Chi

"Chi requires concentration and breathing at the same time, I do hope you're able to master them nice and smoothly"

- Denise Turner

Chi (チー) is a energy based supernatural power used by the Ewers Bloodline, and various other characters in the series. It is an ancient form of martial arts, Shūchū (急上昇する精神).

Description
Chi is an energy that is absorb from the earth itself and from the air around them, which the body can produce through controlled concentration and breathing, having the effect of producing any type of chi of energy propagating from the bloodstream to the rest of the body and to any other objects in contact with hit. Chi manifests itself as an aura around the users body and can be seen around anyone.

It can also affect non-living things. An object charged within Chi energy will have one or several attributes enhanced by the energy making it a more effective tool or weapon. Liquids conduct the Chi especially well. However while all materials can conduct within Chi, inorganic material such as metal can't store energy, but simply passes through.

Weaknesses
While Chi users can become dangerously powerful and turn the most mundane of objects into letal weapons, they are not without weaknesses.

A Chi user must be able to control, focus and breathe: if any of this is stopped or reduced due to injury or other conditions, they slowly grow weaker and lose the ability to concentrate on their chi energy, to the point they can be easily defeated - even by a mere zombie. This weakness can be exploited by mostly and mainly Vampires who use this ability and aim for the users neck to prevent them from breathing. Similarly, Chi energy needs a strong flow of the user's blood to be used with any degree of strength.

Ballard was capable of throwing one of his knives into Kiki's back during Real Life 2: The Crusaders to exploit the weakness to severely injure her and prevent her from attacking him. He even did the same thing in which resulted in Christian Rice's death when he punched a hole at full force into his abdomen which prevented him from using his Chi with an open wound.

As stated by Denise Turner, while Chi energy is strong enough to smash through rock and brick, there are some cases that is unable to smash through stronger substances, but there were very rare cases of a Chi user smashing through diamonds, the strongest material on earth.

Techniques
Note: Due to the versatility of Chi and the near-universal ways of deploying it, there are very few shared techniques between Chi users. Many of the techniques listed here are exclusive to individuals who wield a certain type of Chi ability.

Trivia

 * Chi is the exact concept of Qi/Ki/Chi, a person's natural fighting energy found.