Black Zetsu died.
With that, the catalyst that had sustained the Otsutsuki, the Six Paths, Indra, and Asura for a thousand years was brought to an end. At this moment, a crack appeared at the very root of destiny's shackles.
From now on, no one would seek to revive Otsutsuki Kaguya. They would not even remember that such a person as Kaguya had ever existed.
The strongest woman in Ninja World history would truly vanish into the river of history.
More ironically...
No one cared.
Black Zetsu turned to ashes. With Hidan as a precedent, Lin Qing remained highly wary of anyone of unknown origin and listened carefully to the system notification:
"Slain Otsutsuki Kaguya's child, Black Zetsu. Obtained 700 Soul Shards. Obtained..."
"One drop of Fate Ink."
Otsutsuki Kaguya's child?
What kind of thing could give birth to a puddle of black muck?
And... what was Fate Ink?
Listening to the unfamiliar system notification, Lin Qing felt somewhat dazed. He wanted to open the system and inspect it carefully.
But he had no time.
Most ninjas had high offense and low defense. Whoever's ninjutsu struck first and caught the other in an opening would win.
For most ninjas, this was common knowledge. Their teachers had taught them so since childhood.
This resulted in an extremely fast pace of combat between ninjas.
Lin Qing used Time Stop to blow apart White Zetsu, then immediately switched to Killer Queen and took out Black Zetsu. It had taken less than a second, yet Pain was already leading the remaining daimyo ninjas in a charge.
Seeing reinforcements arrive, Itachi Uchiha immediately gave up on fleeing. With Zetsu dead, he had lost his mobility and could no longer cast Amaterasu from afar. Besides, that ugly little man made him deeply wary.
If Itachi Uchiha's