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« on: July 24, 2017, 08:59:13 AM »
While trying to not be drained with the swamp, Jestar is now confronted with a distance closing move by his quarry, using shunshin to quickly move to where Jestar is located at. Now, since he used shunshin, Jestar's byakugan by virtue could detect his general movement, even when sheltered from the extreme light by the slightly shifted mask; the explosions that would occur at Ray's feet the moment he set foot on the earthen swamp would also help spot the man.
Since he had to physically move to Jestar's position, then the earthen swamp could not have been particularly large; after all, unless he triggered a chain of bakuton explosions on his way to Jestar, the swamp could not be covering the entire battlefield, or even the distance from Jestar to Ray; it would not be to Jestar's advantage to assume that the swamp then only covered the space immediately below him, so let's assume it's a few meter around and about.
Since Jestar had been facing Ray, then for Ray to get behind him, he would have had to go around him; again, since Ray used shunshin this process would not take particularly long to happen, but the timeframe during which it happened allowed the Hyuuga-Nara to guess that his opponent was trying to flank him. Though there was no predicting the exact attack in question as Jestar has never fought a dark release user before (I will probably regret admitting that later), it could be predicted at this point that Jestar was not going to escape the swamp unharassed.
Already in the shocking mood, Jestar would have one defense that would prove valuable in keeping his internal bits from being jangled into oblivion; his Blade of Thunder, combined with his ANBU armor. Yes, against something as powerful as this the armor alone was nothing to boast of, but the Blade of Thunder, the large sword strapped to Jestar's back, especially with some Raiton, could serve as a reasonable defense against the attack.
As Ray's attack closed in and Jestar's feet became more free, he turned as if to spin about and try to hit Ray, all the while using some of the Raiton from earlier to store into his sword, which began to glow. The glow was very brief, as a part of Ray's attack, and thanks to the explosions that disrupted Ray's footing, not only would Jestar have enough time to make this maneuver (after all, the sword already covered most of his back anyways) but also to begin releasing more Raiton chakra.
What is the point in surging Raiton into the sword strapped to his back? Well, the moment that the Super Revival jutsu hit the sword, then while the dark release chakra may have absorbed any electricity that might would hit the attack, the sword would still emit its signature, thunder-like roar that has been described as a "boom" by those nearby as result of the dark release chakra not encompassing the entirety of the blade. Now obviously at such close range this loud boom would hurt the ears, deafen had Jestar enough time to fully get the sword charged up, but the point of the boom was, as the force of the attack drove Jestar further into a spinning motion, the sound might would startle Ray and again trigger his Bakuton armor.
Now hold on, chief, why are you trying to hit Jestar with yet more force? Using the force of the initial dark release attack, while it would certainly be enough to fracture the sword itself, the bakuton explosions, based upon Ray's ability to stand on the earthen swamp at all in order to attack, were weak enough to not add so tremendously that the big picture would be affected.
Rather than the force of the blow merely sending Jestar in one direction, if fully successful in his endeavor, Jestar would turn much of the force from the Super Revival Jutsu into torque, spinning him about like a beyblade top. The Raiton he was now emitting from nigh every pore would, combined with the spinning, form a shield of sorts that would not only block out the bakuton rebuttal from the sound blast, but possibly send the force of the explosions right back to Ray, ultimately leading to him being blown backwards and upwards (explosions directly below him and now in front of him if this all comes to pass) with the stinging blast of Raiton perhaps singing at his flesh. To be caught in the rotation without protection at all, at the speeds that Jestar was going, would have likely cost him a limb altogether.
Lightning Release: Rotating Shield of the Lightning God
Of course, this method of counter had its, drawbacks, in that, as earlier mentioned, the chakra nullifying/disruption/consumption power of the dark release chakra (Jestar would not exactly have the time to determine which it was from his brief look at what it did to his Blade of Thunder's raiton chakra) was a likely counter to the attack, potentially delayed by the blowblack from Ray's own Bakuton armor. Additionally, due to the force of the attack, while Jestar had kept from receiving a fatal blow this time, the strike would be enough to send the spinning Raiton sphere of protection (with a diameter of about 180cm, or 1.8m, about Jestar's arm span) spinning 3 meters forward (relative to where Jestar was initially facing, opposite of where Ray would be blown back), carving out mud and grass and dirt as he went. His sword had taken irreparable damage and would be fractured close to the center, nearly completely separated from its lower half and the hilt as Jestar spun.
Probably would be best to leave this post here. Longer I make it the less put together it gets. x.x Hopefully enough detail to put my head picture onto forum paper. This was my more interesting, but much riskier plan, so if I need to repost then I'll probably go with my less risky plan (if permitted) to save time.