"Retreat!"
But it was already too late.
The index finger of the Dou Saint remnant, pointed toward the void, slowly lit up with a grayish-yellow glow.
Inside the ancient hall, the energy of heaven and earth suddenly withered into silence.
It had not been burned away, nor had it been frozen.
Rather, it was as if its vitality had been drained away in an instant.
The Dark Gold Phoenix Fire dimmed.
The black stone floor weathered away.
Even the dust drifting through the air seemed to freeze in place at that moment.
An ancient, hoarse voice slowly emerged from the Dou Saint remnant.
"Great Desolation..."
"Heavenly Imprisoning Finger."
Boom!
The void collapsed.
A massive grayish-yellow finger slowly pressed down from above the ancient hall.
The finger was not fully solid, yet it carried the true might of a Dou Saint.
Before the finger shadow even arrived, the entire ancient hall seemed to turn into a cage, with the surrounding space locking down layer by layer.
The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members' expressions changed drastically.
Several Dou Zong experts were the first to succumb. Their knees slammed into the ground, and even the circulation of Dou Qi within their bodies was forcibly suppressed.
Huang Xuan roared, spreading his dark gold phoenix wings as he tried to rush out of the ancient hall. Yet that desolate force forcibly pressed him back where he stood.
The gray-robed elder's face turned deathly pale as he hurriedly summoned phoenix fire to protect himself.
Jiu Feng reacted the fastest.
The phantom of his wings spread completely, and his Nine-Star Dou Zun aura erupted without reservation. Dark Gold Phoenix Fire condensed above his head into a massive Heavenly Phoenix phantom.
"Heavenly Phoenix Protection!"
Huang Xuan and the gray-robed elder attacked at the same time, while the other