"Leader, is there something wrong with this Demonic Statue of the Outer Path?" Kakuzu asked doubtfully as he looked at the statue's half-open eyes. "The jinchuriki is dead now, but are you sure the tailed beast extraction process is normal?"
"It doesn't matter," Pain said calmly. "The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path can contain all nine tailed beasts. It most likely looks like this because we have only collected one tailed beast. Once it absorbs more and more tailed beasts, it won't look like this anymore—" Before he could finish speaking, dozens of iron chains suddenly appeared out of thin air beside Calder, whistling as they bound toward him.
The artillery fire in the Jingxing region had never ceased. Even after night fell, shells continued to land on the positions.
Hearing Calder's words, everyone else stared in shock, their mouths hanging open. They were not certain that people went to the Source Realm after death. There was still no clear evidence that the Source Realm was where the souls of dead humans lived. Yet from Calder's tone, he seemed absolutely certain of it.
Karete sent out a mental wave, her commanding tone eventually turning into a plea, yet Demos never responded.
"Don't worry, of course there's no problem. I'm Lord Calder, a god!" Calder grinned and gave El a thumbs-up.
With that, he shot straight into the sky and landed on the arena. With a wave of his hand, he put away Han Yue's mangled corpse. He coldly glanced at Tang Xiao, who lay unconscious on the ground, then soared into the sky once more.
This time, when the Sacred Land recruited disciples from outside, aside from those who had successfully made the cut through the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition, quite a few prodigies had already been selected in