Middle Path

The is a technique that is granted through the powers of the Rinnegan.

Usage
The Middle Path grants the user the ability create a in which chakra is unable to be manipulated. The user does this by projecting an invisible barrier around the target. Within this barrier, the spiritual and physical energies required to mold chakra are forced apart and chakra is unable to be molded, preventing the usage of ninjutsu and genjutsu, as well as taijutsu that require chakra. The user can also project this barrier around oncoming ninjutsu, causing the entire technique to vanish from existence—having had its chakra completely erased. In addition, user can also negate genjutsu on themselves by projecting the barrier around their own body, canceling out the chakra disturbing affects associated with genjutsu.

Drawbacks
The Middle Path seems to have a limited range. The barrier can only affect anything within a 4.5 meter (15 ft) distance from its center. By leaving the barrier's influence, chakra immediately becomes accessible again. Additionally, the barrier can only be maintained for five minutes at a time, before the barrier fades and requires a short recovery period.

Influence
The is the term that  used to describe the character of the path—known as the —he discovered that leads to liberation. In Mahayana Buddhism, the Middle Way refers to the insight into "emptiness" that transcends opposite statements about existence.

Trivia

 * Despite being a "path" of the Rinnegan, it is not among the Six Paths Technique.