Earth Release: Mud Body Technique

The user can transform their body into mud. In this form, the user can move around and control mud to a high degree, even more so than the mass of their body. Before his death, Gozu used this ability to block Kakashi's Chidori by forming into a wall of mud in front of Guren and then saved her by forming the mud into a makeshift hand and pushing her away from the battle. This was once thought as a alteration that Orochimaru made to his body but Nango a unrelated character seem to have the same ability, making this ability some kind of special technique.