High velocity Water Arts: Yuriel has superb control over her water techniques when it comes to what she can manipulate and use for a blade. This technique branches off the concept of velocity. Given water when moved at high enough speeds gains the power to just about cut through anything, it isn’t surprising by using this art--shooting out water at extremely high speeds, that she, yurei becomes capable of cutting through objects depending on her zanjustu mastery in relation to her opponents tier. Now this technique as briefly touched upon before, functions off the concept of velocity and applies that to her blade. To an extent it’s physics, taking the concept that makes being hit by a power washer dangerous and then increasing that well over two hundred fold. However, other than the concept of velocity + water = extremely power penetrative/cutting force that is where the relation between physics and this ability part ways.

Given the ability functions almost entirely off of her sword arts, the water (unsurprisingly) is used in very small, very dense streams. This water takes for all intents and purposes for each stream takes a 10 foot pillar of water in diameter and condenses it to this tiny half foot tall, half an inch wide blade of water. Naturally because the water itself is so dense, it means that the water while circulating at the extreme velocity that this technique allows becomes devastating to it’s surroundings.  It is at the lower end of the spectrum able to cut through most metals, steels, and even to extent harder variants of gemstone.  This is it’s base line.

However, because this ability is linked intrinsically with her zanjustu mastery because  this blade of water is simply brute-force without being utilized by a steadied hand. This means in the hands of a beginner this blade may as well just be moving about clumbsily, but in the hands of an almighty expert, this water could easily become a tool of absolute devastation to it’s surroundings being able to carve up even the hardest of objects. Now, this technique scales in two ways. The two ways are [b] Control & Utilization[/b] and [b]Cutting Force versus Tier[/b]. I will not outline what each variable actually does.

[b]Control and Utilization[/b]

As the name suggests the control of the blade, and to an extent the density and amount of blades is entirely based off of her zanjustu skill, below will outline what each tier mastery entails.

[b]Beginner[/b] Beginners well, are beginners they can only do what was outlined in the technique as a baseline. As well, they are only able to control a single blade and even than the potency of the blade is maybe being utilized to a 5th of it’s true potential. Think of it like giving a toddler the families treasure sword that has been sharpened to a deadly edge. The kid certainly can do damage with it, it’s sharp, duh. However,  it’s not going to be on par with a grandmaster wielding the blade. That is an apt example of the intrinsic deficit that a beginner practitioner of this art will have.

[b] Adept:[/b] If a beginner is a baby weilding a treasure sword, adept is a toddler flailing that blade around. Given the depiction you can probably discern the intent behind that imagery--They still can’t use the technique to it’s full potential. Granted yes, they will be capable of causing more damage than our flailing beginner friend, but thats about as much better as it gets. At beginner feats such as slashing concrete, penetrating small steel objects are quite easily done based on the speed, velocity, and power of the water--not so much variation and control. In adept, a slight amount of variation can be seen. The user is capable of using up a 20 foot in diameter stream of water. This means for all intents and purposes the density has doubled. More density + velocity = more cutting/penetrative force.  Naturally this fact makes it so that, if beginners can cut through weak [3-4 inch thick] plates of steel, we are looking at more like 6-8 inches of steel, or 3-4 inches of titanium. That’s a good reference of the capacity of an adept user.

[b]Advanced:[/b] Advanced is like the little kid who has practiced for 3-4 years. They are pretty good at handling the blade, but it’s all reptition and not intuition, That is a good depiction of and advanced zanjustu practitioner using High velocity water arts. They are capable of manipulating the blade, increasing the distance from 40 feet to around 100 feet in terms of the size of the streams or (blades) of water that are being manipulated. As well as at this point our practitioner can manipulate up to two blades. Each blade has within it roughly a 30 foot in diameter condensed steam of water. Naturally this means at this point it’s not hard so long as our practitioner is of 2 tier for them to eviscerate through metals, be it titanium, steel, reinforced steel. All of these things can be simply hacked through, not quite easily as butter, but maybe more like cutting through a carrot with a recently sharpened knife. There will be resistance but it will not be that much. Advanced practitioners also can bring out about 60% of the full potential of this technique.

Advanced skill: Water Spout: At this point the user becomes capable of manipulating the streams of water to pull them into a high-velocity funnel. Rotating at high speeds this technique is capable of ripping through most known constructs as well as grind away at an opponent. Given this isn’t a true-blue technique and is rather a skill, it predimonately bases it’s power off of the zanjustu scalings that are outlined. However, because of the rotating factor in this ability it is capable of grinding through most objects durability that is on par with her zanjustu skill. This is because her zanjustu skill is the determining factor for both the density and the power of her blades. Logically this means that she can absolutely devastate those who have a significant durability gap in relation to her zanjustu skill.
[b]Elite:[/b] A true expert would be of this level. They are near-masterful at handling the streams and blades of water and it’s more intuitive or reflex than simply because of constant repetition. At this point a practitioner is capable of manipulating up to three blades and each one will be of around a 40 foot in diameter, condensed into the previously mentioned dimensions. This means in comparison to beginner or blades are not only 3x as numerous they are 4x as dense. This of course means that these blades are capable of wide-spread destruction. Extending upwards of 200 feet they are able to completely destroy metals, ripping them into fragments under the onslaught of thousands upon thousands of water-droplets being sliced through them at extremely high velocity. Naturally this means that at elite they are capable of cutting through most known constructs. As well due to the spiritual energy that saturates the droplets to improve density they may also be capable of cutting through spiritual constructs. A Elite-class practitioner of High Velocity Water Arts can cleave through barrier on par with a kido 50 with moderate difficulty.

[b]Master: [/b] A pinnacle expert. Logically the skill level of master denotes mastery over a skill. This is the same with a zanjutsu mastery level practitioner of the high velocity water arts. These practitioners are capable of manipulating the trajectory of the blades that are present. This goes beyond the intuitive handling that is seen in expert class practitioners instead, it is more simply they are capable of controlling these blades like someone who is breathing, or eating. You don’t really need to think about it, which is why there is a high versatility in the master leve water-arts. Not to mention at this point the density of these water blades are absolutely monstrous. 50 foot in diameter condensed into the previously mentioned dimensions means that at the pinnacle of her skill she is capable of 5x the density of beginner. Not to mention she is capable of manipulating up to four blades simultaneously. These blades have a distance of 300 feet surrounding her, as well as are capable of being thrown off as waves. Now, at this point gemstone like diamond isn’t a possibility for this art to cut through .It is capable of slicing through even some of the hardest known objects in this realm.  To put this in perspective a Master level zanjutsu user who practices the high velocity water arts can with moderate difficulty cleave through kido of a #70 level in just a few strikes.



[b]Cutting Force Versus Tier:[/b]

Naturally the other factor than her control and utility is the checking of her zanjustu mastery with her opponents Durability. Because unless their are abilities that scale durability based on tier, there isn’t a correlation with someones tier in relation to how much weaker this attack is, It’s entirely based off their durability.  So, those that are of the same durability class as her zanjustu will find that they sustain moderate injuries from the blows. It is capable of cleaving through defenses, hierro and other techniques over the course of 2-3 turns. Because there is constant erosion from the blade. Those of a higher tier will sustain minor to moderate injuries and it takes 3-4 turns to cleave through defenses. At A lower skill level versus her zanjustu master she becomes a nightmare, capable of cleaving through defenses in 1-2 turns [depending on other durability measures that have been put into place]