Fortunately, Pan Yin, born of an aristocratic family, still had some tricks up her sleeve. She had veiled her head in advance, blocking Dou Hong's spiritual attack.
Then she summoned a brown iron cage into her palm. Once infused with spiritual power, the artifact instantly expanded severalfold.
"Go!"
Pan Yin gave a soft shout, and the iron cage flashed out, dropping over Dou Hong's head in an instant and imprisoning him within.
This iron cage artifact would become ineffective after a single use, but it was extraordinarily sturdy.
Dou Hong's eyes narrowed. He bulged every muscle in his body and rammed against it several times, yet failed to break it open.
The other cultivators had also come to their senses by then and began unleashing their spells at Dou Hong inside the cage.
"Ha ha ha! Such trifling techniques do not hurt or itch!"
With a sudden exertion of force, the scales around his body immediately doubled in size. He then curled himself into a ball, and the cultivators' spells struck his hard scales and scattered away.
The advantage in numbers showed itself at this moment.
Though they could not truly injure the snake monster, such a dense barrage still managed to suppress it.
Whoosh—
After everyone held out for a while, the teleportation formation at the secret treasure's exit opened once more.
"It's the exit!"
"Run!"
The moment the formation appeared, the cultivators sprinted toward it as if fleeing for their lives, no longer caring what became of the snake monster.
"Sister, we need to leave too!"
"But Fellow Daoist Zhang..."
Pan Yin turned back to glance into the woods. Yang Linghu had been caught by the snake monster's sneak attack earlier, and he was surely badly injured now.
"Sister, don't hesitate! Without everyone's spells suppressing it, that iron