"Bzz!"
Yet at that moment, a crisp yet faint sound suddenly rang out from the previously tranquil air all around, like the tremor of a taut bowstring abruptly released.
In an instant, all the supernatural beings froze, an indescribable sense of tension rising in their hearts.
Almost at the same moment, an immensely powerful, suffocating pressure suddenly poured down from the heavens.
This force was as crushing as Mount Tai bearing down on an egg, carrying unmatched might and majesty that made resistance impossible. It swept over them with the force of mountains collapsing and seas overturning; wherever it passed, everything seemed tiny and fragile.
In the blink of an eye, everything around them seemed to turn viscous. At first, it was as though they had fallen into water; within a breath, it was like sinking into a mire; another breath later, it was as though they had been encased in stone; in the end, it felt as if they had solidified within gold and iron.
Before the supernatural beings could react, even the slightest movement of hand or foot became exceedingly difficult.
It was not just their movements. Even the demonic essence and Demonic Energy flowing within their bodies had frozen, like magma meeting cold and rapidly turning viscous before solidifying.
"What's going on?!" one supernatural being cried out.
It instinctively looked toward the three Lords of Supernatural Phenomena above—the Green Lion King, the Magic Elephant, and the Golden Winged Roc Demon—assuming they were about to strike at it.
At such close range, if Lords of Supernatural Phenomena locked onto someone and attacked, they could indeed create such a situation.
This was a form of imprisonment akin to suppression by a domain.
Before battle even began, it could cripple more than half of a prey's strength. This was why