After claiming his spoils, Zhang Lie personally headed to the altar, which wasn't too far from the capital of the sura. It was a tower that stretched so high it seemed to pierce the skies. There was a large platform at the very top, with an image of the human-faced mystical beast engraved upon it.

Following the ritual, Zhang Lie started by placing ten thousand sura corpses in an array that connected to an extradimensional pocket space. He would do this ten times in succession. On the tenth try, once the mystical beast had eaten its fill, it would be ready to defeat the sura's enemies.

The scent of the bloody sura corpses was thick in the air. In just a few moments, he could hear a strange birdcall far into the distance....