The Flame Demon God roared repeatedly, shaking his leg again and again in an attempt to fling off the Purple-Gold Bell. But the bell remained firmly fastened around him, and he could not easily break free.
Green light flashed, and Shen Luo appeared in the distance, his hands rapidly forming seals.
The flames, storms, and spiritual smoke surrounding the Flame Demon God immediately began swirling around the demon and merging.
In just two or three breaths, an enormous light formation over a dozen li across took shape. Clouds of yellowish mist encircled its outer edge, churning like a whirlwind, while immensely thick columns of wind, fire, and smoke surged and rolled within.
Shen Luo shot forward and vanished into the enormous light formation in a flash.
The power of the flames, storms, and spiritual smoke within the formation immediately boiled into motion, attacking the Flame Demon God in a tide that blotted out the sky and blanketed the earth.
The Thunder Department Heavenly General also came hurtling over, flashing into the light formation.
Thick bolts of golden lightning then darted and churned through the formation, striking the Flame Demon God's body with a succession of thunderous booms.
The enormous light formation hummed as it operated. The spiritual energy of the surrounding world converged upon it like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, and its color rapidly deepened. Soon, it concealed the figures of the Flame Demon God, Shen Luo, and the Thunder Department Heavenly General within, and the entire formation showed faint signs of evolving into a small world.
But just then, the enormous light formation suddenly swelled. Dazzling rays of blood-red and black light pierced through it, bathing the surrounding void in black and red.
Then the formation shuddered violently and burst apart into masses of crimson and