Tempered Ray

Tempered Ray (焼き光, Yakikou) refers to a line of technique created by Shirokaze Fuyutama as a result of his long history and apparent mastery of Lightning Release Ninjutsu. Using the relationship between light and electricity he is able to create a new class of techniques. Similar to Koi Shurai's incomplete mix of Fire and Earth which allows him to utilize the Ash Release, Shiro has learned to blend ultraviolet light incompletely with lightning chakra. This blending process creates a powerful type of chakra which appears as bright white energy. This energy can then be employed in a variety of fashions as Shirokaze deems fit. As this style of combat utilizes natural ultraviolet light it requires only an equal amount of lightning chakra and precise chakra control to employ. As such ninjutsu spawned from the Tempered Ray do not require as much chakra as they would appear.

Due to the incredible amount of energy compacted into Tempered Ray techniques the chakra involved is both incredibly powerful. As such channeling this energy through a normal weapon would most likely cause it to be destroyed. Shirokaze appears to avoid this since his sword is of a Fuyutama forge. It would appear that using chakra flow with this kind of chakra creates an incredibly sharp blade. Due to this incredible amount of heat using these technique poses a risk of intense burns to those who use them. As such these techniques are not recommended to be used around allies. Shirokaze recent addition of black gloves is most likely to protect his hands from these techniques. Furthermore it has been hinted that with extreme skill a practitioner of the Tempered Ray can reduce the amount of heat released from the techniques with incredible chakra control.

As noted beforehand the use of these techniques requires large amount of ultraviolet light. This means that they are usually restricted to being used during the day with a primary clear sky. Though it should be noted that cloud cover doesn't always decrease ultraviolet light significantly allowing these techniques to be performed. Furthermore, while the blending of electricity and light can be performed rather quickly it takes time to gather the necessary light from the surrounding area. When this energy is being gathered it may appear like the air is darkening around the user.

Despite this skill's ability to utilize light one can not manipulate light in anyway other than the absorption and blending process. As such this technique does not constitute a Light Release. Shirokaze has kept this technique an absolute secret and has never utilized it in combat so its full abilities are currently unknown. In actuality, it is only known that it has the ability to incredibly enhance the sharpness of a weapon that is suspected to surpass lightning release chakra flow.