Black Zetsu Infiltrates; Madara Must Awaken

Underground, Black Zetsu passed silently beneath his feet.

He went undetected.

After passing through several Barriers, Black Zetsu finally reached the high platform.

The defenses here were stronger.

Several Barriers overlapped, locking the space firmly in place with a special power. Any attempt to teleport, travel underground, or create a spatial disturbance would immediately trigger an alarm.

Black Zetsu clung to the ground and went no farther.

He looked up at the Stone Statue.

At the statue's feet lay a faint golden Pattern.

It was a Space-Time Barrier.

Space-Time Ninjutsu laid down by Uchiha Jian Zhen himself.

The Barrier fixed the space around the high platform completely. Any spatial power that entered it would be cut off.

Even the Body Flicker Technique and Summoning Technique could not be used properly here.

"Is this the last line of defense?"

Black Zetsu's voice rose from underground, low and subdued.

"Uchiha Jian Zhen learned a thing or two from Tobirama Senju, it seems."

He did not touch the Barrier recklessly.

Black Zetsu had lived through long ages and witnessed countless jutsu across the Shinobi World.

He knew this kind of Space-Time Barrier was far more dangerous than the defenses outside.

The Barrier did not rely on vast amounts of Chakra to function.

It locked space itself.

An ordinary ninja could not hope to break it, let alone understand it.

In the modern Shinobi World, those who could control Space-Time Ninjutsu could be counted on one hand. Tobirama Senju's Flying Thunder God and Minato Namikaze's Space Transfer were already among the greatest powers in the Shinobi World.

That Uchiha Jian Zhen could lay down such a Barrier proved his mastery of Jutsu Formulas.

But Black Zetsu did not stop.

"Ordinary Space-Time Ninjutsu would be troublesome enough."

"But you've forgotten. I don't need to move