"Hm?" Golden light blazed from Li Xiaoya's hands. Gritting his teeth hard, he seized the rope, but he and Zhang Hong spun with it like a top. No! If we keep spinning like this, we're in trouble! he cried inwardly. Suddenly, inspiration flashed through his mind. Golden light flared from his feet, shredding his shoes and scattering the fragments through the golden vortex. Then he clamped his feet hard around the rope beneath him.
Their spinning slowed considerably.
"Hm?" Li Xiaoya paused. Zhang Hong, who was bound to him, was still spinning with the vortex. He lowered his head and nudged hers.
It hurts so much! Zhang Hong was past reacting to anything; that was the only thought left in her mind. Suddenly, she felt their spinning slow a little. Sensing Li Xiaoya's touch, she understood in a flash and wrapped her legs around him. Their spinning immediately slowed much further.
"Whew." Seeing that she understood, Li Xiaoya breathed an inward sigh of relief. He closed his eyes and kept climbing upward with her.
But the farther Li Xiaoya climbed, the greater the pressure from above became, forcing him to gradually increase the strength he put into climbing.
Yet this golden vortex was far longer than he had imagined. He reckoned he had already climbed several hundred zhang, but there was still no end in sight, and the effort was becoming increasingly strenuous. He glanced down at Zhang Hong. Her eyes were tightly shut, her teeth clenched; she was clearly struggling to endure it.
Strangely enough, although the spinning force of the golden vortex was so powerful, their clothes and hair remained unaffected. It seemed that this force worked only on their bodies.
No! At this rate, Senior Sister won't be able to take much more! Li Xiaoya felt the