When Yue Yan saw that the antidote he made just a few days ago was no longer effective, he realized that the Sand Ninjas had always stockpiled a large amount of poison. Perhaps they prepared it when they decided to invade the Land of Fire.
Even so, Yue Yan could still handle it.
He owed this to the hundreds of ninjas he had killed on the Mist Ninja battlefield. Those kills allowed Yue Yan to unlock many toxin - related skills of Pokémon.
Pokémon like Weezing, Grimer, and Golbat. Although he didn't unlock their templates, he gained a better understanding of toxins. As a result, Yue Yan could make the corresponding antidote in just one day.
If it's just about making poison, even Chiyo among the Sand Ninjas wouldn't have enough time in a single day. Moreover, due to her advanced age, she didn't have the energy for long - term exertion.
Just like this, the Sand Ninjas poisoned, and Yue Yan performed detoxification. They were in a state of consumption.
At first, when Chiyo heard the news that there was a very powerful medical ninja on Konoha's front line, she sneered at it. Chiyo even bragged that unless Tsunade herself came, even if the enemy could quickly make antidotes, Konoha would surely succumb before she ran out of the various poisons she had prepared for the war.
However, the reality was the opposite. Instead of being worn down by the poison attacks, after the poisons became familiar, the front - line of Konoha could develop antidotes at a faster and faster rate.
This situation was similar to what the Sand Ninjas' command post had experienced when facing Tsunade in the previous ninja world war.
After all, back then, Tsunade and Chiyo also engaged in a battle of poison and antidote, and Chiyo was completely defeated in that contest.
No matter how many poisons Chiyo made, Tsunade could quickly make the corresponding antidotes. Coupled with her monstrous strength, even if they met face - to - face, Tsunade could punch a puppet controlled by Chiyo into pieces, pieces that couldn't be put back together.
Two weeks later, when Chiyo saw that her newly improved poison was cracked within a day, her old face was so gloomy that it seemed to drip ink.
Without poison, in terms of ninja quality alone, the Sand Ninjas were no match for Konoha.
After all, while the Sand Ninjas were invading Konoha, they were also being invaded by the Earth Ninjas, so they had to allocate a part of their troops to deal with that.
"Damn it!"
Chiyo cursed under her breath, then turned to look at the Sand Ninja in charge of intelligence.
"Have you finished gathering intelligence on that medical ninja from Konoha?"
Hearing this, the Sand Ninja looked helpless.
"We're in the middle of a war. We really don't have enough troops to gather sufficient intelligence from the Land of Water battlefield. All we know is that this medical ninja was transferred from the Land of Water battlefield. It's said that with this medical ninja around, the casualty rate on Konoha's side in the Land of Water battlefield was directly halved."
Suddenly remembering something, the Sand Ninja said, "There's also an unconfirmed piece of news."
Hearing this, Chiyo gave him an impatient glance.
"Spit it out if you've got something to say."
"The scouts from the Land of Water battlefield reported that the medical ninja is extremely powerful. He single - handedly killed over one hundred Kaguya Clan ninjas. Another piece of news is that the Mist Ninjas seem to have given that medical ninja a nickname, the Thunder Beast."
After hearing this, Chiyo couldn't help rolling her eyes.
"His Mystical Palm Technique ability is so powerful that he can crack the poison I made in just one day. And now you're telling me he has the ability to single - handedly kill over one hundred Kaguya Clan ninjas. You must be dreaming. Those are over one hundred Kaguya ninjas who can use Shikotsumyaku, not over one hundred freshly - graduated Genin."
Sensing the disdain in Chiyo's words, the Sand Ninja hesitated.
"But... what if all these intelligence reports are true?"
Hearing this, Chiyo rolled her eyes again, almost like a member of the Hyuga clan.
"Come on! A medical ninja good at both Mystical Palm Technique and fighting? You might as well tell me Tsunade's back in Konoha! If all this is true, I'll turn upside down and eat dirt."
Seeing that Chiyo was so insistent, the Sand Ninja didn't say anything else and instead asked, "Now that the poison is no longer useful, what should we do next?"
Hearing the question, Chiyo squinted her eyes.
"Have you got the results from the investigation I asked you to conduct?"
Hearing this, the Sand Ninja in charge of intelligence nodded.
"We've found out that the Konoha medical ninja will lurk on the relatively safe flanking battlefield to collect samples when the war starts."
"Good." Chiyo sneered. "Since that medical ninja is so brave, let's grant his wish."
The next day, after the war began, Yue Yan, as usual, was on the relatively safe flanking battlefield, preparing to collect some samples to crack the Sand Ninja's poison.
Beside him was a combat team led by Hizashi Hyuga, whose mission was also to protect Yue Yan, the only medical ninja who could crack the Sand Ninja's poison.
On the front - line battlefield, Jiraiya, the supreme commander of the front - line forces, led the Konoha Ninjas to face the enemy.
A commander - in - chief like Jiraiya should stay in the rear to coordinate the overall situation. But no matter how much the Konoha people advised him for safety reasons, Jiraiya just wouldn't listen.
After all, Jiraiya believed that as a general, he should lead from the front.
Although the decision - makers in Konoha were very worried about him, Jiraiya's presence on the battlefield greatly boosted the morale of the Konoha Ninjas.
Jiraiya looked at the Sand Ninjas across from him and couldn't help frowning.
Originally, he thought that the Sand Ninjas would carry out their usual harassing attacks, but today was quite different. An unusually large number of Sand Ninjas had been dispatched. One could even say they were gearing up for a decisive battle.
After all, in the ninja world, large - scale troop movements were hard to hide. As soon as the Sand Ninjas chose to launch a large - scale attack, Konoha had already received the news.
Puzzled by this, Jiraiya looked at the deputy commander, Shikaku Nara, a member of the Nara clan and the Father of Shikamaru Nara, one of the future Twelve Ninja Guardians.
"Shikaku, what do you think?"
Hearing the question, Shikaku, with an IQ over 200, was also a bit puzzled. He stroked his chin and pondered.
"Maybe they saw that poison warfare was no longer effective. Coupled with the invasion from the Land of Earth, they want to quickly end the battle against Konoha, so they're conducting the final war probe."
Jiraiya nodded in agreement. "I think so too."
On the side of the Sand Ninjas, after seeing Jiraiya appear on the battlefield, they performed the Summoning Technique and summoned several large summoning beasts.
After all, the Sand Ninjas were on the offensive. Konoha must have set up many Booby Traps on the battlefield. Since they couldn't clear them, having the large summoning beasts trample through was the best solution.
Seeing the enemy perform the Summoning Technique, Jiraiya, not wanting to show weakness, raised his eyebrows. He bit his finger and also performed the Summoning Technique.
As a huge puff of white smoke dissipated, a giant Gama over thirty meters in size, with a pipe in its mouth and a Tantō in its hand, appeared on Konoha's side.
After Jiraiya jumped onto the Gama's head, the Gama also spoke.
"Jiraiya, did you summon me because there are enemies to fight again?"
Sanshōuo exhaled a puff of smoke, looking full of bravado.
"Don't worry, I'm the most loyal one."
Well, as expected of the underworld boss in Mount Myoboku, he was full of that Jianghu (martial world) flavor.