a lot weaker, he ended up with just making the surface of the wall completely straight. It didn't end up very unique as it was just a smoother version of a castle wall, but Emi was satisfied none the less, as the strength was far greater than the eye could reveal. When the finishing touches had been made, Emi created a staircase up to the top of it, which he then swiftly climbed to get a good view of the incoming army.

[ᖫᖭØMNÏᖫᖭ]

Emi
+40/Technique "Wall of Stone" Learned

Zuruel
+10/Technique "Whiteout" Learned

[Skulking Shinzu]

Triumph of Ice
Rank: "A"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: User performs a powerful Ice Jutsu that can affect the environment.
Special: Handseals
Drawback: ---
Description: Range of this technique is 30 meters + 15 meters per Class Level. Range of this technique is 8 meter cubed per or 5 creatures Class Level. User transforms 1 of the 5 natural elements (air/ fog, water, earth, fire, or lava) into to ice or snow. The effect varies depending on the element targeted, as listed below.
Air/Fog: Vapors condense into snow. If performed upon a fog cloud, stinking cloud or a similar effect this Jutsu either suppresses that effect for 5 rounds per Class Level or adds freezing fog to its other effects (the user's choice). Creatures with the air subtype take 30 Armour Points of damage per Class Level.
Water: Water becomes a sheet of ice up to 5 inches thick per Class Level. Creatures in the targeted area must dodge to avoid being caught and immobilized. Escape requires a successful Escape Artist check against Very Difficult Difficulty. Affected creatures with the water subtype take no damage but are paralyzed for 5 rounds per Class Level.
Earth: User transforms earth into permafrost, ending the duration of rock to mud or creating an effect similar to mud to rock. Creatures burrowing through the area do so at half their movement until the area thaws. Affected creatures with the earth subtype take 16 Armour Points of damage per Class Level because this Jutsu generates stress fractures that riddle their bodies.
Fire: Fire is transformed into shards of ice, which function as caltrops if walked over. The ice melts normally and does not reignite unless it is part of the area of effect of an ongoing Jutsu or similar effect. If that is the case, the flames return after 5 rounds per Class Level. Affected creatures with the fire subtype take 40 Armour Points of damage per Class Level. They also are stunned for 3 rounds.
Lava: Lava is cooled and forms a stone crust up to 2 inches thick per every Class Level. Exceptionally heavy weights may cause the crust to break.

Affected elemental creatures suffer damage or other negative effects depending on their subtype. Treat a creature with the water subtype as if the lava were water, a creature with the earth subtype as if the lava were earth, and so on.
Limit: Must know Ice Release.

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“This won’t kill them, correct. It’ll do more.” Zuruel gestured at the pure white surroundings. As if all life had been erased, a snowstorm of pristine white swallowed everything beyond the reach of the walls. “The undead are stupid. Disorganised. The slightest chaos will slow their assault.” Not even Zuruel’s keen senses could track the army anymore. The sound of the storm masked all sounds, and the thick white snow concealed everything from view. The thought made him smile, as whatever was true for him, was also true for the opposing side. They’d only be able to find this village now with great difficulty. “Infinite Chakra though… Now there’s something new. How have you attained such a feat?” The Kedoin squinted at Emi, curious if he’d reveal the secret or if it was a personal matter. Either way, as if to push for an answer, Zuruel continued. “Have you obtained this gift via the Sun Seal? I heard about it from a certain witch but have yet to find any leads.”

Zuruel glanced down at the ground below. “Fire. Bring me fire.” He muttered as a few villagers appeared with torches. Left slightly sore by Emi’s words, Zuruel conjured forth some Chakra into his core and began channelling the energy. His mind drifted to the chill caused by his snowstorm and then the sight of the whirling white surrounding the walls of the village.

The connotations and images these thoughts conjured were absorbed by his Chakra, transforming it into an entirely different state. Pale blue – the energy began leaking from Zuruel’s Tenketsu. Ice Chakra. Grinning, he pressed his middle finger and thumb together tightly while channelling the Chakra into the small point where his finger and thumb connected.

Acting as a focal point, he allowed a small chunk of Chakra to collect and focus in this area before swiftly snapping his finger. This physical action acted as a trigger and blasted a gentle wave of near invisible Chakra out from the snapping motion. The Chakra travelled like a small arc and upon striking with one of the villager’s torches, froze the flames still to create an icy blue spear-like blade.

“Flames can no longer touch me. Undead bones should be of little worry in comparison. I managed to freeze a pool of lava with this technique once… Once. I just… Need to remember how exactly it works...”

[~Emi~]

Eldritch Affliction
Rank: "A"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User's Jutsus can become Curses.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User may only apply this Jutsu Enhancement Technique to Jutsus with a duration of at least 5 rounds per Class Level that do not deal damage of any kind. The duration becomes permanent. The Jutsu cannot be dispelled with Dispel Chakra, but can be affected by Jutsus that remove curses (such as Cleanse Enchantment). The Jutsu gains the curse capability. Eldritch Affliction works on Jutsus that affect a target. Eldritch Affliction does not work on healing Jutsus. Jutsu Handseal/Chakra Increase: 2 1/2 Ranks. Eldritch Affliction cannot be reduced beyond 1 1/2 with Jutsu Enhancement Reduction Jutsus.
Limit: Must learn from Universal NinJutsu.



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The area had become quite affected by zuruels jutsu, and even though it probably was an ineffective element, he still had to agree that the performed technique did look promising. It did also make him wonder why he had been so uninventive with his wall, sure it was a defensive structure that could ward off the undead, but for thr most part it wouldnt help Zuruel or him in the fight. So he looked around for some inspirations and saw the small army of peasants standing a couple of dozen yards away. It immediately gave him an idea that he first abandoned as it would be quite cruel, but as he couldnt come up with any better plan and the vibrations from the incoming army made itself known in the ground, he could no longer be picky.

Chakra is just another resource from your body, have you ever opened your physical limits beyond humanly possible?

Emi asked Zuruel as he gathered a small group of villagers that agreed to join up in tge resistance. His plan was to enhance the humans to be able to fight as brute soldiers, it wouldnt be fancy. But as the opponents were skeletons and lesser undead, he wouldnt need to make them that much stronger to be of importance, he just had them to last. So he told them all to sit down in a ring and completely wipe out any thought of the incoming threat, even though it wasnt essential for what he wanted to do, he disliked their wimpering. Emi then channeled some of his earthen chakra within his body to be able to withraw strength from the ground beneath him. It was a complex technique, but as they wouldnt need to doa nything to have it granted upon them, he believed that it could work.

The ability i have mastered, was a gift from my goddess. A gift of enlightment. Its a difficult path to walk, but worth all the suffering.

He then focused upon the young determined mother in front of himself, looked deeply in her eyes as he tried to imagine how he would need to change the jutsu to better suit her. His hands weaved swift handseals as he pondered over the different attributes. He realized that he most likely would kill her if he did something wrong or added in too much powers into it. As he thought about all the negative possibilities, he began to wonder if her body would need ven be able to handle the strength given by the ground. It was quite intense after all. Despite him knowing that the villagers would turn against them if he failed, he decided that it was worth the possibility to have an extra troop next to them on the battlefield. So when he had decided that the positive was worth the risk, Emi wiped the negative thoughts from his mind and focused upon the task again, he couldnt allow them to cloud his thoughts.

[Skulking Shinzu]

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2. “My physical limits? I’ve been blown up from the inside out a few times if that’s what you mean.” Zuruel scratched his chin. Emi was being cryptic. Too cryptic. Especially with the talk of Goddesses. “You say this gift of yours comes at a great cost?” The Kedoin chuckled as he leapt right next to Emi. He then unrolled his right arm’s sleeve to reveal a series of seals. They should be familiar to Emi, as they were nothing more than mere item summoning seals. “Could you imagine if we possessed the Sun Seal? We would just have to shake each other’s hands – and poof. Chakra would be permanently etched into the seal. Several times a day… Over weeks, months, years. We would become reservoirs of Chakra through little cost aside from our infinite time. What price does your gift bring?”

It was clear Zuruel was attempting to recruit Emi in his quest. Either way though, a battle needed to be fought first. Channelling his Chakra, Zuruel conjured forth another chunk of pale blue ice elemental energy in his core. Rather than releasing it immediately like before, the Kedoin tightened the Tenketsu surrounding his extremities and pores so that the energy remained within his body.

Instead, Zuruel only carefully opened the valves leading up to his right arm. A chill tingled within his limb as the icy energy swept out of his core and poured into his arm before being allowed to seep into his hand. Here, Zuruel began manipulating the energy and concentrating it into one spot. Instead of a tiny pool of Chakra, the energy began to condense into a marble-sized sphere.

Zuruel knew that the ice element was volatile and difficult to work with because it already began interacting with the environment the moment it was released. All his training so far had taught him that important lesson. Grinning, Zuruel pushed this focused ball of energy into his middle finger before also pushing the tip of his thumb into the finger to form the start of a snapping motion.

[~Emi~]

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The described seal did intrigue him, infinite chakra at no cost. It did sound too good to be true, but still. He had considered making something similar before, just that he had intended to bind it to an item instead of a seal.

The cost is pure and unfiltered pain, but as its a way to cleanse ones soul, it can never truly be replaced. But that seal sure sounds interesting. I do however believe that we need to work on your ability to break limits, your body might break from the strain, but youd never blow up.

The people in front Emi had started to look worried from the duos subject, so Emi paused himself and made sure to get back to work. To make sure to calm down the volunteers, Emi began to slowly describe the nature of chakra within their bodies as he manipulated his own. It was crucial that the people he would place the technoques upon wasnt in any turmoil, as that would affect their chakra stability, making the attributes to differ. So when one of them seemed almost perfectly calm, Emi walked over to her and whispered gently a few calming words about how he would be careful. It was however a great big chance that if anything gruesome would happen to her, he wouldnt be able stop it by just being careful. But to keep her relaxed, Emi used his ability with lies to instill her with a safe sensation.

The Hoshigaki then pushed out a small amount of chakra from his thumb, that he had been working on since the idea flourished in his mind. He wanted that chakra to make a nest within the hosts body and to absorb excess energies from food or the surroundings, so that it would be able to bind a long lasting jutsu to it. What worried him however was that if he created such a vessel in a body, it could as a cancer cell and be treated as dangerous by the body. He wasnt any doctor, but the idea had him concerned how it would develop. But as the human body rare reacted strongly against those things quickly, Emi decided that it still would be worth it, and the army would kill them far quicker than any possible cancer would.

So he slowly pushed the small amount of chakra towards the womans forhead, and as it touched her, it immediately burrowed itself into her skull with an incredible speed. The sudden disappearance had him regret making it happen, as the woman began to twitch and roll around on the ground as if she was dying. But as quickly as it had begun, the woman slowed down and fell to a slumber on her back, while still wearing a terrified face. The rest of the volunteers began to move away fromhim while cursing what he had done. But as the lady opened her eyes and sat up, they quiet down and tried to figure out what to think. Emi on the other hand knelt in front of her and gazed deep within her eyes and analyzed her chakra network carefully. There was some strange color to the chakra, but other than that the woman didnt appear any different to him

[Skulking Shinzu]

3. Zuruel tilted his head. Emi remained unconvinced. Was his pain-based technique truly that much better? He didn’t seem to want to consider it. Zuruel followed the path of the Many-Faced God of Life. There was no room to consider the possibility of a singular Goddess and her boons. “A limit break? I’m still not sure what you mean… If you’re referring to the Cursed Seal – I have already experienced the searing unfiltered pain of having the seal carved onto my soul.” At the end of his sentence, the Kedoin hooked an index finger against his collar and pulled down to expose his upper chest. Amidst the pale white skin was an inky symbol - a symbol likely familiar to Emi.

With the villagers growing restless, Zuruel focused on his technique. Up until now, he had collected a dense marble-sized sphere of ice-cold Chakra between his thumb and middle finger. Having held the ability internally, there was no visible change to the Kedoin’s body. However, his fingers did begin to slowly grow pale against his already pale skin due to the sheer cold held within the Chakra.

Grinning, Zuruel nodded to himself to suggest that his technique was ready. Any colder, and he’d damage his own body. Extending his arm outwards so that his hand was as far away from his body as possible to minimise any backlash, Zuruel snapped his fingers while simultaneously pushing the outer most Tenketsu in his fingers wide open. Valves released, the pent-up Chakra blasted outwards.

Rather than an arc of energy, this time, the pale blue Chakra fired out in the shape of a large cone-shaped blast. This pale blue energy washed over the anxious villagers below and immediately chilled their torches. Flames immediately stilled before growing light-blue and solid. Before long, each torch had been transformed into a spear by freezing the flames on the end. Instant weaponry.

[Flower]

Shinzu: +60 tp
Emi: +40 tp

[~Emi~]

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As Emi's inner eye scanned trough the fragile body in front of himself, he was unable to locate the core that he had merged with her, which was odd as ge had given it a very distinct property. When he had scanned her once again, he had to accept that it was invisible to his chakra sight. He wasnt sure if that was a good thing or not in the long run, but at that moment he knew that he couldnt take it for granted. So to even be able to use the chakra core, he would first try if he could have the lady use use its energy without killing her if it didnt. That meant that his trials would need to use less chakra than he had ever used on a technique. It took him a few moments until he had decided what would be the easiest way he could do it, and decided that he would force the core to have the lady attract a droplet to her palm.

The control over chakra was far exceeding the amount needed, but to be safe Emi still added in a little of his own to reduce the burden further. The technique to force her core to do it was quickly performed, but the suspence on what would hqppen still made it a demanding jutsu. Every single breath or movement the lady took was closely observed by Emi, expecting the need to intervene if her body began to fail. But luckily enough, the lady wasnt affected by the technique and the droplet found its way to her palm, proving the core did exist. Emi was close to exclaim of joy, but gathered himself and began to analyze the results instead. The lsdys chakra levels were intact and it seemed like the propties of the system also had been maintained. But as he looked over the hand, he noticed that it had gained a completely different signature, one that reminded him of the jutsu he had just created.

Do you remeber when we went to hell to save Lady? When we first got there i has to push my body beyond the normal limits that my brain has put up. It damaged my muscles to use such force and speed, but if I hadnt we woyldve fallen down into tge second level far earlier. Its dangerous to surpass the limits placed on ones mind or body, but in life or death, it could be more dangerous to allow oneself to be limited from ones pure power.

Emi said while being distracted by his experiment. It began to appear like the hand was incapable of attracting droplets. Which quickly combined and got too big for the chakra to maintain the form of it. That resulted in a good amount of water dropping down from her hand every minute or so. It was fairly curious as she didnt seem to be able to make it stop regardless of what she tries to prevent it. So as he watched the lady struggle, the Hoshigaki decided that he would use it a lot more careful in the future, as it looked like it could become a personal curse upon the inflicted. But to him there were no difficulty to remove the curse, which he did quickly to not have his subject distracted when there were more importqnt things to do while the army approached.

[Skulking Shinzu]

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Zuruel raised an eyebrow at Emi’s words. “Hell… My memories were shattered back then, so it didn’t truly feel like myself visiting those depths with you. Perhaps I need to visit in again and fling myself into its deepest pit. I can only imagine I’d emerge either stronger or… Dead.”

Zuruel noticed several more villages with random twigs, broom handles and other elongated wooden objects. “Good thinking.” He smiled at the humans as they lit the ends of their ‘weapons’ with flame from a central bonfire. While this was done, the Kedoin began channelling his Chakra. In a rather swift motion, all his practice seemed to click together as he conjured ice Chakra and forced it into his arm.

The cold chill of the aura swept along and pooled into his hand before condensing into a single point. This point then moved upwards as Zuruel collapsed his thumb and middle finger together. “Ready.” He stated as the villagers held their makeshift torches upwards. At that moment, Zuruel snapped his fingers together and with that, released a shockwave of pale blue energy.

Sweeping over the area, the energy did not touch anyone. No one would feel the chill or freeze. In a rather skilful display, it only touched the flames, which immediately froze solid into sharp blades of ice.

[ᖫᖭØMNÏᖫᖭ]

Shinzu
+10/Technique: "Triumph of Ice" Learned

Emi
+20/Technique: "Eldritch Affliction" Learned

[~Emi~]

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The success made him curious on what else one could do with the new form of technique. Because even though it was a lot weaker than what would be needed for a chakra source, it had similar traits to what one would want it for. But since he had yet to try out its limitations, Emi began to make more and more demanding versions of the water attracting jutsu. It didn't take that long until the woman's own chakra rapidly decreased, proving that the source was far weaker than it needed to be for it to be used for normal techniques. So Emi returned to the base and created another chakra core which he greatly powered up. To avoid any possible damages from the cores fighting each others, Emi inserted the new version into a larger person that already had some chakra.

I can show you some of that later. But I will wait to release my full strength until we can see a commander.

The initial version appeared to hurt the host, which forced Emi to suppress the power of it. For some reason the man did however seem more excited than before to try it again, which allowed Emi to try it out until he had perfected the needed amount. When Emi then experimented with the amounts of techniques he could use with the combo. As he finally ended up with feeding it one of the highest ranking techniques he could produce, it still remained stable. The Hoshigaki then grinned, it was perfected.

[Skulking Shinzu]

Jutsu Sealing Method Seal
Rank: "A"*
Skill: Fūinjutsu
Effect: A Jutsu Sealing Method Seal that allows the user to release the power performed by Jutsu Sealing Method.
Special: ----
Drawback: ---
Description: The duration of this seal is permanent after performing the Seal. Performing the Seal is a Weaving Movement. This is a Touch based seal; meaning the user must touch the Scroll, Parchment, or Jutsu Tag in order to activate the seal. Performing this Seal uses up the Ritual; meaning user must perform the ritual again in order to perform the Seal. The seal appears and stays on the Scroll, Parchment, or Jutsu Tag for the duration of the seal or until a Jutsu has been performed on the Scroll, Parchment, or Jutsu Tag. To release the Jutsu the user first perform a Use Chakra Device (Difficult Difficulty + 10 Rank of Jutsu), and then must perform a weaving movement with Handseals while holding onto the Scroll, Parchment, or Jutsu Tag (This does not take up Chakra). If the check succeeds, the Jutsu sealed is released and acts in the same statistics as the Jutsu intended from the previous performer. Saves are dependent on the original performer. The Jutsu sealed acts the same way. If the Use Chakra Device check fails then a Scroll Mishap occurs. Follow the "Activation and Scroll Mishap" Rules found in the Books, Texts, and Scrolls thread found in the Jutsu/Item Sealers.
Limit: Must know Jutsu Sealing Method.

*80 TP. 50 TP deduction for learning the book for being S-Rank (10*5).

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Zuruel rolled his eyes. He was an impatient man. Especially when it came to knowledge. “Don’t make me drag one of the commanders here.” He chuckled to show the comment was in jest, but it still managed to cause some of the villager’s jaws to drop.

With a moment of calm created, Zuruel pulled out a certain ritual book and began reading the contents. This was as good as time as any to practice the secrets the book held. Specifically, Zuruel was interested in a Binding Ritual – the Jutsu Sealing Method. Most of the Kedoin’s techniques came at a great cost. This made his options very limited in the heat of battle. However, what if he could circumvent those requirements?

As Zuruel continued flipping through the pages of the book, he began to understand the power the seal held. It was akin to creating a clone. Zuruel knew by inscribing commands and even techniques into a body of elemental Chakra, he could create an obedient clone that followed his exact rules and intentions. What this seal did differently, was inscribe Chakra techniques into a simple piece of paper.

While that seemed less useful than outright creating a clone, Zuruel knew that if he pre-created scrolls with a number of high-ranking techniques, he could cast the Jutsus in the midst of battle with little consequence or drain to his Chakra. It was the first step towards creating the ultimate technique. A technique that could destroy any structure or barrier. Grinning, the Kedoin closed the book and nodded to himself after he was certain that he had memorised the intricacies behind the seal.

[ᖫᖭØMNÏᖫᖭ]

Emi
+10/Technique: "Edritch Affliction" Learned

Shinzu
+20