After Ye Mian gave his permission, Li Changsheng gripped the Withered Wood Staff and pointed it forward. Brilliant green light burst from the staff, and masses of green vines stretched out from it. Under his control, they coiled and shot toward the meteorite.
But when the green vines came within a hundred zhang of the meteorite, an invisible force stopped them.
The vines could go no farther.
Li Changsheng frowned. Gritting his teeth, he tried to force them onward, but still could not break through the hundred-zhang zone around the meteorite. His face darkened. "Ye Family Head, there's a powerful force around this meteorite. I can't get close at all!"
Ye Mian's gaze sharpened. He looked up into the void and ordered the Xuanhuang Bell, "Take this Stone away. We cannot let it remain in the Xuanhuang Origin Realm!"
"Yes!"
A booming voice rang out from within the Xuanhuang Bell.
The Xuanhuang Bell blazed with light. Strands of xuanhuang qi fell from it, and a powerful devouring force surged forth.
Rumble!
Space around the meteorite began to twist, sending out violent waves, but the meteorite did not budge.
The Xuanhuang Bell kept growing until it was more than ten thousand zhang across. Its aura was terrifying, yet it still could not take the meteorite away.
"Family Head, I can't take it! This meteorite is too strange!"
A voice came from inside the Xuanhuang Bell.
"You can't take it?"
Ye Mian stared at the meteorite, his brows tightly knit. The light it emitted was growing brighter, and its devouring force was growing stronger.
By now, a vortex of spiritual qi had formed above the meteorite.
At the sight, Li Changsheng said to Ye Mian, "Ye Family Head, this meteorite's devouring power seems to be growing stronger. If this continues, it may