At three in the morning, the night was as black as ink.
Tianyi lay hidden in the greenery outside the villa complex. Everything around him was silent, save for the occasional cry of a night bird in the distance and the rustle of wind through the leaves.
He closed his eyes, formed hand seals, and sent his chakra into the ground.
"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Hide Technique."
His body sank soundlessly into the earth as if entering water. Under the influence of his chakra, the soil parted on its own and closed behind him without leaving a trace.
He moved through the darkness, weaving around tree roots and passing through rocks as he stealthily approached the villa.
A moment later, Tianyi arrived in the layer of earth directly beneath the villa. He looked up and activated his Byakugan. His vision pierced through the soil overhead, the foundation, and the floor—then his brows furrowed slightly.
The villa's floor was actually covered by a layer of metal. It was not ordinary reinforced concrete, but a complete metal layer roughly three centimeters thick, tightly sealing the entire bottom of the villa like an upside-down iron pot.
A chill flashed through Tianyi's eyes. It seemed that Sydney and Onion Rope's previous rescue operation had taught Bald Eagle a lesson.
They knew Rabbit Nation had experts capable of infiltration, so they had even sealed off the ground with metal.
Ordinary Earth Release ninja could only turn back in the face of this metal barrier.
"But it won't do much against me."
Tianyi raised his right hand and spread his fingers as the power of Magnet Release silently extended outward.
The metal layer split soundlessly before him like melting ice, opening into a circular hole half a meter wide, its edges smooth as a mirror.
Tianyi