(Meiton: Hiboshi Jisshitsu) – Dark Release: Devouring Essence
Type: Supplementary/Defensive
Rank: B
Range: Short - Long
Chakra Cost: N/A (+20 chakra to the infused technique)
Damage Points: N/A
Description: During the performance of a fuuin jutsu, the user will imbue it with meiton chakra via their dark mark to give the affected technique the properties of Dark Release. Enhancing barriers with this technique will change their elemental S/W as they become a Meiton technique. Visually this change is observed as the barrier adopting a translucent, violet hue. The barrier will also become capable of absorbing techniques following Dark's elemental S/W, namely neutral techniques of the same rank (one rank above for elements weak to Dark, one rank below for elements strong to it). For techniques and barriers with chakra draining properties, this infusion will enhance them in the following way. The amount of chakra they absorb will double as they're augmented by the dark chakra. This will work on all types of chakra draining fuuinjutsu, from barriers to sealing script such as Chakra Draining Seal. To imbue meiton chakra into techniques such as Multiple Infinite Embraces, the user simply requires their dark mark to be in contact with the ground. To apply this to barriers created from seals, the user merely has to place their dark mark in contact with the seal and infuse it. To apply this to barriers created from or materialized around the body, the user will release the chakra necessary to form the technique from their dark mark to imbue it upon creation. Activation of this technique occurs in the same time-frame as the barrier it's applied to but in all of the methods, the barrier is created already infused with the dark chakra, it is not infused after it's creation. This technique cannot be stacked with other jutsu which enhance fuuinjutsu techniques and can only affect one opponent at a time (does not include clones or summons).
(Meiton: Shuukai no Mahoutsukai) - Dark Release: Coven of Witches
Type: Supplementary
Rank: C
Range: Short - Long
Chakra: 15 (-5 chakra per turn)
Damage: N/A
Description: The user will focus their chakra into up to thirteen of their replica dark marks (any marks that aren't on their palms) and will leak a small quantity of meiton chakra from each of them. The violet chakra will surround the entity the mark is applied to (e.g. a kunai) in a sphere-like configuration before levitating it into the air. The orbs are covered in countless spiked protrusions along their body and will appear to shift and move, much like a pulsating heart. The layer of chakra will cover the entity it's coating entirely with the exception of where the dark mark is applied, so to facilitate the absorption and release of techniques from it. For convenience, these orbs will be known collectively as "the Coven". The Coven can be passively controlled through the use of mental commands and will be capable of lasting any given duration so long as the user uses chakra to sustain them. The marks contained with the orbs will be capable of absorbing and releasing techniques much like every other dark mark. This technique's utility stems from the fact that the user can guide the Coven to any position on the field and utilize Dark Release jutsu from those points. If the user so wishes, they can bind the Coven to their physical movements so that they move automatically and in tandem with their body.