My mind was hijacked for a second and I was in a large space where there was absolutely nothing but me.
"Who are you? I don't have time for this," I asked as I looked around trying to figure out the source of this voice.
My mind was here, but my body was still fighting the Silver Rakshasa.
"Do not worry, time passes far slower outside while you're here," the voice said. It had a feminine tone to it.
"That's not very helpful, I'm still in a tough spot right now, I need to get back out there," I replied in urgency.
"If you go back as is, you will die," the voice said.
"You speak as if you can help me out of this predicament," I said.
"I can, but you must promise to help me in return," the voice said.
I thought for a moment and said, "If it is within my ability I'll help you, but what are you going to do to help me right now, I need to be alive to be of any use," I said.
"I can allow you to control the Bastion," the voice said.
"Are you not the bastion yourself?" I asked.
"No, I'm Yao Tong, the last of my people..." it said.
I found that a strange notion, after all, it's been so long since she was captured.
"Did you assimilate your soul with the Bastion?" I asked.
"You're right, when I was captured, I knew that I wasn't going to survive. So I injected my soul into the Bastion. The Fallen God's Race couldn't use my body to open the Bastion since I could able stop them. But I can't remain in this form forever, I have barely a fraction of my Soul power left. And I'll soon perish," she said.
"You want me to save you from the ice prison," I asked
"I know it sounds like an impossible feat, but I would reward you greatly if you can," she said. There was a hint of despair in her voice.
"I was planning on doing that in the first place, after all, you're our only way out. The administrator had mentioned that only you can get us out," I said.
"Then our goals align," she said. "I'll allow you to take control of the Bastion, thanks to the ring you possess, you could easily assimilate your will into the Bastion. But do remember, it will cost you a great deal of Soul Power to modify its terrain. I'll guide you in escaping the hunt of the Silver Fallen," she said.
Just as her words ended, I was back in the real world, where the Rakshasa was approaching me slowly, from the palm of its hand a long sharp rod emerged, it was the same thing they used to stab and incapacitate the Queen.
But unlike before, where my Divine Sense was fully suppressed, now I was able to see through the entire corridor we were in. And as if the whole corridor was a part of me, I could easily control it.
I tightened my fist, and five fingers emerged from underneath the Silver Rakshasa's foot.
The fingers were similar in shape to me, these fingers were made of Soulsteel, and they clasped tightly on its foot. The Rakshasa unable to understand what happened tried to break the metallic object to no avail.
The Administrator was desperately struggling to open the hatch, as it seemed to have had a malfunction.
"Please hurry..." Law said as he saw the incoming flames.
"I'm trying, but this thing is not allowing me to open it, it needs a level five access card, I'm trying to bypass it..." the Administrator said as he inserted more of its tentacles in the hatch's key slot.
"Move," I said as I slammed my hand into the hatch itself, and the entire thing just opened up like the shutter of a camera.
Everyone jumped inside and I followed last, I slammed my hand against the side of the hatch and locked it before the flames could get inside and follow us.
We were all falling before Law shouted, "WE SEEMED TO HAVE FORGOTTEN SOMETHING!" he said.
"WHAT?" Dao Shen replied.
"FLIGHT IS BANNED HERE!"
"Oh shit..."
"AHHHHHH!!!" Law began screaming loudly as we all realized a bit too late that we only jumped from the flame to the pan.
I kicked against the wall and torpedoed myself down. Overtaking all of the group and was at the head of the drop.
"What are you doing?" Zhang Tian asked as he was the only one falling down while still sitting in the lotus position.
"Hang On tight!" I said as I slapped the side of my belt. Four white robotic arms emerged and instantly spread themselves to the walls.
Grating against them and creating incredible friction.
Zhang Tian was the first to catch on and grabbed my shoulder. Dao Shen grabbed onto my other shoulder, and Law fell on my back. While the Fire King used his legs to stand on Law's back.
"What the fuck!" Law cursed at the Fire Lord who didn't seem to care the least bit as he had his arms crossed and his feet on Law's back.
"There is no other space, it's only temporary," the Fire King Said.
I was annoyed, but it wasn't something worth fighting over.
My arms thankfully slowed us down enough, although it was scraping rapidly creating huge columns of sparks all around us, it lasted long enough for us until we reached the bottom of the hatch.
Dust filled the bottom of the hatch, probably whatever waste was here had already disintegrated after rotting for more than two thousand years turning to nothing but dust.
The Fire Lord jumped down first and re-ignited his hair to its original color. The bottom of the hatch revealed itself to us.
The room itself didn't have any organic waste but did have several pieces of metal that survived the passing of time.
"Shen Bao, look," Law said with a very quiet tone as he pointed, there was another hatch door. This one probably leading outside. The only issue is, it was wide open.
And a Gray Rakshasa was sleeping right next to it.