The air crackled with energy as the five elders of the Unified Alliance of Tertius (UAT) shattered the pulsating crimson force field with a mere touch.
They strode through the dissolving fragments of light and energy, their eyes focused on the diminutive figure waiting for them.
Grandmama Tai Sui, the calm eye at the center of the storm, welcomed the formidable assembly with the ease of long familiarity.
She raised her arm and with a wave as casual as a greeting, lifted the Inner Sanctum into the air, the area around it still frozen in time.
The behemoth of steel and stone hung suspended above the battlefield, its foundations revealing a chilling secret.
Elder Saint FuXi was the first to break the silence,
"What's all this ruckus about?"
With another flick of her wrist, the metallic wall encasing the bottom section of the sanctum fell away like paper caught in a gust of wind.
