A deep, hoarse voice, like a throat stuffed with hundreds of pounds of chaff, rasped from Lin Nan's body.
"Holy shit, it's Black Zetsu!"
Lin Nan's eyes were about to burst.
"Bang!"
Lin Nan's body slammed heavily onto the ground. Due to the rain, it only stirred up layers of mud and water, with no dust rising.
Both Lin Nan and Uchiha Madara lay still on the ground, appearing to have fought to a mutual defeat.
But Lin Nan knew, he had lost this battle.
Lying on the ground, Lin Nan watched as the black, venom-like substance on his body slowly extended tentacles, like an octopus, and in a few swift movements, removed the black rods from the equally slumped Uchiha Madara.
Once the black rods were removed, Uchiha Madara naturally regained his freedom.
He picked up a black rod, examined it for a moment, and then forcefully plunged it into Lin Nan's forehead.
"Lin Nan, can you still dance now?"
Uchiha Madara crouched down, looking at Lin Nan with a calm expression.
At this moment, Lin Nan's body was already half covered by Black Zetsu, making it impossible for him to even speak.
Yet, in the next moment, Lin Nan stood up.
However, his body was no longer under Lin Nan's control, but Black Zetsu's.
"Leave behind your final dazzling dance, Lin Nan. I told you, regretting it now is useless!"
With that, Uchiha Madara flew away, leaving Lin Nan alone, or more accurately, with Black Zetsu.
"Little Lin, guess why Lord Madara left us here?"
Lin Nan couldn't speak, but he had a very ominous premonition in his heart.
"We'll let you have a good time with the Five Kage, Lord Tsuchikage's Dust Release should make your departure from this world quite comfortable!"
If Lin Nan could speak now, he would have already started cursing furiously.
What kind of jutsu is this of theirs?
The system hasn't reacted at all…
Am I going to capsize in a ditch today?
Lin Nan would never have imagined that this battle would end like this.
How did Black Zetsu appear here? Was he following Uchiha Madara all along?
In the original story, it was also at the last moment that Black Zetsu appeared and controlled Obito, leading to Uchiha Madara's resurrection.
Damn it, I should really praise you, Mr. "Key Moment."
Never absent from the peak match.
Truly sinister.
Worthy of being the mastermind behind everything.
But now, it's all useless.
Lin Nan was pondering how to break free from Black Zetsu's control. Although his body and speech were not under his control, his other senses were functioning.
Generally speaking, the ninjutsu that Lin Nan's system had absorbed into its skill library did not require hand seals.
As I said, it was as simple as clapping his hands, shouting, and getting what he wanted, hitting wherever he pointed?
He didn't even need to shout most of the time; it was just for show.
And now, the current situation was eerily similar to being controlled by Edo Tensei.
Repeating the same mistake made Lin Nan feel somewhat disheartened.
He thought he could roam freely under the heavens, only to be met with this Black Zetsu.
Lin Nan truly never would have imagined this.
He heard Uchiha Madara say earlier that he would use him to deal with the Five Kage?
Sigh…
Come to think of it, he had already firmly controlled him. Even if he stayed here longer, without his help, instantly killing the Five Kage would practically be child's play.
But he didn't.
Was there a problem on the other battlefield that forced him to abandon this one?
Of course, these were temporarily irrelevant to him. He still needed to figure out how to escape Black Zetsu's control.
Black Zetsu was a product of will, whether it was Uchiha Madara's will or Kaguya's, it was definitely something from the Sage.
Anything related to the keywords "Six Paths" and "Sage" was always baffling.
And both Susanoo and Wood Style could barely be considered within the realm of ninjutsu, right?
But after the later battles of the gods, too many things simply couldn't be explained by ninjutsu.
Although Lin Nan's replication system was not limited to ninjutsu, it couldn't replicate everything.
For example, if the neighbor Zhang San could do the splits, the system couldn't possibly steal that.
Too greedy…
"Slap!"
Lin Nan couldn't move, but he could feel something like a slime crawling on his skin, sticky and gooey. It even covered half of his face, unwilling to stop, much like Obito in the original plot, who charged forward for love.
Now, it was about to engulf his entire body.
You're Venom, aren't you?
"Boom!"
A meteor flashed across the sky. Lin Nan sighed inwardly, looking with complex eyes at the five figures descending from the sky. They were indeed the Five Kage.
It turned out that on their way to pursue Uchiha Madara with Lin Nan, they had suddenly sensed Lin Nan's familiar chakra fluctuations and came down to investigate.
Upon landing, they were shocked.
Lin Nan was completely black from head to toe, as if he had fallen into a bucket of asphalt and crawled out.
The moment they landed, the last bit of Lin Nan's facial skin was completely covered by the bizarre blackness.
Lin Nan's face now resembled a grotesque black mask.
The mask had two round eyes and a mouth that stretched to its ears, looking indescribably horrifying.
"Lin Nan?"
Tsunade was about to rush over but was stopped by Onoki.
"Don't be impulsive. It seems the young man Lin Nan has been controlled by an unknown entity."
"That bastard Uchiha Madara!" Tsunade punched the ground, cracking it.
The group began to discuss, while Black Zetsu, controlling Lin Nan, stood motionlessly, up to no good.
Lin Nan's eyes were exposed to the air, and he desperately conveyed with his gaze for them to leave quickly, yet not a single one of them noticed.
Destroy me, hurry up, I'm tired…
"Can I wash it off with water?" Mei Terumi suggested.
"Or I can use my lightning release to remove the substance from his body's surface, but Lin Nan, you'll have to endure it for a bit!" said Raikage Ay.
Gaara said calmly, "I think we should first seal him with sand, and then decide what to do after we find Naruto."
"That idea is good, but it's raining now, so the sand's solidity won't be enough!" Onoki shook his head. "Water Shadow, let's do as you suggested first!"
Mei Terumi nodded, then began to form hand seals: "Water Style, Water Colliding Drilling Water!"
"Bang!"
A massive torrent rushed towards Lin Nan.
Meanwhile, Lin Nan finally began to move.
"Fire Style, Fire Style: Majestic Flame Annihilation!"
Water and fire mingled, steam filled the air, followed by…
"Wood Style, Deep Forest Emergence!"
Lin Nan watched helplessly as he was completely taken over, like a computer infected with a virus, performing a proxy mode. He felt terrible.
The key thing is that he could use Deep Forest Emergence right from the start?
This Black Zetsu is quite a player…