Deep in the forest, the light and shadow are mottled.
Farewell to Shikamaru who stayed alone to break up the rear, the number of the pursuit team was reduced again. Naruto gritted his teeth, tears welling up in his eyes, but he did not look back, he just desperately squeezed the Chakra in his body and jumped crazily between the thick tree trunks.
"Don't waste your efforts Shikamaru! Hurry up! Hurry up!"
Naruto roared in his heart.
Pakkun ran at the front, his nose kept twitching. "The smell is getting closer! Sasuke is right in front, but... there is also a very strong smell of fire Yakumi and poison!"
At the end of the team, Ye Tian still maintained the "fairy gliding" posture, with the soles of his feet pressed against Divine Movement Talisman, hanging leisurely behind everyone.
Although he looked relaxed and content on the surface, at this time Divine Sense was always paying attention to the rear.
"Shikamaru's aura is still very stable. It seems that the 'Mighty Rejuvenation Pill' has worked."
Ye Tian calmed down, "As long as he doesn't foolishly fight to the end with those nine Sound Ninja, it shouldn't be a problem to escape after delaying time. After all, he is a genius with an IQ of 200, and he has many ways to save his life."
Convinced that there was no need to worry about the rear, Ye Tian turned his attention back to the front.
The disgusting smell of blood and the violent One-Tail Chakra fluctuations are already close at hand.
suddenly.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Three Senbon painted with Purple-Black Poison were shot out from the canopy in front of them without warning, blocking everyone's path in a glyph shape.
"Be careful!"
Naruto reacted very quickly and took out Kunai "Ding Dang Dang" to deflect the attack.
Everyone landed on the tree trunks and looked ahead warily.
I saw a young man with purple patterns on his face and wearing a black jumpsuit, hanging upside down on a branch, playing with a few poison Senbon in his hand, staring at them with evil eyes.
Sand Ninja, Kankuro.
"What a difficult follower." Kankuro sneered, his eyes swept over Naruto, Sakura, and finally landed on Ye Tian, who had a sick look on his face. He frowned slightly, "It's you again, you sick boy... Last time you humiliated me in the village, let's settle the score together today!"
"Are you the puppeteer?"
Naruto pointed at Kankuro and shouted, "Get out of the way! We don't have time to waste with you! We are going to find Sasuke!"
"Huh, Sasuke?" Kankuro took off the bandaged Puppet from behind. "Crow", "He has probably been crushed by Gaara. As for you... just stay here and give my Crow a snack!"
As he spoke, Kankuro moved his fingers together, and Chakra Thread connected instantly.
Click, click, click!
Crow's weird lower jaw opened, revealing the densely packed poison needle launch ports inside.
"Trouble..."
Sakura held Kunai tightly, her palms full of sweat. Faced with such a mid-range ninja who was good at poisons and traps, she and close combat players like Naruto suffered greatly.
Just when the situation is about to break out.
Buzz--
A subtle but dense sound of flapping wings suddenly sounded from the woods behind everyone.
Immediately afterwards, a black "dark cloud" surged out as if alive and stood in front of Naruto.
"This is..." Naruto was stunned.
"You go first."
A dull, calm figure who always wrapped himself in a thick windbreaker walked out of the insect cloud.
Shino Aburame.
"Shino?! Why are you here?" Naruto said in surprise.
"I've always been there." Shino pushed up his sunglasses and said in a calm tone, "Since the beginning of the qualifiers, I have put Female Insect on you. Although my presence is very low, I have not been eliminated yet."
Shino turned around and faced Kankuro, surrounded by countless Kikaichū.
"Leave this to me. Whether it's poison or Puppet, my bugs can handle it."
"Shino..." Naruto was deeply moved.
"Let's go! Don't waste time!" Shino shouted, and the insect swarm suddenly swelled and pounced on Kankuro.
"Thank you!" Naruto no longer hesitated, pulling Sakura around the battlefield and continued to rush forward.
However, Ye Tian was not in a hurry to leave.
He stopped and stood on a high branch with a cane, his half-closed eyes shining with a light called "academic research".
"You guys go first, I... ahem... I have to take a breath and help Shino hold off the battle."
Ye Tian shouted at the back of Naruto, and then naturally found the best position to watch and sat down.
Just kidding, this kind of drama between "Master Insect" and "Master Puppet" is a rare material even in the world of immortality!
"Although in the world of immortal cultivation, 'Way of Insect Control' and 'Mechanism Technique' are both outsiders, but these two can be considered talents by being able to use such low-level methods."
Ye Tian took out an empty jade bottle from his arms, Divine Sense opened it fully and stared at the battlefield.
Below, the battle instantly heated up.
"Go to hell! Black Secret Technique·One shot from the machine!"
Kankuro controls Crow, with all mechanisms open, and countless poisonous smoke bombs and Senbon shoot towards Shino like raindrops.
"Secret Technique·Insect Wall Technique!"
Shino put his hands in his pockets, and thousands of Kikaichū instantly formed a black insect wall in front of him, blocking all attacks.
Purple poisonous smoke filled the forest.
"So poisonous!"
Ye Tian Even from a distance, you can still smell the sweet fishy smell.
"This poisonous smoke can not only paralyze nerves, but also corrode Meridians... What a good thing!"
Ye Tian's eyes lit up, and the jade bottle in his hand shook slightly.
[Airbending·Photography!]
He quietly performed a magic trick. He saw the purple poisonous mist escaping from the edge of the battlefield, as if it was being pulled by some invisible force, turning into a thin purple line, and unknowingly got into the jade bottle in Ye Tian's hand.
"Take it! Take it! Take it!"
Ye Tian pretended to cough while frantically "taking drugs".
"This is Sunagakure's secret mixed poison. It has complex ingredients. Take it back, refine it, and apply it on my 'Blood Drinker' Flying Sword. Wouldn't it turn into a 'poisonous Blood Drinker Sword'? When the time comes, it will numb whoever you want, and the gods will not be able to save it!"
In just a few minutes, Ye Tian collected a bottle full of highly concentrated poison gas and stuffed it into Storage Bag with satisfaction.
And the battle below is coming to an end.
Although Kankuro had used all his mechanisms, he was still defeated by the all-pervasive bug like Shino.
Kikaichū crawled along Chakra Thread to the joints of Crow, ate Chakra crazily, and even blocked the rotating shaft of the mechanism.
"Damn... my Crow can't move!" Kankuro was shocked.
"It's over."
Shino appeared behind Kankuro, and a Kikaichū had quietly laid on Kankuro's neck.
This bug can bite through Kankuro's artery at any time if he wants.
"I... don't want to kill you either."
Shino's voice was trembling.
Although he won, he still felt uncomfortable. In order to defend himself, he had also inhaled a lot of poisonous gas. At this moment, his face was purple and he was unsteady on his feet.
Plop! Plop!
The two fell to the ground almost at the same time.
Kankuro was overpowered by bugs because Chakra was exhausted, while Shino was deeply poisoned.
"Ahem... it seems like both sides suffer."
Ye Tian, who had been watching the show, finally slowly floated down from the tree.
He first walked to Kankuro and looked at Crow Puppet, which was somewhat damaged but still made of fine materials.
"Tsk, tsk, although my skills are a bit poor, these joints are made of the excellent Chakra-Conducting Metal."
Ye Tian took advantage of Kankuro's unconsciousness and quickly explored several key parts of Crow.
[Disassembly Technique!]
There were a few soft clicks.
Several parts, only the size of a fingernail, but containing the essence of high-purity metal, fell into Ye Tian's pocket without anyone noticing.
"Now the materials to repair Flying Sword are available."
After doing all this, Ye Tian turned around and walked towards Shino, who was lying aside and having difficulty breathing, as if nothing was wrong.
"Shino classmate, are you still alive?"
Ye Tian squatted down, looked at Shino, whose face was purple, and sighed.
"Don't... leave me alone... go and chase..." Shino squeezed out a few words with difficulty.
"How about that?"
Ye Tian looked upright (actually because he wanted to buy bugs from him in the future), "We are all Konoha's companions, how could I not save him?"
He took out an old-looking gourd from his pocket and poured out a black ball exuding a strange grass Yakumi.
This is the "Hundred Herbs Pill" he refined using the "Detoxifying Herb" that can be seen everywhere in the forest with Konoha and a trace of his own Wood Spiritual Energy. Although it cannot cure any strange poison, it is more than enough to deal with this mixed poisonous smoke.
"Open your mouth."
Ye Tian stuffed the meatball into Shino's mouth, then reached out and pressed it on Shino's vest.
[Spiritual Energy·Poisonous!]
A stream of warm air instantly poured into Shino's body, guiding the power of the medicine to dissolve, forcing out the toxins accumulated in the lungs bit by bit.
"Ugh--!"
Shino suddenly turned sideways and spat out a large mouthful of black blood.
As the black blood spit out, the purple color on his face quickly faded, and his breathing calmed down.
"Huh... what a powerful antidote..." Shino looked at Ye Tian weakly, his eyes behind the sunglasses full of gratitude, "Ye Tian... thank you."
"No matter how polite you are, we are all classmates."
Ye Tian patted Shino on the shoulder, and smoothly (really smoothly) picked up Kikaichū, which seemed to be the largest and had the brightest carapace, from Shino's collar.
"Oh, this bug seems to be injured. I'll take it back and help you treat it."
Ye Tian stuffed the "Breeding Insect" into his sleeve without changing his expression (actually imprisoned it with Spiritual Energy).
Shino: "..."
Although he felt something was wrong, he really didn't have the energy to refute it now.
"Okay, you can rest here, I'm going to chase Naruto and the others."
Ye Tian stood up, glanced at the Puppet that had several parts removed but was still usable, and then at the unconscious Kankuro, and finally resisted the urge to pack up the entire Puppet and take it away.
After all, keep a thin line in your life so that we can meet each other easily in the future.
"Gone."
Ye Tian activated Divine Movement Talisman again, and disappeared into the depths of the forest like a ghost.
And not far ahead.
The Chakra fluctuations belonging to One-Tail Shukaku have become violent to the extreme.
The sky began to change color and the clouds rolled in.
"The show... is finally about to begin."
Ye Tian touched the already hungry Flying Sword in his sleeve, then touched the poison and parts he had just received, with a greedy smile on his lips.
"Orochimaru, Sasuke, and that valuable Tanuki..."
"I'm coming."