Eight Gates: 5 Elements Chakra Mode

When 5 out of 8 Gates unlocked, Shikizaki can access the 5 Elements Chakra Mode. First, Shikizaki coats himself with large amounts of Earth Chakra, using Earth Release: Earth Spear to make his body far harder than diamond (via the use of huge amounts of chakra). Then, Shikizaki uses Fire Release Chakra Mode, vastly increasing the temperature of the Earth surrounding him, creating a pseudo lava armour at the surface and increasing the heat behind Shikizaki's strikes. Then, Shikizaki creates a Wind Release Chakra Mode around that lava layer, creating a powerful layer of high density wind chakra which cuts anything nearing it, and also serves to give Shikizaki's attacks an extreme cutting capacity and increases Shikizaki's already extremely fast speed, also mitigating the weight from Earth Release Earth Spear. Then, Shikizaki coats that layer with water, creating massive amounts of turbulence within the water as it circulates via the wind chakra, and is rapidly boiled by the Fire Release armour. This causes the water to flow far faster than normal, with the mass of the water providing a greater cutting capacity for wind. Combined with the Obsidian formed from the Fire Release Chakra that is still burning on the Earth Spear, the earth rapidly becomes much denser and stronger over time.

Then, Shikizaki would activate the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, taking advantage of the rapidly moving, high temperature water ions to contain the huge amount of charges created by the Lightning Release Chakra Mode. This containment of charges, combined with the massive amount of chakra afforded by the 8 Gates technique, drastically enhances the effects of Lightning when Shikizaki uses it, granting him even greater speed, faster movement, and a paralyzing effect behind his extreme punches.

This is one of Shikizaki's most powerful abilities, which brings Shikizaki's power through the roof. Few people can stand against Shikizaki's Taijutsu in this mode, as his strength literally breaks previously known boundaries on strength, especially when further enhanced by a 5 Elemental Variant of the Twin Storm Fists and Destruction Taijutsu.