Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24593592-20140716142357/@comment-24593592-20140716154243

TheUltimate3 wrote: The Demonic Statue had never been observed as ripping out poeple's souls though. So that kills any connection of a link.

Remember when Nagato summoned it against Hanzo? Look on the Gedo Mazo's page under abilities to refresh your memory.

Even if that were the case. There is still the fact that they are both outer path summonings.