The Sanctuary Master and the Grand Elder were the only ones that had a slim chance of dealing with an ability like that, but one of them was still recovering from a surprise attack, while the other was locked in an intense fight against the Eleventh Palace Master and had no time to concentrate on other things.
That's why no one could stop Lan Xue's advances and very quickly, all the pillars were enveloped in a thick layer of ice.
"No! Quick! Protect the pillars!"
"Help me over here! I can't break the ice covering it!"
"This is not possible!"
While the elders were doing every single thing they could, trying to protect the pillars, the cold energy kept mercilessly attacking the purple matter that constituted them.
Crack!