Just as everyone was still stunned by the High Priest’s arrival, a fist smashed into the giant bell. The sound of the bell made everyone jump.

They looked over to see Long Chen punch the bell. The bell’s divine light was rapidly fading.

Long Chen was holding the bronze fragment in his fist. That was a fragment of the real Eastern Wasteland Bell, and it had its own consciousness. It had wanted to come out as soon as the fake bell had appeared, but the primal chaos space had suppressed it.

When the High Priest appeared and showed his power, Long Chen immediately grew gutsy again. He punched the bell, pressing the fragment against it. In that instant, the fragment unleashed a terrifying suction force, absorbing the energy of the fake bell.

“This bell was made with the Eastern Wasteland Bell’s source energy, but it lacks the item-spirit. Now I can take its source energy.”

Long Chen was delighted to see this. He then repeatedly punched the bell, holding the bronze fragment where people couldn’t see it.

The sound of a bell tolling resounded through...