Gushkin-banda: Avatamsaka

This technique is the quintessence of or perhaps beyond, utilizing mind, body and soul in unison to create one of the most powerful genjutsu in existence. At its lowest level, the Avatamsaka is able to completely nullify one of the opponent’s five primary senses and will cause immobilization in various parts of the body and minor nerve damage. The damage at the lowest level abolishes of one of their senses however, it is only temporarily; no more than seven minutes at a time. At the highest level of the Avatamsaka technique, Gaoh is able to completely shut down all five primary senses of the opponent and will cause to lose spiritual awareness and immobilization and even death in the upper bound of side effects. Higher levels will cause blindness, deafness, and innervation, loss of smell and loss of taste.

Application
The initiation into Avatamsaka is so indirect, that the chakra network of both the opponents and Gaoh indicates no signs of alteration. Unlike other genjutsu, the Avatamsaka technique can also indirectly affect another target that is looking at the person originally locked into this technique.

Normally, genjutsu are used to manipulate and affect the opponents primary senses however, Avatamsaka also suppresses free will and in turn renders the technique inescapable as they are completely under Gaoh’s influence. In this genjutsu “world” Gaoh has complete control of all existence and can bring anything into existence, freely manipulate all existing things in this world including the opponent. The primary focus off Avatamsaka is to control the opponent’s destiny and fate, allowing Gaoh affect their true reality overtly and secretly. This genjutsu is a multifaceted technique capable of influencing an entire grop of shinobi at once.

Those caught in the Avatamsaka technique compares it to the very definition of nonexistence and completely away from hope. This technique was also taught to Ukyo Hara and unfortunately Asu Rashoujin.

Drawbacks
Due to the power of this technique, users the initiate the Avatamsaka technique are susceptible to dementia if one’s mind is not clear. Maintaining the technique for more than a couple of minutes will result in complete chakra exhaustion, which in most cases the user will fall into a comatose state. The normal recovery rate for this technique (highest level) is approximately four weeks.

Also, Avatamsaka is able to capture opponents indirectly, that means that they are able to be entrapt in the technique without directly looking at Gaoh. Unfortunately, allies or susceptible to the effects of it as well.