The pressure from the surrounding rock walls, combined with Yan Yu's use of the Southern Dipper Galaxy Secret Art, was indeed having a notable delaying effect.
However, Xie Ruoxi's anxiety was quite reasonable, as the current water volume was entirely insufficient, and the rock wall passage ahead was still long, with no prospects of anything other than being buried within the mountain's belly.
For three Golden Core True Men, being buried in such a place would be utterly disgraceful. Even though Yan Yu had the opportunity for a third rebirth, he would never allow himself to end in such a stifling manner.
"Hurry!" Yan Yu suddenly spread his arms, "Merge!"
Though not knowing the meaning, Zhou Hongyu and Xie Ruoxi instinctively embraced him from both sides. Yan Yu's legs quickly coiled, clamping onto Puppet Azhen's waist to stabilize himself.
