Storm Release: Merak

Nocte generates an orb of energy in a hand, before thrusting it at the intended target. The orb contains a considerably high destructive potential, evident by the multitude of dark streaks seeping out from it as it travels, behaving as a smokescreen to give all external individuals the illusion that he's actually cloaked his hand itself in the storm cloud-like manifestation; this proves effective when attempting to counter a concentrated technique such as Chidori and Rasengan, containing power exceeding them in their untempered forms.

Upon collision, the orb bursts outward, unleashing a powerful explosion. Nocte can control the angle in which the orb explodes in order to avoid injuring himself in the process, as well as how much of the destructive energy to release within the explosion. If he so wishes it, he can halve the amount unleashed, preserving half of the orb and then have it explode a second time to strike an opponent unawares; the orb however would be smaller, and possess less destructive potential unless Nocte were to infuse it with more chakra, which even then is not guaranteed to reach its initial size before colliding with the target, depending on the range available.

The orb is impervious to water, lightning and storm-affinitied chakra, of which it would absorb in order to render itself more so destructive. The explosion it's capable of releasing can easily burst a person's body apart from the inside out at maximum potency, where at half it may only leave a sizeable hole in the impacted area. Depending on the amount of chakra absorbed en route, its destructive potential can reach great heights.