"A change?" Zhu Fancheng paused briefly. "Isn't that perfectly normal? The formation has been changing all along, and these unusual changes happen often. Aren't we hoping to seize the moments when those phantom images appear to find the formation's weak points?"
"Master, this time is different," Zhao Yunhui said, her delicate brows knitting slightly. "I can't explain it clearly either, but this time may be different."
"What's different?" Zhu Fancheng asked, still rather puzzled.
But the instant his words fell, both he and Zhao Yunhui abruptly looked up above the formation.
Not only the two of them, but Xiao Yan and the others nearby also looked that way.
A pillar of light appeared out of thin air high in the sky and descended straight down, but when it reached halfway, it seemed to have been suddenly severed.
Zhao Yunhui knew that the pillar of light had not suddenly vanished. Rather, it had pierced through the formation. The missing section had passed straight into the formation, so naturally, those outside could not see the light within.
All they could see was the light outside the formation. This made it look as though a section had suddenly vanished, as if the pillar had been severed.
"What is this?" Zhu Fancheng froze.
He had spent so many years here studying the formation, yet he had never imagined that it would undergo a change like this.
"Is the formation about to break open?" You Lian'er could not help exclaiming.
The other women all turned their gazes to Zhu Fancheng. In their eyes, this ought to be a sight that appeared only when the formation broke open. It was far too astonishing.
"Master, the formation hasn't broken open yet, has it?" Zhao Yunhui asked, recovering her senses.
Zhu Fancheng kept his eyes fixed on the