"This little monk..." Xin Xin narrowed her eyes slightly, calculating without end. She knew Xiao Hua had exhausted his tricks. Though the As-You-Wish Staff in his hand could shatter the crushing pressure, it treated the symptoms but not the root cause. The formation's pressure only grew fiercer. Xiao Hua... was merely drinking poison to quench thirst. Once this cycle continued and his Buddha statue golden body could no longer endure, his flesh would end up crushed into paste.
Xin Xin bit her lip lightly and looked at the passage they had already crossed nearly halfway. Its end was now faintly visible in the distance, no longer as hopelessly far away as before. Should I turn back? Such a thought was rare for Xin Xin...
Xiao Hua was equally helpless at this moment. This time was truly perilous, unlike before. He remembered that when the demonic staff had shattered the restriction last time, the crushing pressure had vanished. Yet although the As-You-Wish Staff now far surpassed that demonic staff, these restrictions came one layer after another, each stronger than the last, as though they had no end.
"Let's stake it all!" Xiao Hua naturally saw the golden radiance around Xin Xin in the distance, bitterness filling his mouth. "Who knows what relationship this little girl has with Princess Baihua? One protective artifact after another—this Xiao has truly made a fool of himself!"
As he thought, Xiao Hua swung the As-You-Wish Staff again. The crushing pressure indeed seeped through every crack, but the As-You-Wish Staff was no mere decoration. It could still smash apart the restrictions that created the pressure. Only during the brief interval after a restriction shattered and before it regenerated could Xiao Hua's golden body, resisting the restriction with all its might, seize the chance to flee.
Naturally, Xin