"Can you communicate across such a vast distance?" Xiao Heng asked in surprise.
Even the Great Sound Pavilion could not directly transmit messages across the entire Central River Continent like this. It had to pay a considerable price and use specialized magical artifacts to accomplish such a thing. Yet Akatsuki's method of communication was clearly different, leaving Xiao Heng both surprised and curious.
"You'll find out when the time comes!" Lin Chuan did not elaborate, instead telling the two how to use Akatsuki's rings to perform the Magic Lantern Body Technique.
Xiao Heng was temporarily wearing the Protector's ring, but that did not matter. As long as he and Shi Jin could enter the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's space at the same time, it would be enough.
Within an unknown, shadowy space, the enormous Demonic Statue of the Outer Path stood in the center of a cavern. Its exact appearance could not be made out beneath the dim light, but it vaguely gave off the sense that some ancient ferocious beast lay dormant there, its eyes closed in feigned slumber, ready to awaken at any moment.
Before the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path stood two enormous upright hands, their five fingers spread apart. A figure already stood atop the thumb of the right hand, clad in a black cloak patterned with red clouds. He was not a projection created by the Magic Lantern Body Technique, but the genuine Zero Burial—Lin Chuan's Supreme Purity incarnation, Mu Yucun.
The moment he summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, he gathered everyone together. This was also their first reunion since arriving on the Central River Continent. The timing was perfect as well, coming just after Santai's Divine Envoys had joined Akatsuki. It was also Shi Jin and Xiao Heng's