The flames roared up the stairs while smoke began to fill the small room. Qingxue coughed violently. She looked at the iron door and then at the unconscious Jingyao. The heat was becoming unbearable.
"Baozi!" she screamed in her head. "I need an exit! Now! Use whatever system power you have left!"
"Host I am activating the Phase-Shift shield!" Baozi replied. "It will drain my energy for the next hour but it will allow you to pass through solid matter for exactly ten seconds. You must grab him and run toward the north wall now!"
Qingxue didn't hesitate. she threw Jingyao's arm over her shoulder and ignored the searing pain in her lungs. She charged at the stone wall. For a split second her body felt like liquid. She burst through the rock and dirt and tumbled out into the cool damp grass of the outer orchard.
They were outside. The mansion behind them was already becoming a pillar of fire.
"Move Host!" Baozi urged. "If they see you out here they will finish the job."
