Tao Kung



Tao Kung (タオカンフー Taokanfū) is a Etherious based demon from the lost pages of Zeref's book and a member of the guild Nightmare Wing. He is known as the Exploding Fist Lion (拳ライオン爆発, Ken raion bakuhatsu), a nickname earned for being a hurricane of violence that devastate and destroys anything in his pathway including enemies and allies alike in order to prove his superiority compared to anyone.

Appearance
Tao Kun is a tall well built mage covered with a Chinese-styled clothing wearing a long lion fur coat with one sleeve along He wears a black, gold and brown with his coat acting like skirt armor with a Chinese logo on the sleeve, with a cloth arm guard along his right arm. He is usually depicted with a psychotic look on his face as he shows his teeth while smoking his pipe. His cold red eyes which further enhances more ominous appearance. He has red eye shadow and small dot shaped eyebrows following a old Chinese based appearance.

When he takes his Etherious mode, he appears to be a large armored steel figure with his eyes glowing bright red. During this form his clothing morphed into a heavy steel demon mode with spiked bladed claws and powerful demon look. When he loses his temper he is able to expel the armor revealing his "True" form as his muscles grew larger expanding into bones along his body that morphed into the skull. He appears to have multiple black tattoos with a skull metallic mask on his face with his hair turns longer as it extend longer and turned pitch-black during this transformation.

Curse
Bomb Curse Tao Kung is a master of a dangerous power known as the "Bomb Curse", they lies completely in the use of multiple types of explosions, which can be triggered remotely or upon direct contact and are usually on a very grand scale. Tao has proven himself capable of effortlessly generating blasts of huge magnitude, wreaking havoc over both large buildings and entire towns, slaughtering individuals as powerful as Star Breaker Guild Members.

Abilities
Grand Master Level Martial Artist - Tao Kung is a monster using the masterful arts of hand-to-hand combat, though likes to use weapons to make the fights go longer, he will employ his deadly Martial Art. The fighting style he employs is called the "Way of the Demon" (悪魔の道, Akuma no michi) or "Ansatsuken" (暗殺拳, Assassination Fist) which is a type of martial arts that takes knowledge of multiple forms molding them into one. This form of fighting focuses on powerful strikes forming magical energy through the fists or feet to completely destroy a foe's guard while also keeping a strong defense. It employs numerous forms of fighting and takes a approaches to Karate, and Japanese martial arts through targeting joints in a enemy's body while still keeping a strong defense. However, Tao Kung also fit in some natural blunt force fighting using a bit of Taekwondo & Judo throws into this to keep enemies on there toes during combat.

Etherious Form


 * Etherious Armor Release