A massive pillar of ice erupted from the ground!
The Three Little Ones plopped straight down onto the ground.
The Emperor Fire Seeds in their hands simply could not produce anything so grand and powerful.
Was Drunken Elder... really injured!?
Old Dean was sealed inside the ice pillar, with only his eyeballs able to move.
Drunken Elder braced himself against the ice pillar with one hand, then suddenly lowered his head and coughed up blood.
"Cough... cough cough cough... cough... hah... cough cough..."
The Three Little Ones hurried over. Lu Chengwen took out a Great Heaven Returning Pill and handed it to Drunken Elder.
Drunken Elder glanced at it. "Is this... Old Medicine Jar's medicine?"
"I guess."
"Where did you get it?"
"Don't worry about that. Hurry up and take it."
Drunken Elder swallowed the Great Heaven Returning Pill. "Whew. It would've been nice if he were here."
Zhao Ritian stood with his hands on his hips, staring at Old Dean trapped inside the pillar.
"So this is the Elder Council's Old Dean? He really is old. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Still doing evil at his age, still shameless after living so long. Honestly."
With one arm folded across his chest and one hand rubbing his chin, Zhao Ritian paced around the pillar to inspect it. "You look pretty good frozen up like that. Hey, if I were you, I'd just die on my own. At your age, you thought you'd come out and turn things around, only to embarrass yourself this badly."
Zhao Ritian circled the ice pillar back and forth. "I'm going to tell everyone about how shameless you were today, and how you lost everything. I'll tell every person I meet."
Facing Long Aotian and the others, Zhao Ritian pointed his thumb at the pillar. "Frozen Old Dean!