As soon as Cui Jiuyang reached the summit, the Concealment Aura Spell and Invisibility Art he had cast on himself beforehand dissipated on the spot under the formation's influence.
Thus, the three Daoists had already spotted him.
But they had to devote all their strength to operating the formation and dared not spare the slightest attention, leaving them unable to deal with him.
They merely turned their heads slowly in unison, gave him an indifferent glance, then immediately turned back and ignored him.
After all, they were all "people within the Otherworldly Dream."
Cui Jiuyang could indeed kill them here.
But that would not truly take their lives. Their vision would simply go black, their consciousness would lapse, and then they would awaken safely on the Otherworldly Dream's pillows.
Cui Jiuyang took a few more steps toward the Giant Cypress.
Only then did he see from a distance that two Jade-Illuminated Cold snakes, one large and one small, lay atop its dense crown, one to the south and one to the north.
The southern snake was relatively slender. Cui Jiuyang needed only a moment to sense her aura before confirming that she was the missing Bai Susu.
The northern snake was as thick as a bucket, with an enormous body. A vast, surging demonic qi tinged with savagery swept toward him. This was Xu Xian.
Both white snakes had their eyes tightly shut and lay in a deep coma, completely insensible.
The Snake Demons' essence blood drawn up through the cypress's roots gathered into two burbling streams of blood among its gnarled roots.
One flowed toward Bai Susu, the other toward Xu Xian.
But the stream flowing toward Bai Susu lingered on her only briefly. After seeping into her for a moment, it slowly flowed along the trunk and ultimately