Flowing Style

**Flowing Style** is one of the five primary fighting styles seen in the **Realm Chronicles** and is one of the deciding styles to become a member of the **Warriors**.

## Description

Flowing Style is a form of combat that mainly utilizes long-lasting sweeps and slashes in mid-air, and is therefore primarily defensive. It requires the use of the Sweep Effect for practically all of its techniques, which are used and taught by Mara Moran, Arin, and Valeria, as well as formerly used by Lila Frost. Due to its nature, it also requires a good amount of flexibility and acrobatic movement to use, being one of the most adaptable styles in battle if mastered. It is possibly the most widely used among the fighters in the Realm Chronicles.

## Techniques

* **First Technique: Single Surface Slash**: a singular, large horizontal sweep in front of the user. This is powerful enough to slice straight through tree trunks.

* **Second Technique: Roundhouse Sweep**: the user leaps into a cartwheel and performs a circular sweep around their body, creating a wheel-like slash.

* **Third Technique: Constant Motion**: a continuous sequence of motions in which the user consistently moves in wave-like formation. With this technique, Mara is able to fend off attacks from even the strongest opponents.

* **Fourth Technique: Rapid Current**: the user creates a large, winding sweep in the air by moving in a relatively circular motion. The unpredictability of the attack, much like that of strong currents, makes it very difficult to avoid.

* **Fifth Technique: Crossing Slashes**: two large overlapping sweeps around the user powerful enough to block rapid and powerful attacks.

* **Sixth Technique: Whirling Storm**: the user slashes in a funnel pattern around their body while descending, creating a whirlpool of sweeps.

* **Seventh Technique: Counter Critical Thrust**: the user performs a powerful forward thrust, creating a shock to essentially halt incoming attacks. This was powerful enough to counter Achillean Kyber’s Branching Impact technique.

* **Eighth Technique:** **Downpour**: the user performs several straight downward slashes around themselves, creating a basin of shocks that can fend off a large group of opponents at once

* **Ninth Technique: Single-Second Fire**: the user darts around the opponent while firing arrows rapid succession, made to stay in form on shaky or unstable terrain. Due to its speed, it requires a great amount of agility to perform effectively.

* **Tenth Technique: Dancer's Elegance**: a form of movement in battle similar to that of a dancer, Mara splashes water around them while slashing in a vortex formation, creating a powerful sweep propelled by the splashing movement that increases with momentum.

* **Eleventh Technique: Calming Splash**: the personal creation of Mara Moran, the user draws a bucket and uses it to splash a large amount of water down at their feet. They then use its movement to block any incoming attacks or objects. The movement is sufficient to interfere with and essentially slow down or cancel the opponent's attacks completely. This technique was powerful enough to almost completely halt Achillean's **Shatter** technique.

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