Just then, Ye Kong opened his eyes, and red light shot from them.
Fang Chen and the others sensed it and looked up at him. The red light in Ye Kong's eyes gradually faded until they returned to normal.
Fang Chen flew over with Black Flame Saint and the others. Smiling, he said, "Congratulations on becoming a Quasi-Emperor, Brother Ye Kong!"
Ye Kong smiled faintly. "I have you to thank. Without that Meteorite, I could never have broken through so quickly!"
As he spoke, Ye Kong glanced around and discovered that the Meteorite was gone. Surprised, he asked Fang Chen, "Where's the Meteorite?"
Fang Chen smiled. "It shed its skin, then started devouring energy from its surroundings. I threw it into the Ye Family's Xuanhuang Origin Realm!"
"What? You threw it into the Xuanhuang Origin Realm?"
Shock spread across Ye Kong's face when he heard that.
Fang Chen nodded slightly and waved his hand. Space around them twisted again, and the scene inside the Ye Family's Xuanhuang Origin Realm appeared before him.
Ye Kong stared at the storms raging through the Xuanhuang Origin Realm, stunned. It looked as though the end of the world had come. He had never imagined that such a small Meteorite could unleash a devouring storm so powerful.
"What's going on? Why did that stone suddenly turn into this?"
Ye Kong looked at Fang Chen, bewildered. The Meteorite had been releasing vast amounts of energy before, but now it was like a bottomless pit, ravenously devouring energy from everything around it.
"I don't know either. My Manifestation can take the stone away, but I can't touch it myself. And it's not just this Meteorite. I still don't know what the Black Stone I found earlier is or what it does!"
The thought of the Black Stone