Night Slash

**Night Slash** is a fairly strong Darnkess-aligned slashing attack.

## Description

The user channels Dark energy into their claws or wings, or an external bladed weapon such as a sword or axe, which forms a glowing coat of Dark energy, the same black-purple energy seen in most Dark techniques. Users that aren't purely Darkness wielders, however, can color the energy over the blade to a different kind, with blue, red and even white all reported. The user then simply strikes or slashes the target with the Darkness-imbued . This attack is known for it's heightened chance of striking someone in their weak spots.

Alternatively, some dual-blade users have been known to use the energy to enlarge their blades to a much larger size and spinning, creating greater kinetic energy for use with their strikes. This is normally effective for breaking heavy guards, but leaves the user somewhat defenseless.

The technique also has what is termed a "master level", known to be used only by a Darkness master. The user dashes around their target at high speed, eventually vanishing from view through manipulation of the surrounding shadows to create a translucent moving shadow cloak, making the user translucent. Before the opponent can properly react, the user can then either jump and slash once, forcing the target to the ground and immobilizing them for the slash across the chest, or simply slash repeatedly while still moving, a variant more suited for dealing with a large group. These variations on the technique also appear to over-charge the blade or appendage, with each slash leaving behind a trail of darkness.

## Users

* Kotuumath the Halfbreed (can use with claws or sword)
* Khuma the Gohmuu
* Voidstar
* Fantasm the Psychic
* Soner the Feral
* Violet the Fox (uses it with her sword)
* Wolfgang the Cat
* Anne the Power Hedgehog
* Shadow The Wolf
* Rocket the Hedgefoxidna
* Pianura the Hedgehog (w/ her greatsword, Blade of the Ancient Ones)
* Matthew the Power Hedgehog/Reaper (w/ his scythe)
* Gloria the Power Hedgehog
* Honey the Hedgehog (makes small beams of darkness at her fingertips)
* Knight The Knight Dragonoid
* Syndey the Echidna(With her spiked knuckles)
* Darquo Corneria (with his knife)
* Gabriel "Pyran" Devilhog (with his swords, scythe or Claws)
* Bazba Cormac
* Kaiser Saito (with Z-Saber)
* Black Ideya Becky
* Saren Arcturias (With his claws, scythe, axe and dagger)
* Malik the Hedgehog (using both his swords, making an X-shaped cut similar to X-Scissor)

### Pokemon Users

* Macy the Vigoroth (Mobianised Pokemon)
* Angela the Eevee (Mobianized Pokemon)
* Jushiro Rechot (Mobianised Yanmega)
* Ontager Fisk (Mobianized Ursaring)

## Variants

* **Inferno Slash** - Fire variant
* **Freezing Slash** - Ice variant
* **Aqua Slash** - Water variant
* **Lightning Slash** - Electric variant
* **Wind Blade** - Wind variant
* **Earth Cutter** - Earth variant
* **Holy Slash** - Light variant
* **Leaf Blade** - Nature variant
* **Toxic Claw** - Poison variant
* **Temporal Slice** - Temporal variant
* **Celestic Slash** - Spatial variant
* **Chaos Cutter** - Chaos variant
* **Illusion Claw** - Illusion variant
* **Shadow Claw** - Shadow variant
* **Ethereal Blade** - Soul variant
* **Psycho Cut** - Psychic variant

## Technique Rank

For most variants of the technique, the power and accuracy of the move grants a C-rank. However, the "master-level" variations each hold A-ranks, due to their destructive power and the essential invisibility they bear.