Letting it's tiny pea-sized head drop, the gargantuan zombie froze in place for a split second before taking action. Then, as if it were receiving direction, the monster's body curled slightly as it pulled inward for a self hug, the back of it opening just slightly enough for living tendrils to quickly pull a few nearby zombies inside of the creature before Mina's iron sand decimated the rest of the army. The giant, still wrapped in his own embrace, however, would form small bits of a diluted black crystal along his body. As a tank, the hard crystal shell was able to withstand the force of the piercing spikes, even as they pressed in from all sides, the giant remained stationary. Then slowly, the sand that was in immediate contact with its body crystallized into the same dull black color. These edges would break away after a shuffling sort of movement that left the giant a small area to move around in, while everything else was still blocked by sand. The same effect would be applied to the dragon, as what crystal was broken quickly reformed itself again just in time for the giant creature to be able to catch the oriental dragon and wrestle it into a choking grasp that left the creature shattered into tiny pieces.
Following quickly after, the chest of the creature burst open to a few smaller zombies, nothing at all like the ones Mina had seen so far. Thin, gangly, and with bags that are commonly worn by hanging victims. They leaped and cling to the sand like monkeys on bridges, sporting a much faster speed as they closed in the distance with lightning quickness, so that each could charge into Mina with a head butt. All along their skin and backs, there could be seen a glowing formation of chakra of a devil red color, universally the symbol for when something was ready to explode. Although if that weren't clear enough, the incessant screeches of "Bomb bomb bomb!" ringing about the stadium left no doubt to their sacrificial nature, as well as their mental state.
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▰ Crystal Armor [ Kesshō no Yoroi ] | Rank S+ This technique allows the user to cover their skin with a thin sheet of crystal that improves defense against physical attacks. In addition to blocking up to its rank in techniques, this armor provides [1] point of endurance at E-C rank and [2] points of endurance at B-S+ rank. This technique is treated as full body medium armor with all benefits and drawbacks of the armor system. This technique has a [8] post duration before it shatters and must be reformed.
• Crystallization | All Shoton techniques have the innate ability to crystallize chakra upon collision. Techniques that are not a rank higher nor overwhelm the Shoton technique will be instantly crystallized through. For example, a B-Rank Shoton technique colliding with a B-Rank fireball will result in the Shoton technique being destroyed and the fireball being rendered a useless clump of crystal. Once techniques are crystallized they are rendered useless to the caster. Additionally, the Shoton user can shatter a crystalized technique or object at will with no chakra or combat action cost. Finally, if the cost is paid twice for a Shoton technique then it will be able to crystallize overwhelming techniques and techniques up to one rank higher. This does not consume a combat action and can only be performed once per post.
Small Wigglies: x3 of these
▰ Sonic Technique: Impact [ Sonniku no Jutsu: Eikyō ] | Rank A | Complex ( 6 total speed - half for being complex = 3 strength increase so as strong as A-ranked nin ) Consumes a body flicker. The user gains a great distance from their target. Then, they mark themselves for a racer's position as they charge sonic chakra through their body. The user then darts as they close the distance between their opponent and themselves. Gains a [2] point boost in speed during the use of this technique. During the point of collision, all speed stats increases are applied to the strength stat. After the use of this technique, all of the user's stats increases for speed are halved for [4] posts as recoil.
Bakuton: Tanku Shell [ Explosion Release: Tank Shell ] Rank: B :: Complex ( No strength increase ) Official Description: This skill is meant to be used in conjunction with a gap closing ability from the bloodline. The entire body is laced with a dangerous level of explosive chakra that explodes on the next contact. This attack his capable of destroying entire buildings with ease, to say nothing of the potential damage to people. The bakuton chakra also gives the user of this skill a moderate fortitude boost that persists for two posts after this skill is used.
tab“No way…” Mina gasped and watched on in horror as the giant zombie wrestled her dragon to the ground like it was some kind of younger sibling. Her golden dragon shattered into a million crystals and each stone reflected the Genin’s face right back at her. It was the face of a teenage girl who suddenly felt way in over her head, She watched the gargantuan zombie roar as it absorbed more of the lesser zombies and Mina couldn’t help but tremble. The damn thing was almost three times her size! How was she ever supposed to fight that thing? She was just a Genin!
I got this job by stopping a meteor from crushing the survivors of Uzu. Would you like to know a secret? I accomplished that when I was only a chunin.
Lahil’s words from the conversation back at the office cut through the girl’s fear loud and clear. Of course it didn’t matter what her title was. The girl had the power: it was just figuring out the right way to use it.
Mina focused on the giant zombie as it spawned three new zombies. Thin, gangly, and glowing red like a fuse as they rushed in towards her. They were about the close in on Mina right before she disappeared in the blink of an eye! It was a second later, but the girl erupted from the ground just behind the giant zombie! Sand and rock fell around the Genin as her green eyes burned like emeralds.She spun into stance as she landed, holding her hands up by her face for a brief moment. With a grunt, she flicked her wrist out, almost rapping her knuckles against the crystal zombie at a speed of [8 total.] The girl would then follow through to smash her first right through the crystal around the monster’s body, if the first hit went through successfully, smashing the mineral like glass with a [9 total] Strength!! Mina grimaced; the bones in her striking hand fractured under the blow. But she wasn’t going to let something as stupid as a broken hand stop her! With a growl she subdued the pain and continued her onslaught! She swung her leg out to the zombies, to knock it off balance, before flipping back to slam her heel into its back! If this was unblocked, Mina would continue. Her body would flicker with pure speed and appear in front of the creature, sending a powerful kick into its chin to send it flying into the air! Mina would once again flicker and this time appear above the giant creature and slam her outstretched leg down onto its head to shoot it right into the ground below with a massive tremor!
Hidden Earth: Instantaneous Body Skill [ Iwagakure: Shunshin no Jutsu ] | Rank D A variation of the standard Instant Movement Technique. The user sinks into the earth in an instantaneous action, masking their movement up to twenty feet away during combat when not fleeing. If used to flee a combat situation, the technique allows the user to travel to the next topic.
Elemental Body Flickering | Rank B | Training The user, having utilized this taijutsu to encompass all known elements is able to treat shunshin techniques of the elemental releases as this taijutsu, allowing them not to consume a ninjutsu slot.
▰ Dynamic Ending | Rank C Rank (?) | Spiritual The user, after executing a taijutsu or bukijutsu technique that places them behind the target is able to utilize this technique once every three posts for no activation. The user returns to any stance known to them at the cost of this technique's usage and at it's executed strength for no additional cost. From behind the user after entering this stance, an explosion of chakra, carrying the desired element they possess is formed in five feet per rank in size, expanding towards the target and beyond them.
▰ Signature Stance | Rank C Rank (?) | Complex The user's left foot leads before them, toes pointed forward as the right foot is placed at a forty five degree angle in the rear at shoulder width apart. The user's left arm is raised, guarding the face from the front while the right arm is tucked to the side against the ribs, elbow pointed back with the fist aimed towards the target. Punches and upper body strikes executed from this stance gain a [1] point increase in strength per rank of the technique. In addition, the user's affected strikes from this position have a chakra projection of the striking point used in the technique sent flying forward five feet per rank, allowing striking techniques to be transmitted through long distances. This technique does not affect the size of the striking area, meaning that each projection is only the size of a fist, foot, elbow, ect
Second Action:
▰ Zero Resistance Smash | Rank S | Simple The user strikes with the middle knuckle of their fingers while making a fist. This initial strike is executed at a [2] point increase in speed. If unblocked, the user clenches their fist, making it whole and driving forward to allow the actual knuckles of the fist to strike. This strike removes all physical stats for endurance from the opponent as well as shattering any armor impacted by the strike An additional S Ranked amount of stamina is automatically deducted, allowing the user's strike to impact the opponent through the armor in addition to breaking it. This strike shatters bone and causes internal bleeding, bursting organs in the process. This is one of the deadliest techniques of any taijutsu. Due to its immense strain, this technique also fractures the bones of the hand it is used with unless of the Kaguya bloodline.
Third Action:
▰ Raising Drop | Rank S | Simple This technique utilizes the user's optimal strength for a barrage of painful combinations. The user performs a low sweeping kick, transitioning into a backflip that allows the user's heel to strike upward into the opponent's body. Should this opening be unblocked the remainder of the attack is ensured to strike. Following this opening, the user leaps into the air, pressing their shin into the target's chin with a powerful rising kick. This combination ensures the opponent is airborne for the remainder of the technique. To complete the combination the user may launch an additional kick skyward, sending the target flying or perform a heel drop upon their head and drive them into the earth. Target's who are sent flying suffer a [2] point decrease in endurance for the remainder of the fight while opponents who are knocked into the earth are knocked unconscious after suffering a concussion, allowing the user to either greatly hinder an opponent or end the fight altogether.
The force of Mina's kick on the abomination was enough to send gusts of rippling in every direction. With not even a second of breath in between her furious onslaught, the zombie giant was left without its protective coating as it was slammed back to the ground to land on the discarded formations of iron sand. Any black bladed tips that had not be shattered into bits of rock candy were now impaling the creature to the ground who was, perhaps unsurprisingly, alive and squirming in whatever way it could to get free. Long jagged cuts in its body revealed an inside of nothing but worm-like parasites struggling to operate a body too large for its own good. Sensing that their tank had been put out of commission, the smaller zombies crawled free of the corpse and unleashed a collective screech that resonated throughout the whole cavern as a deep hum. Its threat posed to scramble Mina's mind with forceful vertigo.
Meanwhile, the battle between Lahlil and the cloaked figure above continued with equally fierce intensity. With neither power direct displaying dominance over the over. Again and again, black wings clashed with each other, such that it quickly became impossible to distinguish between wing and thread. In a jumbled mess, the two fell from the sky still, locked in a mortal embrace. A scream echoed out, this one pain-racked desperation that was left impossible to tell whether it had come from Lahlil or the doctor. Time would pass quickly now, as the pair plunged nose-first into the ground hard enough to force an eruption of dust to whip up throughout the cave. Out of the light fog, the figure that Lahli had been battling darted his way out of the fight. A pair of cherub-shaped zombies at his side as he slipped down a long thin hallway. The slightest of wind could have felt like it had frozen the room still. Catch the crook or see if her Hokage was injured? The answer was solely in mina's hands now.
