Several days later.
Tian Yuan and the others received another mission and left Konoha Village.
At this time, Orochimaru had begun to take on D-rank and even C-rank missions, but these tasks were not too difficult for Tian Yuan.
After all, Tian Yuan's strength had now reached Jonin level, allowing him to easily complete these missions.
Even when occasionally encountering some Chunin, Tian Yuan would kill them one-on-one.
Therefore, Orochimaru highly recognized Tian Yuan's power; in such a short time after graduation, he already had the strength of a Chunin.
As for Anko and Uchiha Juken, the two could only barely keep up. Although they were improving, they were clearly no match for Tian Yuan.
At the same time, Tian Yuan occasionally left during missions. Orochimaru did not say anything about this.
Perhaps everyone had their own secrets, though Orochimaru's expression watching Tian Yuan became increasingly strange.
Time passed like this, and several months went by.
Now it was already the 46th year of Konoha.
In a certain place in the Land of Grass.
"Who are you, and why are you stopping me?" A middle-aged man with a cloak, hunched posture, and a fierce expression said.
"Sasori of the Red Sand," Tian Yuan looked at him with a slight smile. He naturally knew this figure was just Sasori's puppet.
But today, Tian Yuan did not intend to fight Sasori to the death. He only needed to complete one system task to obtain a video fragment, which would combine into a completed video fragment.
"You know me," Sasori said in a dry voice.
"Of course I know you. I came this time just to spar with you," Tian Yuan drew a blade gleaming with light.
"Let's test the power I recently gained," Tian Yuan's eyes flickered coldly.
In these months, Tian Yuan had naturally acquired many things—some good, some bad. He learned the good ones; if any overlapped with his own abilities, he directly exchanged them for honor points, which could be used to redeem higher-value videos.
At this moment, Tian Yuan drew his long blade, and he really knew swordsmanship.
Because earlier he received videos from the Hokage world and gained this ability.
Kakashi-style swordsmanship, and it was at its peak, unlike Kakashi, who was more of a comprehensive ninja combining taijutsu and ninjutsu but lacked swordsmanship.
"You brat, you're really arrogant," Sasori sneered. "Though I don't know what gave you this confidence, today you'll stay here."
After speaking, Sasori rushed at Tian Yuan, then suddenly stopped mid-way. A lightning-fast chain flew from his back straight toward Tian Yuan.
"Hiryu-ko* Back Tail Sting."
This was Sasori's first puppet. His true body was hidden inside the puppet to compensate for its weak close-combat ability.
The back chain moved extremely fast, and if it hit, it would poison the target.
Tian Yuan calmly watched the tail sting that was just inches away, and with a long sword infused with Chakra, he slashed forcefully.
"Clang." The clash of metal rang out. Sasori's expression changed because he felt the powerful force transmitted through the tail. Even the metal tail trembled slightly.
"Bang bang." Sasori quickly stepped back a few steps to resist the strong force from Tian Yuan.
"Impressive swordsmanship, or rather taijutsu," Sasori's gaze locked onto Tian Yuan. The earlier contact made him realize this person was not simple.
"Crack." Sasori's mouth suddenly opened, revealing faint talismans. Countless poison needles and stings shot forward.
"Hiryu-ko* Needle Wave."
This sudden attack with poison needles and stings left Tian Yuan no way to dodge. Both speed and quantity were overwhelming.
"Swordsmanship * Gale Slash." Tian Yuan transformed his Chakra into wind nature Chakra. The enormous Chakra howled, like a forming tornado.
"Boom." The gathered hurricane formed a spinning storm. This was Gale Slash, a powerful destructive attack that spread relentlessly. The poison needles and stings all fell apart helplessly under this attack.
"No good." Sasori dodged to the side. If the attack hit him, even as a puppet, he would suffer greatly.
"What." Suddenly, Sasori's expression changed. Tian Yuan appeared before him, and Tian Yuan's long sword slashed toward Sasori's head.
But Tian Yuan's eyes flickered slightly as Sasori raised his right hand to block the sword.
"Scratch." Tian Yuan's blade cut slightly into the right hand. "Puppet."
"Yes, a puppet. So, die." Sasori's tail chain flew at Tian Yuan rapidly. This was when Tian Yuan couldn't continue attacking.
"Do you think I don't know you're a puppet, Sasori?" Cold light appeared in Tian Yuan's eyes. He crouched slightly, and a breeze blew from his sword.
Then, Tian Yuan's legs exploded with strength on the ground, and suddenly he vanished from Sasori's sight.
"Swordsmanship * Swift Wind Slash."
The attacking tail was instantly cut off and dropped to the ground, the metal tail twitching once.
"What." Sasori froze, unable to believe Tian Yuan's counterattack was so fast—he escaped the tail's range in an instant, then appeared behind him and cut off his tail.
Sasori didn't even catch the movement.
"You brat, impressive swordsmanship." Sasori retreated a bit. "Then taste my attack."
At this moment, Sasori's left hand slowly unfolded.
Countless poison needles burst out explosively in all directions, with greater range and power than before.
"Hiryu-ko* Artificial Arm Senbon."
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