Chapter 128: Konoha's Poison Master's Identity

After obtaining Nara Benhe's consent, Lian Ye promoted the poison he had developed on the Battlefield.

In front of the Konoha Ninja, he pulled out all the poison he carried with him in one go.

"This is the poison I developed. You can apply it to your weapons."

The Konoha Ninja's eyes fell on those ceramic bottles of various colors, their eyes revealing unconcealable horror and shock.

An identical thought surfaced in all their minds — Renya Jonin actually knew Poison Crafting too!

They all thought that Lian Ye, as a proud Uchiha, would absolutely never use a despicable method like poison in combat.

They were wrong — spectacularly wrong!

No wonder Lian Ye was so formidable at detoxifying — it turned out he knew how to craft poison!

Then it wasn't strange at all.

After the shock passed, a ninja asked curiously, "Renya Jonin, how effective is the poison you developed?"

"Compared to the Sand Ninja, whose lethality is higher?"

Hearing this, everyone subconsciously looked at Lian Ye, anticipating his answer.

They all wanted to know — whose poison was stronger, Lian Ye's or the Sand Ninja's?

Although the Sand Ninja's poison had now been cracked, the first two campaigns had truly left them with psychological scars...

Hearing someone compare his poison with the Sand Ninja's,

Lian Ye curled his lips, his face full of disdain: "There's no comparison at all. The Sand Ninja's poison is garbage."

Saying that, he picked up a Red Porcelain Bottle and explained:

"This is one of the poisons I developed. As long as someone is afflicted, they will lose mobility within three breaths."

As soon as these words came out, the Konoha Ninja were stunned, looking at the Red Porcelain Bottle in Lian Ye's hand in disbelief.

What did they just hear...

As long as afflicted, they would lose mobility within three breaths?!

This meant that even if there was an Antidote, they might not have time to take it.

They might very well lose mobility the moment they pulled out the Antidote.

And with a poison of such lethality, there probably was no Antidote at all...

"Gulp—"

Everyone's Adam's apples bobbed as they subconsciously swallowed, staring at that Red Porcelain Bottle with burning eyes.

No one questioned the truthfulness of Lian Ye's words.

After all, Lian Ye's detoxification ability was right there for all to see — his Poison Crafting ability went without saying!

Shimura Danzo and Utane Koharu in the crowd were not particularly shocked.

Over the years, the two had long since witnessed the fearsome power of Renya Poison.

They had personally watched Lian Ye's poison go from ordinary potency at the very beginning, to gradually becoming astonishingly powerful, to its current touch-means-death level...

Losing mobility in three breaths seemed terrifyingly potent.

But both of them knew clearly in their hearts that this was not even Lian Ye's most lethal poison.

Danzo looked at Lian Ye with a complicated expression, an inscrutable meaning surfacing in his eyes.

This guy Lian Ye was truly a genius when it came to Poison Crafting!

The Sand Ninja's poison wasn't even worth mentioning in front of him...

Now that Lian Ye was promoting his poison on the Battlefield, as long as the war was won,

with his detoxification and Poison Crafting abilities, he would absolutely be the greatest contributor on the Southwest Battlefield.

And himself...

No matter how many enemies he killed, his merits could not surpass Lian Ye's.

A look of unconcealed jealousy flashed through Danzo's eyes as he gazed at Lian Ye.

He clenched his fists in unwillingness and murmured in a low voice.

"Damn it! Why?!"

He had already worked so hard, yet he still could not catch up to Lian Ye.

The gap between them was even growing wider...

Becoming Hokage had always been his dream, but Lian Ye's existence would be the greatest obstacle on his path to becoming Hokage!

As long as Lian Ye was around, he could not become Hokage.

Although Lian Ye had said before that he had no interest in becoming Hokage, Danzo did not believe it.

Because at that time Lian Ye's identity was an Uchiha, the teacher probably would not pass the Hokage Position to him.

But now things were different from the past...

After leaving the Uchiha, Lian Ye had chosen to join the Senju!

The status of the teacher's adopted son, joining the teacher's clan, and achieving tremendous contributions on the Battlefield.

It seemed that Lian Ye becoming Hokage was already a foregone conclusion.

As for Lian Ye not wanting to become Hokage?

That possibility wasn't nonexistent, but Danzo did not believe he would give up becoming Hokage to become Hokage!

No one would refuse to become Hokage!

No one!

Danzo suddenly smiled bitterly, and his clenched fists loosened.

The Third Hokage Position was perhaps not meant for him.

But he did not give up. Since he could not become the Third Hokage...

Then become the Fourth, the Fifth, or even the Sixth Hokage!

As long as he wholeheartedly thinks of the Village, one day he can become Hokage.

And so, Tuan Cang managed to soothe himself.

His goal now was no longer to surpass Lian Ye's achievements—there was simply no need for that.

He only needed to be higher than everyone else!

Using his achievements, he would prepare for inheriting the position of Hokage in the future.

Tuan Cang had already begun laying the groundwork for becoming Hokage later on!

When he came back to his senses, he saw the Konoha Ninja swarming around Lian Ye, eagerly smearing Poison Liquid onto their weapons.

"Everyone, be careful—don't accidentally hurt yourselves," Lian Ye reminded loudly.

Not everyone was like him, having developed a certain resistance to poison.

Even if he were poisoned, he wouldn't die in a short time.

Others were different—if they accidentally hurt themselves,

unless they took the Antidote in advance, there was only death awaiting them.

Seeing this, Zhi Cun Tuan Zang quickly squeezed into the crowd, afraid the Poison Liquid would be all used up.

"Lian Ye, leave some for me!"

…

Soon, everyone had applied poison to their weapons.

Zhi Cun Tuan Zang looked at the Kunai in his hand, unable to hide his excitement.

The poison he had applied was different from the others'.

This was the latest poison developed by Lian Ye!

In other words, it was the same poison applied to Lian Ye's 【Wuku】.

With this poison, his speed and efficiency in killing enemies would far surpass everyone else's.

That way, on the Southwest Battlefield, no one except Lian Ye could surpass him in achievements!

Worried that someone might accidentally hurt themselves, Lian Ye took out the Antidote and distributed it to everyone.

The ninja took the Antidote and swallowed it without hesitation.

With the Antidote, they felt at ease.

If, by any chance, they were accidentally injured…

and the Sand Ninja weren't dead yet while they themselves died first—that would be amusing.

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Sand Hidden Camp on the Southwest Battlefield.

"Matsuda-sama, our poison has been countered!"

The Silver-Haired Girl's face instantly turned pale upon hearing this.

"How is that possible?!"

How could the poison she had just developed be countered?!

After all, the battle had only just begun!

Commander Matsuda's eyes flickered, revealing an expression of "I knew it."

He knew that as long as Konoha's Antidote Master was still there, their poison would be useless.

Matsuda ignored the girl's shock and looked at the ninja who had come to report,

"Have you found out who developed the Antidote?"

He had sent a group of ninja to the Battlefield, not only to test Konoha's antidote capabilities but also to learn the identity of the person who made the Antidote…

"Reporting to Matsuda-sama, the mission is complete! We have learned the identity of Konoha's Antidote Master!"

Commander Matsuda asked urgently upon hearing this:

"Speak quickly—who is it?!"