With Sasuke joining in, the mass of black mist could no longer hold out. It gradually weakened and dispersed. Just before it vanished, it said, "Naruto Uzumaki, you can't stop me. I'll return sooner or later. As long as desire exists in this world, you won't be able to stop me. When I appear again... sooner or later, this world will be swallowed by desire. It will..." With that, the black mist dissipated completely.
Once Naruto saw that the black mist was completely gone, he deactivated his White Eye and Rinnegan, returning his eyes to normal. Sasuke did the same. Although that attack hadn't consumed much energy, they cautiously kept themselves in peak condition to deal with whatever lay ahead.
Qingxi asked curiously, "Big brother, Sasuke, what was that just now? Why was there something so terrifying inside me?"
Naruto had no intention of hiding anything and told Qingxi directly, "That was Six Desires, one half of the Seven Emotions and Six Desires. He should have been inside me originally, but later, for some reason, both of them were destroyed. As for that black mist just now, it was only a clone of Six Desires. But even if it was just a clone, not everyone could withstand it. What's more, he'd been lurking inside your body, absorbing your power all this time. If we hadn't discovered him early, dealing with him after a while longer wouldn't have been so simple."
Qingxi asked in confusion, "But why was something like that inside my body?"
Naruto smiled and stroked Qingxi's little head. "Qingxi, there are lots of things in this world that we can't understand. Rather than wasting your energy on them, you're better off taking things in stride and focusing on getting stronger. Once you're strong enough, things like that naturally