zetsu in general just confuses me because when we see him created there wasn't a preexisting half of white zetsu that he was grafted onto he forms into the other half of white zetsu, which makes it look like they need each other to survive or some BS but it doesn't seem so anymore
Well without the other half of white Zetsu's body (under chojiro's sword) he's nothing.
He gave off that vibe that he can do something significant, especially hyping himself that he is the land.
Turns out that he can only force white Zetsu's other half to produce mokuton on a little root level, expand his awareness to all leaving plant, and move all around the earth at a fast rate.
So I don't blame you for being confess...
You have to do a thoroughly research to understand.
Going back to the bases of how a chakra stake is used <---That is what black zetsu can really do