Ren Tao/Techniques

# Techniques

Ren Tao learnt many techniques as he became stronger. Many he discarded once he became too strong for them to be of any use, and the rest he would learn upon reaching a new realm. All his techniques are powerful in his own way.

## Learnt Techniques

### Yellow Rank

**[Low-Yellow Rank] Thunder Fist -** A simple punching technique split into three moves: Roaring Thunder Fist, Devastating Thunder Fist, Shattering Thunder Fist. In the last stage, lightning gathers around the fist.

**[Low-Yellow Rank] Silent Sword -** A simple sword technique which involves quick and silent movements. It's split into four forms: Twilight Strike, Shadow Decapitation, Tranquillity, Calm Before The Storm.

**[Low-Yellow Rank] Rotating Dragon Kick -** The image of a dragon follows his leg and roars as he strikes the enemy with a kick.

**[Mid-Yellow Rank] Lesser Rain Sword -** The weaker version of the Rain sword. Droplets of water cover the blade, and the sword moves incredibly fast and as swift as a twisting river. It has four forms: Falling Rain, Splitting Droplets, Cascading Wave and Sea Dragon.

**[Mid-Yellow Rank] Piercing Lightning Finger -** A bolt of lightning shoots out of the finger, piercing the enemy.

**[High-Yellow Rank] Mountain Carving Sword -** A sword technique which has the capability of carving giant wounds onto mountains. It’s said that when it was first created, it cleaved a valley in half. It has three forms: Mountain Sculpting, Valley Splitting, Earth Shattering.

### Black Rank

**[Low-Black Rank] Rain Sword -** The true Rain Sword technique. Thousands of droplets of water convene around the blade, and each swing of the sword seems to carry the power of a rampaging storm. Its four forms are much more powerful than the lesser version; Falling Rain, Splitting Droplets, Cascading Wave and Sea Dragon.

**[Low-Black Rank] Lesser Sword Body -** The lesser version of a powerful defence technique. Ten swords appear behind the cultivators back and automatically move to block incoming attacks. The swords can also fly out and attack enemies from a distance or in close range.

**[Mid-Black Rank] Fractured Hellfire Sword -** A mere fragment of a powerful sword technique. It has one form: Hellfire Chronicle, which engulfs the sword in black and red flames and creates disastrous attacks.

**[Mid-Black Rank] Tidal Fist -** A fist technique that conjures powerful waves of watery qi as its used. It has three forms, as it is a sibling of the Thunder fist technique: Roaring Tidal Fist, Devastating Tidal Fist, Shattering Tidal Fist.

**[High-Black Rank] Sentinel’s Eye -** A soul technique activated through the eye that attacks the soul and causes the target to see several strange eyes all around them.

**[High-Black Rank] Revolving Yin-Yang Soul -** Yin-Yang energies rotate around his soul, allowing him to enter the Yin-Yang phase and boost his power massively, and gain temporary control over the essence of Life and Death.

**[High-Black Rank] Lesser Sky Carving Sword -** A powerful sword technique that appeared in myths and legends of old, capable of carving into the sky. It has five forms: Cloud Parting Sword, Season Dividing Sword, Sun Devouring Sword, Moon Shattering Sword, Sky Bleeding Sword.

### Gold Rank

**[Low-Gold Rank] Sword Body -** The true Sword Body technique. A hundred swords appear behind the cultivator like a peacock’s tail, blocking incoming attacks, attacking the enemy and convening into shapes like dragons to attack.

**[Mid-Gold Rank] Mystic Glare -** The Thousand Eyed Spirit reveals itself- all who look into it shall have their soul ravaged and destroyed.

**[Mid-Gold Rank] Supreme Rain Sword -** An advanced version of the Rain Sword created by Ren Tao. It is much more powerful, and each of its strikes carries the power of the entire sea. It has five forms: Falling Rain, Splitting Droplets, Cascading Wave, Sea Dragon and Hollow Ocean.

**[Mid-Gold Rank] Half-Fractured Hellfire Sword -** The half-form of the Hellfire Sword. It has two forms: Hellfire Chronicle and Hellfire Purge, which sends out terrifying waves of hellfire that devour the landscape.

**[High-Gold Rank] Tribulation Sword -** A powerful sword technique which gathers bolts of lightning around the sword when used. It has four forms: Cascading Heavens, Rolling Thunder Clouds, Purging Mortals, Destroying Earth.