Kusunoki's body rapidly rotted as the poison erupted, and in less than a minute, every trace of life had completely faded from him.
He offered no resistance, nor could he resist. The moment Xia Yan's senjutsu chakra entered his body, all of this had become irreversible.
Xia Yan's Sage Mode did not come from any of the sacred lands, but that did not mean his senjutsu chakra was easy to control.
Senjutsu chakra was always the most dangerous kind. Otherwise, why would only a handful of people in this world know Sage Mode?
Xia Yan's senjutsu chakra also had a petrifying effect.
Recklessly allowing his chakra into one's body without any precautions or preparation would end very badly indeed.
That was exactly what had happened to Kusunoki. The invasion of Xia Yan's chakra had immediately stiffened his entire body, and even that was only because he was relatively powerful and Xia Yan's senjutsu chakra was still at an elementary stage.
But this was even more in line with Xia Yan's expectations. What he needed was a poisoned Kusunoki, not a petrified one.
"Still, why is Sasori's poison so much like a Five-Pacer Viper's?"
Looking at Kusunoki's gruesome death and his completely necrotic body, Xia Yan could not help frowning.
He found the sight rather disgusting, even after five years in the Anbu, during which he had seen all manner of grotesque deaths and had even caused some of them himself.
But Kusunoki's ghastly condition still left him feeling terribly sick.
And the way he had reacted to the poison inevitably reminded Xia Yan of a certain venomous snake from his previous life.
Wasn't it the venom of that notorious flesh-rotting snake that could cause a death like this?
"Forget it. Why dwell on something like that?"
Xia Yan shook his