Seeking Trouble with Sasori of the Red Sand

Qian Yun had no choice but to use a life-saving measure: three consecutive Mist Body Flickers.

But in his panic, Qian Yun forgot that this was a desert. Mist Body Flicker could only help him avoid fatal blows.

His combat experience was still lacking, and his mindset was not steady enough.

His own strength was completely disproportionate to his battle experience.

A puppet caught up to him. Qian Yun's arm was injured, and he had been poisoned by some strange toxin. His body was rapidly going numb.

He desperately widened the distance, and sure enough, the puppet stopped pursuing him. This was one of a puppeteer's weaknesses.

He ran while regulating his breathing and quickly swallowed an emergency antidote.

But Sasori of the Red Sand's poison was anything but ordinary. Qian Yun's vision was now blurring in waves.

This was bad!

If he collapsed, the snakes, insects, and rodents in the desert would soon gnaw him down to bare bones.

"Little White, do you have a way to save me?"

The little lizard sent over its thoughts, saying that it was trying its best. This was also the first time it had encountered such a strange poison.

Qian Yun felt despair and regretted chasing after something as massive as the Scorpion King.

Was I insane?

His consciousness grew increasingly hazy. Qian Yun finally reached the underground well.

He took another emergency antidote, but it had no effect at all.

There was definitely no time to conduct experiments and analyze the poison now. He could only try something else.

Right, based on the plot he knew from his previous life, Sakura Haruno had used the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique to detoxify Kankuro. Later, she had used the rare Yuchi Grass to make an antidote.

But the problem was that the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique was Princess Tsunade's specialty. Qian Yun had spent a year at Konoha Hospital without ever seeing anyone use it.

Whatever. He would try improving it with Hidden Mist's Dehydration Technique. Maybe he still had a chance to live.

As long as he acted, he had a chance of surviving. If he did nothing, he would certainly die.

Hidden Mist's Dehydration Technique had originally been a minor ninjutsu invented by fishermen for making dried fish. Now, it seemed like it really could save his life.

Qian Yun carefully manipulated his chakra, cautiously extracting the poison from his heart.

The process was worse than death, but the numbness in his body had eased, and his head was no longer as muddled.

Once Qian Yun regained clarity, he finally realized that he had been a little stupid.

His Flesh Release: Giant Hemorrhoids itself could clear blood toxins. Yet in his panic, he had actually forgotten about it.

Whatever. He would give himself a dose.

Mm...

He had been excited whenever he used this technique on others, but trying it on himself was an entirely different feeling.

The chakra in his body was indeed in chaos, but Qian Yun also truly felt more clearheaded.

He continued using the Dehydration Technique to extract poison from his internal organs. In theory, he would not die now. It was only a matter of how long his recovery would take.

An hour later, just as Qian Yun was wondering how he should take revenge on Sasori of the Red Sand, he suddenly sensed someone above him.

A red-haired youth wearing a Hidden Sand vest stood there, with the Third Kazekage human puppet floating beside him.

So Sasori of the Red Sand had not yet turned himself into a human puppet at this point. No wonder he had hidden himself so well earlier.

Impressive!

Before Qian Yun could even seek revenge, Sasori of the Red Sand had actually dared to come knocking.

Seeing Sasori of the Red Sand put away the Third Kazekage human puppet and use Sand Release to dive underground, Qian Yun was somewhat stunned.

Miniature Hidden Mist Technique.

Sasori of the Red Sand came down, and Qian Yun looked at him weakly, barely clinging to life.

He said nothing. He took out a scroll and began collecting water. Once he had filled it, he left directly.

He did not even check Qian Yun's corpse.

Damn it, he was being completely looked down on!

Was Sasori of the Red Sand planning to let the poison take effect and kill Qian Yun?

He had always been confident in his own poison.

No wonder he had not pursued him earlier.

Flesh Release: Flower Beauty.

Qian Yun grinned. He was going to let Sasori of the Red Sand experience the terror of being poisoned beyond cure.

After walking ten miles, Sasori of the Red Sand suddenly scratched his neck. He paid it no mind and continued onward.

Five minutes later, he scratched again. Then he felt an intense itch under his arms, on his buttocks, around his waist—everywhere.

He suspected the Scorpion King. He suspected that his recent residence had not been cleaned properly. Yet Qian Yun was the one person he did not suspect.

He took out some medicine and rubbed it on himself. Feeling somewhat better, Sasori of the Red Sand continued on his way.

Another hour later, he returned to his residence. It was an oasis, but at this time of year, the underground river was low on water, and nearly all the surrounding vegetation had withered.

Sasori of the Red Sand planned to take a bath and thoroughly clean his residence to prevent bacteria from breeding.

Yet the instant he took off his clothes, Sasori of the Red Sand sucked in a sharp breath.

His entire body was covered in blisters, and they itched unbearably. Scratching them felt wonderful, but every scratch released a pocket of yellow fluid.

Wherever the yellow fluid flowed, infection followed.

Sasori of the Red Sand hurriedly prepared a disinfectant. He thought the Scorpion King was unclean, since scorpion swarms often fed on corpses.

However, Sasori of the Red Sand tried several methods, and none of them worked at all.

His temper became increasingly irritable, while Qian Yun's detoxification reached a turning point.

His complexion was no longer ashen. The hemorrhoids did not need to be cut away; as he adjusted his breathing, they actually subsided on their own, without even leaving scars.

The first thing Qian Yun did after detoxifying himself was cultivate toxin-antibody plasma for himself. At the same time, he had the little lizard search for Yuchi Grass.

He had thought the little lizard would be confused when he explained medicinal herbs to it, but it unexpectedly agreed without hesitation.

Only after watching the little lizard leave did Qian Yun mutter, "Did it really understand?"

After injecting the toxin-antibody plasma, Qian Yun felt refreshed and invigorated. Now he needed to make specialized smoke bombs to deal with Sasori of the Red Sand.

The little lizard returned at dawn the next day, and it had actually brought back a large bundle of Yuchi Grass.

Qian Yun praised it lavishly, fed it some small scorpions, and let it rest first.

He then went to the surface to capture a batch of sand snakes and threw them into Sealing Space Number Two before practicing Sand Release and swordsmanship.

In the end, the reason he had been so easily defeated by Sasori of the Red Sand was still his lack of combat experience and his limited offensive methods.

On the fifth day after detoxifying himself, Qian Yun felt that he had recovered enough. He released the sand snakes to search for Sasori of the Red Sand's trail.

It turned out that Sasori of the Red Sand lived only sixty miles away, with nothing but a Scorpion King nest between them.

Qian Yun focused and sensed carefully. The Scorpion King was still there, only hidden beneath a deeper layer of sand.

After thinking it over, Qian Yun realized that he seemed able to subdue the Scorpion King, because there was a blind spot on its back.

Earlier, Sasori of the Red Sand had attacked that blind spot, which was why the Scorpion King had been unable to fight back.

Half an hour later.

Boom!

The Scorpion King suddenly burst out, looking murderous.

Who knew how the little lizard had managed it? After throwing out a few taunts, it actually drove the Scorpion King into a frenzy.

Qian Yun flickered onto the Scorpion King's back and rapidly formed hand seals with both hands, instantly sucking the Scorpion King into the sealing space.

This power seemed a little too strong.

Qian Yun landed in the desert, feeling somewhat lost. It seemed this sealing technique could perhaps easily subdue even tailed beasts.

That was definitely not a good thing.

If people found out, he would be targeted by the entire ninja world just like the Uzumaki Clan.

Gulp!

Qian Yun swallowed hard and decided that from now on, he would not subdue large wild beasts in front of others. As for tailed beasts, he could not even touch them.

Otherwise, he would be dead for sure.

Ten minutes later, Qian Yun arrived outside Sasori of the Red Sand's residence. Using the virus mark, he once again activated Flesh Release from a distance.

Sasori of the Red Sand had been conducting virus experiments when he suddenly scratched his butt.

Three seconds later, Sasori of the Red Sand realized something was wrong. His chakra was draining away and gradually becoming chaotic.

He immediately flickered into the room to retrieve his equipment and used a technique to sense the movements around him.