"Whoosh."
A swath of azure light lit up above Shen Luo and the demon creature, transforming into an azure pillar that pierced downward and struck the creature.
The demon creature had only just leaped up when the azure light crushed it heavily back to the ground.
Boom!
The ground shook violently. Pinned fast by the continuously descending azure light, the demon creature was utterly unable to rise.
Following the pillar of light upward, Shen Luo saw azure radiance flickering across the dome that had once been hidden in darkness. An enormous Magic Formation of runes had appeared there.
He immediately understood that this was the suppression formation on the first level of the Martial God Altar.
Once a powerful demon creature entered this level, it would activate the formation automatically, unleashing its power to suppress it.
Pinned firmly beneath the azure pillar, the demon creature let out continuous hoarse roars and struggled desperately.
Yet the formation's power left it no room to resist. Even when it erupted with True Immortal-level strength, it still could not break free.
Delighted, Shen Luo grasped the Pure Yang Flying Sword in his hand and was about to step forward and kill it when he noticed that the creature's aura had begun to rapidly decline.
Surprised, he had yet to figure out what was happening when black demonic qi began continuously spilling from the creature's body, only to be annihilated by the azure light.
Its aura steadily weakened as well, dropping forcibly from the True Immortal Realm back to the Great Vehicle Peak.
The pillar cast down by the suppression formation gradually contracted as well, until it vanished completely.
"What is going on?" Shen Luo was somewhat dumbfounded.
The demon creature sprawled on the ground had nearly had its back broken by the pillar. A