Spiritual Invocation

**Spiritual Invocation** (精神的な呼び出し, *Seishin-tekina Yobidashi*) is a fighting style that allows for the user to manifest their own spirit, be it in a humanoid shape, a spirit animal, or otherwise, and have it used as a form of combat assistance or more.

## Overview

Similar in principle to Haki, Spiritual Invocation taps into its user's spirit, having it serve as a literal extension of their body. Untrained users in the technique are generally only able to summon their spirit in an intangible state, so its powers only go as far as appearance-based and nothing more. Other users can have their spirits manifest into a solidified state and allow for their spirit to fighting alongside them, or for them. However, any damage that the spirit in question would receive, the user would receive it as well.

The achievement of this fighting style varies between users, as some have this as a natural phenomenon since birth. In other cases, spiritual enlightenment may also play a role in achievement, furthering the proficiency of this fighting style. There has been at least one instance where this fighting style was achieved by them via their religious devotions.

The user can manipulate their spirit around, having it change shape on a whim if they're capable enough, but its shape doesn't affect the user's own bodily shape. The spirit in question is only as strong as the user's own spirit, so spiritual attacks, such as Haoshoku Haki can prove to be fatal to users of this technique. Inversely, if the user has a weak physical structure, they can apply their spirit onto themselves, similarly to an exoskeleton, and have it act as a form of armor.

By usage of spirit, you are able to throw portions of your spirit at a target, and have it return to you. However, this tends to leave the user susceptible to further attacks if their spirit is tangible and is unable to have the thrown portion return to them. If the spirit is not directly touching its user's body, it is unable to swap between intangibility and tangibility, having it remain in the form it was in when they were separated.

Certain users can use their spirit as a form of spying, but this is a master-level technique that is not often seen being used, if at all. Spiritually aware people, such as Indra, the user of the Seishin Seishin no Mi, holds massive spiritual awareness that he could detect spirits without a need of exerting himself.

It is possible for a user's spirit to replicate their own powers, such as Devil Fruit powers, but there are certain limitations. For example, their spirit is unable to fully replicate a Logia's intangibility, seeing as it can already do that by itself, but this level of resonance is generally seen as mastery-level.

There is also the matter of resonance issues when it comes to the spirit. While, yes, it is possible to mutate the spirit into whatever the user would want, the further away the user's spirit is from its true self, the weaker it becomes, thus causing weaknesses in the long run. This is especially harmful to those that do not have a great understanding of themselves, such as egotistical people that think they're better than everyone else, but in truth they're insecure. Exertion of your spirit, especially if you're asking too much of it, can lead to harmful effects to your well-being, where some cases lead to death.

## Trivia

* Spiritual Invocation uses the art of the Soul Resurrection card from the Yu-Gi-Oh! series.