Hinatsuru was being held in a quiet courtyard surrounded by a bamboo grove.
According to Uzui,
this was the Bird Ninja Family's Ancestral Shrine.
If the system's navigation hadn't pointed straight here, Xia Xi would never have imagined that a hidden room lay beneath this ancient shrine.
By the time he had fought his way inside,
he had casually taken down at least ten ninja.
Their energy levels ranged from 30 to 50.
But Xia Xi hadn't struck to kill.
He had mostly just knocked them unconscious, injuring them without killing them.
After all, he couldn't tell which ninja belonged to the Uzui Family and which belonged to Hinatsuru's family.
In any case, anyone who saw him and charged at him
got taken down first, no questions asked.
After storming into the shrine,
he lifted the floorboards, entered a secret passage, and descended to its deepest point.
There, Xia Xi saw a huge iron door secured tightly with several thick, heavy chains.
Judging by its thickness, an ordinary person couldn't possibly push it open.
There was a gap less than a palm's width beneath the door, probably for passing food and water through.
"Who's out there?"
A young girl's wary voice came from behind the door.
Xia Xi flexed his hands and clenched his fists. "Your husband sent me to rescue you. Stand back from the door."
He channeled his willpower into his fists.
An astonishing red glow instantly enveloped them.
It was the Bright Red Nichirin Blade.
"I'm breaking down the door. Be careful."
The next second, Xia Xi's fists seemed to vanish into thin air.
To be precise,
they were moving too fast for an ordinary person's naked eye to follow.
Like a heavy cannon shot, a fist slammed into the incredibly thick iron door!
Boom!!
The tremendous,