The tallest and most majestic of the deity statues was one of the Buddha, and prior to its collapse, it seemed to have depicted the Buddha smiling while holding a flower between his fingers. However, the arm of the statue had been snapped at the shoulder and only three of its five fingers remained, while the flower once held between its fingers was completely destroyed.0

One of those fingers was pointed up at the sky, and just that finger alone was several dozen meters tall, giving one an idea of just how enormous the statue was back when it was standing in its full glory.0

There was a barefoot young girl in white standing atop the finger with her eyes tightly shut, allowing the wind to ruffle her hair. The girl was quite ordinary in appearance.0

A gust of astral wind was sweeping like a wave toward her and the finger that she was standing on.0

The girl's eyes remained closed, and all she did was utter a single word in a certain dialect from Golden Armor Continent. 0

"Open."0

The gust of astral wind was instantly split into two down the middle before blowing past either side of the Buddha's statue's finger. A small part of the gust of wind still managed to glide over the girls' face, slicing a series of gashes into her cheeks, but in the blink of an eye, those injuries were completely healed.0

The wind continued to blow, carrying the girl's faint fragrance into the distance.7

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In the sea near Complete Reed Continent stood a tall mountain that resembled a spike pointing directly up at the sky. However, the mountain summit was a circular pond that resembled a bottomless well, and the light of flames could be seen illuminating the walls of the well. This was the opening of an active volcano, and inside was a completely nude man with a brawny physique. 0

He was seated in silence, with...0