Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall of Ten Thousand Ri

This is a cooperation ninjutsu whereby several Earth Release users simultaneously perform hand seals and then expel a stream of mud from their mouths, which solidifies into multiple columns of earth. These grow upwards from the ground and together, form a hard, defensive wall.

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- A ri ( 里 ) is an old unit of distance. It used to be about half a kilometre — and still is in China, where it is called a lǐ — but elongated over time until it was fixed on 3927.27 metres during the Meiji period (1868–1912). A thousand ri is used as a general measurement for a very long distance. Ten thousand ri would be a step beyond even that. There is a well-known saying by the famous Chinese philosopher Lǎozǐ that goes, "a journey of a thousand lǐ begins with a single step" ( 千里之行，始于足下 , Qiān lǐ zhī xíng, shǐ yú zú xià ).

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