Several days later.
Tianyuan and the others accepted a new mission and left the Hidden Leaf Village. At this time, Orochimaru had begun taking D-rank and even C-rank missions, but the difficulty of these missions was not too challenging for Tianyuan. After all, Tianyuan's strength now matched that of a Jonin, allowing him to easily complete these missions.
Even if he occasionally encountered Chunin, Tianyuan would kill them one-on-one. Therefore, Orochimaru highly acknowledged Tianyuan's strength, as he had reached Chunin-level power in just a short time after graduation.
Meanwhile, during missions, Tianyuan would occasionally leave for a while. Orochimaru said nothing about this. Perhaps everyone had their own secrets, but Orochimaru's expression became increasingly strange when looking at Tianyuan. Just like this, time flowed by, and several months had passed. It was now the year 46 of the Hidden Leaf calendar.
Somewhere in the Land of Grass.
"Who are you? Why are you stopping me?" A figure cloaked in a cape, with the face of a middle-aged man, hunched over, his expression extremely sinister.
"Sasori of the Red Sand." Tianyuan looked at this person and smiled faintly. He naturally knew that this appearance was merely Sasori's puppet. But today, Tianyuan had no intention of fighting Sasori to the death. Right now, he just needed to complete one of the System's tasks, and then he would obtain a video fragment, which he could then combine to form a complete video.
"You know me," Sasori of the Red Sand said dryly.
"Of course I know you. I'm just looking for you this time to spar a bit." Tianyuan drew a glistening sword. "Let's try out the abilities I've recently acquired." Tianyuan's eyes gleamed with indifference.
Over the past few months, Tianyuan had naturally acquired many things, both good and bad. Tianyuan naturally learned the good ones. If something overlapped with what he already possessed, Tianyuan directly exchanged it for honor points. This way, he would have honor points to exchange for higher-value videos.
At this moment, Tianyuan drew this long blade, indicating he was indeed skilled in swordsmanship. This was because he had received this ability after acquiring a video from the Naruto world earlier.
It was Hatake-style Kenjutsu, and it was at its peak, not something Kakashi could achieve. Kakashi's abilities at this moment were more those of a comprehensive ninja, a combination of Taijutsu and Ninjutsu, but lacking Kenjutsu.
"Brat, you're quite arrogant," Sasori of the Red Sand sneered. "Although I don't know what gave you this confidence, today you'll stay here." After speaking, Sasori of the Red Sand charged towards Tianyuan, then stopped halfway. A chain, swift as lightning, shot from his back directly towards Tianyuan.
"Hiruko: Back Spikes."
This was Sasori of the Red Sand's first puppet. Sasori of the Red Sand's true body was hidden within the puppet, which was to compensate for the puppet's weak close-combat ability. The chain from its back was extremely fast, and if injured, it would cause poisoning.
Tianyuan calmly watched the tail sting that was now within striking distance. The long blade in his hand, imbued with Chakra, hewed down with forceful precision.
"Clang." The clash of metal rang out. Sasori's expression changed, because he felt a powerful force transmit from the tail, so much so that the metal tail sting itself trembled slightly.
"Thump thump." He quickly retreated a few steps to stop the powerful force transmitted by Tianyuan.
"What formidable swordsmanship, or rather, taijutsu," Sasori of the Red Sand stared intently at Tianyuan. The previous contact made Sasori of the Red Sand realize that the person in front of him was not that simple.
"Click." At this moment, Sasori of the Red Sand's mouth opened directly, revealing faint talismans within. Countless poisoned needles and barbs shot directly forward.
"Hiruko: Senbon Shower."
Such a sudden assault of poisoned needles and barbs left Tianyuan no room to evade. Both their speed and quantity were vastly different.
"Sword Art: Gale Slash." The Chakra in Tianyuan's hand transformed into Wind Release Chakra. Incredibly vast Chakra roared continuously, like a swirling vortex about to form.
"Rumble." Countless hurricanes directly converged to form a continuously swirling storm. This was Gale Slash. A powerful, destructive attack continuously spread out. All those poisoned needles and barbs scattered powerlessly under this attack.
"Not good." Sasori of the Red Sand immediately dodged to one side. If such an attack hit him, he would also be in a lot of pain, even if this was just a puppet body.
"What?" Suddenly, Sasori of the Red Sand's expression changed, because Tianyuan had appeared in front of him. Then, Tianyuan's long blade chopped directly down towards Sasori of the Red Sand's head. But what caught Tianyuan's eye was that Sasori of the Red Sand raised his right hand, directly blocking Tianyuan's long blade with it.
"Crack." Tianyuan's long blade slightly cut off some of the right hand. "A puppet."
"Yes, it's a puppet, so go to hell," Sasori of the Red Sand's tail chain rapidly stabbed towards Tianyuan. At this moment, Tianyuan's attack could not be sustained.
"Do you think I don't know you're a puppet, Sasori?" Tianyuan's eyes glowed with cold indifference. His legs squatted slightly, and the long blade in his hand emanated a gentle breeze. Then, a tremendous force erupted from Tianyuan's legs on the ground, and Tianyuan vanished before Sasori of the Red Sand's eyes.
"Sword Art: Instant Wind Slash"
That tail that was attacking Tianyuan was directly cut off and fell to the ground. The metal tail even bounced once on the ground.
"What." Sasori of the Red Sand stood motionless. He didn't expect Tianyuan's counterattack to be so swift, instantly leaving the attack range of his tail, then appearing behind him, and directly cutting off his tail. He hadn't even caught Tianyuan's movements.
"Brat, what formidable swordsmanship." Sasori of the Red Sand retreated some distance. "Then you shall taste my attack." At this moment, Sasori of the Red Sand's left hand began to emerge, slowly extending.
Countless poisoned needles exploded outwards, shooting towards Tianyuan from all directions, covering an even greater area than the previous Senbon Shower.
"Hiruko: Thousand Hand Senbon."
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