Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 220 Black Zetsu Appears and Tells a Story

But I'll say it again.

You can outrun Madara Uchiha, but you can't outrun the Rinnegan.

Li Yao simply didn't believe that the Rinnegan spots on Nagato's body could be removed in time.

Li Yao turned around and wanted to fly to Xiyu City to take the Rinnegan off Nagato's body, crush it into dust, no, burn it to ashes with fire jutsu.

"plum……"

"Tell me, where did Ban run off to?"

The moment Bai Jue emerged from the ground, before he could utter a single word, Li Yao was already beside him, grabbing his neck and pulling him out of the soil, demanding an explanation.

"I came here secretly."

A hoarse, magnetic voice sounded from behind Li Yao. The speaker was not the White Zetsu in Li Yao's hand, but a White Zetsu that emerged from behind him.

Li Yao turned around, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"interesting!"

This White Zetsu had black eyes, and its aura was different from the White Zetsu in Li Yao's hand. Li Yao already knew who it was.

Black Zetsu actually showed himself.

Li Yao's curiosity was immediately piqued, so he didn't make a move right away, intending to listen to what this guy wanted from secretly coming to see him.

This guy had been hiding for over a thousand years, never showing his face until the very end. Madara always thought that the Black Zetsu he created before his death was his will, but in reality, it was always Kaguya Otsutsuki's will. Madara was completely fooled, and the entire ninja world was also fooled.

When Li Yao first watched Naruto, he was completely bewildered when Black Zetsu suddenly opened his heart to Madara.

Isn't this guy the embodiment of Madara's will?

So this is the sixth one!

They've been hiding so deep!

It really shocked Li Yao back then.

He was now very curious about what Black Zetsu wanted to say to him.

"The Rinnegan must not be destroyed."

Black Zetsu's first point of emphasis was that the Rinnegan must not be destroyed. The reason he risked exposure to show himself to see Li Yao was because he was afraid that this guy would destroy the Rinnegan.

He has waited a thousand years and doesn't want to wait any longer.

Moreover, Li Yao was able to possess another body and be reborn without any loss of his soul. If he continued to wait, even if he were to encounter the appearance of the Rinnegan again, he would still have to face Li Yao, an immortal monster who could also possess another body and be reborn indefinitely. There was absolutely no point in continuing to wait.

Why not show yourself now and persuade Li Yao of his plan to destroy the Rinnegan?

"What's the reason?" Li Yao asked with a smile, looking at Hei Jue, curious about what reason he would use to convince him.

"I am an immortal being."

After Black Zetsu finished speaking, he deliberately paused and looked at Li Yao. Li Yao also looked at him, without a trace of surprise in his eyes.

"And then?" Li Yao asked with a smile.

"Ahem..." Black Zetsu was a little embarrassed, forgetting that Li Yao might also be an old monster who was constantly reborn. He wasn't surprised by immortals, so he continued, "I was born a thousand years ago. I have seen the Sage of Six Paths. I know all the truths about this world."

Li Yao listened with a calm expression, which puzzled Hei Jue. It didn't make sense.

Forget it, forget it.

Black Zetsu put aside his frustration and continued in a heavy tone, "Actually, the ninja world has always faced a huge crisis. A thousand years from now, terrifying gods and demons from beyond the stars will descend upon the ninja world and harvest the chakra of all life in this world. The Rinnegan is the key to saving the world."

"And then?" Li Yao continued to ask with a smile.

"And then..." Black Zetsu suddenly paused, because Li Yao's expression was too calm, as if he believed it and yet didn't, looking like he was listening to a story, which made him feel a little pressured.

After thinking for a moment, Black Zetsu changed his approach and said, "Do you know why the Sage of Six Paths died?"

"Why?" This question piqued Li Yao's interest.

The Sage of Six Paths was clearly capable of living forever in this world, yet he ultimately died.

Although the Sage of Six Paths' soul is still alive and well in the Pure Land, he may still be secretly controlling the development of the ninja world.

But his physical body did indeed die, that's true.

Why did the Sage of Six Paths choose to die in his physical body?

Li Yao was very curious about this.

Black Zetsu hadn't expected that a question he'd just made up would make Li Yao take it seriously. He was secretly pleased, but said with a serious expression, "You may not know this, but the chakra in this world is a seed that gods and demons from beyond the stars dropped into this world. Their purpose is to wait for the seed to sprout and grow strong before they come back to harvest it."

"A thousand years ago, the Sage of Six Paths, who possessed the Rinnegan, absorbed almost all the chakra in the ninja world at that time. After becoming a Six Paths level powerhouse, he was able to barely defeat the gods and demons who came to reap the rewards."

But there is more than one god or demon beyond the stars. As long as the chakra seed remains, the god or demon will one day descend again.

"Therefore, for the safety of the ninja world, and so that the ninja world could once again have the power to defeat the gods and demons, the Sage of Six Paths voluntarily divided his chakra into the nine tailed beasts, and the rest was distributed to people all over the world, so that these people could continue to spread it and make the amount of chakra in the ninja world grow faster and faster."

"At the same time, the dispersed chakra will also reduce the attention of gods and demons."

As Black Zetsu spoke, he became more and more engrossed, and Li Yao's expression grew increasingly solemn as he listened.

Black Zetsu said that after a thousand years of accumulation, the total amount of chakra in the ninja world is already terrifying, like a seed that has grown into a towering tree. The target is too obvious and will soon attract the arrival of gods and demons from the starry sky to harvest it.

At this time, only those who possess the Rinnegan, the same eye as the Sage of Six Paths, and absorb the chakra of the entire ninja world once again, like the Sage of Six Paths a thousand years ago, and become a powerful being even stronger than the Sage of Six Paths, can defeat the approaching gods and demons and protect the ninja world.

Black Zetsu said that even if Li Yao had no interest in protecting the ninja world, he couldn't destroy the Rinnegan for his own life and the life of that Uzumaki clan woman.

The arrival of gods and demons will indiscriminately kill everyone in this world, including Li Yao.

"This is the truth of the world."

After Black Zetsu finished speaking, he noticed Li Yao's gaze and saw that Li Yao looked thoughtful. He then smiled slightly and said, "Cooperate with me. You can then transplant the Rinnegan and become the savior who defeats the gods and demons."

"There's no need for cooperation." Li Yao smiled and shook his head. Just as Black Zetsu's heart sank, Li Yao smiled again and said, "However, I will no longer interfere with your and Madara's plans. You can continue as planned."

"It's a deal." Black Zetsu's eyes lit up, and without caring why Li Yao didn't want to transplant the Rinnegan, he quickly said.

"It's a deal." Li Yao chuckled. He had read the original story before, and he didn't really want the Rinnegan. His confidence always stemmed from his absolute control over his chakra.

Soon, Black Zetsu left, and Li Yao also condensed a clay bird and flew into the sky, heading towards Little Leaf.

After realizing that Li Yaofei hadn't gone in the direction Nagato was heading, the underground Black Zetsu finally breathed a sigh of relief; the Rinnegan was saved.

Here, Li Yao stood on the back of the clay bird, frowning in thought, looking quite serious.

He knew that Black Zetsu's words just now were a mix of truth and lies.

The gods and demons beyond the starry sky are actually the Otsutsuki clan. The Sage of Six Paths defeated his mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Li Yao knows all of this from watching anime.

However, something that Hei Jue mentioned unintentionally caught Li Yao's attention.

"An excessive amount of chakra in the ninja world will attract the attention of gods and demons."

The chakra in the ninja world was indeed brought to this world by the Otsutsuki clan.

Prior to this, the three great holy sites of summoning beasts in the ninja world used natural energy as their supernatural power.

Kaguya Otsutsuki brought the Divine Tree to absorb the natural energy of this planet and nurture the chakra fruit, which touched upon the survival interests of the toads of Mount Myōboku who used natural energy.

Therefore, Kaguya Otsutsuki's two eldest sons, secretly guided by Gamamaru, instigated an irreconcilable conflict between mother and sons.

In the final battle, Kaguya Otsutsuki was sealed away, the problem of the Divine Tree was solved, the toads' natural energy was preserved, and chakra spread throughout the ninja world.

Who benefits from this? Without a doubt, it's the toads.

Logically speaking, since chakra has been passed down in the ninja world, summoning beasts should also be able to use chakra.

But... Li Yao suddenly thought of a problem he had previously overlooked.

That is, after a thousand years, do the toads of Mount Myōboku still have chakra?

If you think about it carefully, in the original work, the toads of Mount Myōboku, whether they use water-style techniques or other esoteric arts, all of them carry their own natural energy.

(End of this chapter)