Though Hong Yin was speaking, her attention remained fixed on the rock wall ahead, watching every change there so she could respond in time.
And just as she was halfway through her words, the four areas on the rock wall ahead that Li Yan controlled suddenly erupted without warning into a blaze of dazzling light. The instant Hong Yin's eyes narrowed, her divine sense pierced through that radiance.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss..."
Just as Hong Yin had no idea what was happening, the thick roots of those silver vines on the rock wall turned into wisps of pale smoke, as if someone were rapidly wiping them away by hand, vanishing from the rock wall piece by piece.
Smooth sections of rock wall were quickly revealed, and the blank areas linked together at an astonishing speed, making the exposed stone across the entire wall look like land emerging as ice and snow melted away...
Hong Yin's expression tightened, and then she became somewhat stunned.
"Th-this... Is the formation about to break?"
Suddenly, a voice broke into her mind, instantly snapping her awake. Hong Yin hurriedly stabilized her spell art.
Still finding it hard to believe, her divine sense swept once more through the dazzling light, and she discovered that in this brief span, more than sixty percent of the silver vines had already vanished. At the same time, the stabbing pain coming from inside her body was rapidly disappearing as well.
By the time she reacted, the stabbing pain had already retreated to her arm, and it was still quickly withdrawing toward her forearm. This was precisely the sign that the formation's attacking power was weakening at great speed.
Otherwise, during that brief moment when she had been dazed just now, the formation's attacking power could have driven deep into her body