by Ulfric Mon Oct 15, 2018 6:22 am
Maintaining both the scalpel and the martial arts wasn't as easy as she had hoped, the combination resulting in her losing power at one time or losing focus on another and see the chakra fizzle. It was clear she had to change her approach in the use of the skill. Like solving a puzzle through trial and error, Akari searched for a new approach. Lowering the precision of the scalpel, different steps. She was practically creating an entirely different move set in her search for balance between scalpel and combat but eventually she figured out the basics that would allow her to maintain the Scalpel with more ease. Improvement of this new fighting style would come with time, as it was far from battle tested at this point. As an additional benefit to the 'laxer' approach of the Scalpel's battle form, the scalpel seemed easier to mold into different variations. A wide swing could increase in danger as the scalpel seemed to linger, its size expressively enlarged for such an occasion. In other times, the battle pragmatic oni assumed more defensive measures and felt a need to parry incoming blows. In the ever-offensive style of Five Venom Fist, the scalpels would inflict harm even if she was pushed into the defence, granting it a more solid form to block incoming blows while retaining its cutting power. She wasn't quite sure how impactful this 'solid scalpel' would be in a real fight but the puppet suffered damage despite the alteration and that was, at this point, all the oni required to know. Mastery of abilities came later.
Letting go of the scalpel training for the moment, Akari wiped the sweat of her head and took a bottle of water from her backpack. Taking a healthy swig, the mind of the oni didn't falter even now to work on analysing the flaws of her techniques and looking for improvements. Focus, control, speed. There was still a lot of work to do before these techniques would combat worthy at any given time. As the day was still young and the future bright, the survivalist knew that a consistent approach in training would get her much further than cramming all attempt of improvement into a single day.
Time to move on, Akari put the bottle back in her backpack and moved closer to the puppet. Practise was not done yet. True to her oni nature, her practise had lacked brutal strength and proper trampling over puny humans. She knew how to rectify that, having heard about techniques that could grant one superhuman feats of strength. Fingers which could flick a person away, punches that could create fissures and craters in the ground. The sort of power display the youngster certainly could appreciate if it added to the fear she already brought. Though the practise was fairly straight-forward, mastery and proper channelling of the ability was not something she'd achieve over night. For now, all she had to do was gather a fistful of chakra... and ram that into the puppet with a warcry!
The result was as it should be. Devastating. The puppet's head and chest would splinter under the impact of her chakra enhanced blow and fly across the room. Without a doubt, being brutal and destructive was in the demon's nature, mirth reflecting in her eyes for the results. Making use of techniques like this was rather fun but the drain on her chakra was all too real as well, leaving the oni panting even after a single use.
Much like was often the case with Akari, even a satisfactory brute display of force like this didn't keep the mind quiet as it searched for practical uses of the technique other than total destruction of a target. Walls could crumble under this sort of might, the earth could give way under its power. To what extend remained to be seen. Obvious uses, leaving the mind wondering if it could be combined with other techniques. Could such enhanced strength benefit the Five Venom Fist? Perhaps her Devil's Eye and her genjutsu? The answers eluded her for now, as physical prowess was a difficult thing to translate into mental capability.
XP: 20
Chakra 65/90
wc: 696
Total: 1282
Learning: Dissection Blade [100]
Learning: Dissection Blade, Focusing [100]
Learning: Dissection Blade, Extension [100]
Learning: Chakra Enhanced Strength [200]
Learning: Cherry Blossom Impact [150]Last edited by Akari on Mon Oct 15, 2018 11:02 am; edited 1 time in total