Nagato was taken aback when he saw the pitch-black substance rushing at him with malicious intent.
"What is that?!"
But Nagato reacted with incredible speed, instantly activating the power of the Rinnegan.
"Shinra Tensei!"
An invisible repulsive force surged outward, blasting the black, viscous substance away.
"Black Zetsu?!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen's pupils contracted as he recognized the infamous Otsutsuki Chenxiang.
"Even my Observation Haki didn't detect him. What an old schemer!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression darkened. Black Zetsu had nearly snuck in and stolen the prize.
Sure enough, something that had survived for a thousand years without dying possessed extraordinary traits.
"Since you're here, don't even think about leaving!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen pressed one hand to the ground. Materialized purple-black Haki spread through the earth, continuously closing in on Black Zetsu's location!
"What the hell is that?!"
Black Zetsu stared in terror at the ever-extending Haki. An overwhelming sense of lethal danger rose within him as he faced this unprecedented thing.
Haki itself carried powerful personal will and spirit, capable of striking the true bodies of Logia users.
And Black Zetsu, a product of Yin-Yang Release, was likewise a mixture of spiritual power. Naturally, Haki could harm him as well.
Seeing this, Black Zetsu immediately darted away at incredible speed, continually escaping the area covered by the Haki.
Yet Black Zetsu did not flee at once, because he still had the Rinnegan on his mind.
That was the one success he had achieved after planning for a thousand years. Without the Rinnegan, controlling the Ten-Tails, reviving Uchiha Madara and Otsutsuki Kaguya—those were all empty dreams.
Black Zetsu did not want all his efforts to go to waste, so even at the risk of exposing himself, he had to reclaim the Rinnegan.
!
"Hmph!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen naturally saw through Black Zetsu's intentions. He instantly