Xin Xin suddenly raised both arms, and the flying sword that had been soaring skyward abruptly vanished. When it reappeared, it was already in Xin Xin's hand.
"Open!" Xin Xin let out an angry roar without hesitation. A heroine did not yield to men; a streak of golden radiance flashed as the golden sword cleaved into the invisible restriction atop the platform.
"Slash..." With a crisp sound, a straight crack appeared. Light swiftly flickered around it, spreading outward in sheets toward all sides of the platform. Gradually, a golden halo enclosing the platform was revealed!
"Young Master..." Joy had just appeared on Xin Xin's face when she suddenly cried, "Quick, lend me a hand!"
"Alright!" Xiao Hua swept his gaze over the slowly healing crack and answered without hesitation. The As-You-Wish Staff in his hand smashed down fiercely!
"Boom..." With a thunderous crash, the golden light within several feet of the crack shattered into golden fragments, leaving a conspicuous hole in the golden halo.
"Young Master, quickly come in with me!" Xin Xin seemed somewhat bashful. She reached out to tug Xiao Hua's sleeve and leaped toward the gap, but the instant she rose into the air, she gave a soft cry and actually began to fall! Xiao Hua was quick of eye and swift of hand. With his right hand supporting her slender waist, he drifted through the crack like a fallen leaf.
"Thank you, Young..." Xin Xin was deeply embarrassed. The golden hue had yet to fade from her eyes as she spoke softly. Xiao Hua naturally looked into her eyes, and a needle-like agony suddenly stabbed through his own...
Before Xiao Hua could cry out, before Xin Xin could finish speaking, an incomparable pressure came crashing down, fiercer and more violent than a bursting mountain flood. In