Under the relentless attacks from Naruto and the others, the black gas steadily dwindled. But there had been far too much of it to begin with. Although they had destroyed most of it, a great deal still remained, and by now, the monsters had surrounded them.
Naruto frowned. He wanted to escape the monsters with the Flying Thunder God Technique, but he discovered that the surrounding space seemed to have been sealed. His current Spatial Ability was nowhere near strong enough to break through it.
Left with no choice, Naruto tried to fight his way out. But the monsters had no fear of death. Even if it killed them, they insisted on blocking his path. After several failed attempts, Naruto could only give up. He looked toward Sasuke and the others and found that they were in much the same situation, leaving him feeling helpless.
After clearing out the monsters around them, the four quickly gathered together. Naruto gave a helpless, bitter smile. "Looks like these monsters aren't completely mindless. Someone seems to be commanding them, and whoever it is has sealed off the space around us, too. Looks like we're really in trouble. Sasuke, can you use your Space-Time Ninjutsu?"
Sasuke shook his head. "I could a moment ago, but then a force suddenly sealed off this entire space. Now I can't."
Naruto frowned. "Looks like whoever's behind this is no ordinary opponent."
Nawaki Senju's expression darkened. "He isn't. Our opponent is a God Realm expert, and not an ordinary one, either. He's a Mid-God Realm expert."
Nawaki Senju's words made the others' hearts sink. A Mid-God Realm expert was not someone they could deal with easily. Xue Wuya, whom they had encountered before, had only been at the Early God Realm. Even then, Naruto had been unable to