Phantom Edge

This technique takes the assassination skills of the Phantom Arts to a entire new level of stealth. While techniques like Final Arrow of the Departed cannot usually be seen or effectively countered without some degree of chakra sensory or Dojutsu, this technique is designed to close off that opportunity of evasion. While most techniques that create a blade of chakra to be used at a distance fire said blade, this technique forms the blade at the location that is to be struck. As such an opponent expecting to have an attack launched at them may ignore the deadly blade forming around them. The creator of this technique Shirokaze Fuyutama usually uses his sword to conjure this technique, matching the speed and arc of his sword slash with the blades formation. In terms of cutting potential this technique can easily sheer though a tree's trunk making incredibly lethal if used on a person. Despite being an assassination technique a tearing noise accompanies the formation of the blade. As this technique is of the Phantom Arts, the blade it creates is invisible to the unaided eye.