"Hmm?"
Butler suddenly discovered that the spatial rift he had created had bypassed a spherical area. Even the nearby spatial rifts extending toward it had all been forcibly erased.
Aburame Tetsumaru noticed it as well and asked, "What's going on over there?"
After thinking it over, Butler replied, "It should be an extremely powerful spatial divine artifact. It has anchored an exceptionally stable spatial gate there, suppressing the spatial rifts I created."
Otsutsuki Kaguya, who had just arrived, asked, "Could our target be inside?"
"No. That spatial gate is too sturdy. Opening and closing it must be extremely cumbersome, so it can't be a space used in daily life. It's more likely some kind of vault."
Aburame Tetsumaru looked at Senju Hashirama and Butler. "Keep searching the surrounding walls, floor, and ceiling. That thing has to be hidden nearby."
The battle was exceptionally fierce, but Aburame Tetsumaru's Psychokinetic Giant was already holding the front line head-on, while Politician's Caishen Aspect provided support. Only then could they stand evenly matched against the combination of three Ten-Tails and one God Tree.
Butler's Vibration Release and Senju Hashirama's Wood Dragon were completely suppressed. They could only contribute from the edges, unable even to contend with the God Tree, while instead causing considerable damage to the Stele Forest hall.
In truth, they were not that weak. Following Aburame Tetsumaru's orders, they had invested most of their strength into probing the nearby stellar-core matter, searching with all their might for the crystal that was the primary target of this raid.
The current stalemate was not because Aburame Tetsumaru lacked the strength to break it. He simply did not want to disrupt the structure here and make the target even harder to find.
In fact, his Psychokinesis was an excellent tool for finding a needle in