"Mark the ground, exit the Heavenly Gate, enter the Earth Gate, seal the Golden Gate—Six Ding Six Jia Soul-Locking Formation, activate!" Ao Zhong hurled out the triangular flag in his hand, rapidly forming hand seals as he chanted an incantation.
The black flag immediately lit up with dark radiance. Its banner swiftly expanded, while its pole became like a spear, piercing straight through Ao Zhong's palm and extending all the way into the ground, where it stabbed into the hard earth.
Ao Zhong sliced his palm with two fingers, then raised his hand and flicked it. A stream of blood struck the flagpole, leaving streaks of golden blood upon it.
The seeping blood was absorbed by the flagpole almost instantly. Complex runes appeared across the unfurled banner, releasing vast swaths of black light.
Black light flashed from the east, west, south, north, and above the ice cavern, and a black flag emerged in each location, likewise surging with dark radiance.
The black light from the six great flags connected with one another, forming an enormous hexagonal Magic Formation in the phantom light that enveloped the surroundings.
Six divine generals condensed from phantom light appeared at the six corners, each wielding a Thunderous Bloodthirsty Whip and lashing it toward the people within the formation.
A Thunderous Bloodthirsty Whip swept directly toward Shen Luo and Ao Hong. Just as the two were about to defend themselves, Ao Zhong let out a furious roar, halting the attack and forcibly commanding the two divine generals to withdraw their whips.
Ao Run and Ao Shun were not so fortunate. Their bodies were struck hard by the Thunderous Bloodthirsty Whips and sent flying.
The two divine generals swung their arms again, and two Thunderous Bloodthirsty Whips coiled like agile serpents, instantly binding the pair in place.