Earth Release: Stone Forest

Description
The Stone Forest technique can be described as the earthen equivalent of the Shikotsumyaku ability, following a devastating earthquake which prepares the shift. The jagged pillars will nearly immediately begin rising as high as 55 meters high above the ground, some even topping off at 65 meters. The battlefield literally turns into a forest of these stone pillars, covering what may be 50 meters in every direction. The speed at their rising was a speed that would provide the most damage and leave very little chance to react. With that in mind, the man put the chakra designation towards the speed more than the others, making it so each individual pillar would rise 25 meters per second, spreading outwards at similar speeds. The man believed these measurements were adequate for the amount of chakra he wanted to use.

Usage
After the chakra is molded in the right manner, the chakra is sent into the ground. The man knew with the size and scope of the technique, it would be better to instill a sense of surprise in his target. The intense earthquake was established as both to prepare the battlefield for the shift in terrain as well as to weaken an opponent’s footing for what was to come next. The earthquake would be active, generally the entire time, with the pillars abruptly shooting up into the air a full ten seconds later. The late blooming of the pillars will make it look as if the prior quake was the real purpose of the technique.

To prevent himself from being hit by his own technique, he incorporated a few safe points in the chakra field below. If one was to look at the chakra with special eyes, they would notice the chakra was a different color in comparison to the majority of the chakra field. An obvious way of preventing this from being noticed is to keep the opponent’s attention away from the ground.

Trivia
The credit for the art belongs to Mother Nature… with the actual picture belonging to that specific individual.