Concealed Sword: Gate of the Yellow Spring

is an advanced developed recently in the. A technique that combines the attributes of and Death Blossom and executes them in the form of a swift counterattack against opponents engaging the practitioner at melee range. Necessitating an immense level of focus, precision, and speed this technique is performed by first identifying and analyzing the trajectory of an opponent's incoming attack. Once this has been accomplished the user steps into the range of their opponent and, intercepts the assault with a lightning quick draw of their sword. Upon the blade's contact with an opponent a wave of chakra is channeled into the vicitm, which is able to bypass clothing and traditional forms of armor. The flow of energy injected in this fashion causes the victim's own chakra to react in a manner not unlike an immune response, in which the victim's own chakra will surge to the location of the invading energy at an unnatural rate. In doing so the victim's chakra inadvertently pressurizes their own blood and associated body fluids to an extreme degree around the point of contact, causing them to violently burst out in a horrific display of damage.

While the traditional armors have shown no defense against the traits of this maneuver, defensive forms of, such and , prevent some of the swordsman's chakra from entering the victim and catalyzing the subsequent damage. This also holds true for the chakra cloaks utilized and maneuvers like, but the use of high energy defenses has the unintended consequence of amplifying the strength of the victim's chakra surge. This is turn can potentially magnify the damage beyond even receiving this technique without any form of defense whatsoever. Furthermore, the speed at which the chakra acts makes it difficult for even highly accelerated {[nw|Chakra Absorption Techniques}} to nullify the effects completely, only mitigating the damage ever so slightly.

Due to the fact that there is only brief instance between a skilled enemy's initiation of their assault and the intended contact of said attack, the window required to perform this maneuver is exceedingly narrow. As such, a successful wielder of this skill is a testament not only to their mastery of this specific technique, but their entire prowess as a warrior. The most common application of this technique is against another sword-wielding enemy, where the objective is to disarm one's opponent by critically targeting their wrists before they can land their attack. Shūhei Kaneyama has demonstrated exemplary skill with this variant by severing both his opponent's hands and simultaneously cleaving through the enemy's chest.