Chapter 857: Otherworld's Carnival
In the Primordial Heaven Realm.
Rumble!!
The Stone Man emerged. The Divine City where he had undergone nirvana, a Divine City that had stood for three Civilization Eras, collapsed at that very moment.
Generally speaking, once a Stone Man King reached full maturity and emerged, the Divine City's life had reached its Endpoint. For a Stone Man King to emerge in perfect form, he had to drain away all the divine power and life essence accumulated within the Divine City.
Unless the Stone Man King was willing to damage his own essence, the Divine City could not be preserved.
Of course, if the Stone Man King were truly willing to sacrifice his own essence, the preserved Divine City would undoubtedly become an unimaginable treasure. It could continue growing in the future and reach heights that ordinary Stone Weapons could never attain.
But Zhou Tong was now in control of this Stone Man body and consciousness, so naturally, he would not damage his own essence for such a thing. The Stone City's growth required far too much time, and he had no time to wait.
"The first Stone Man has reached maturity... The other eight will soon follow. They will all reach maturity within a hundred years!" Zhou Tong did not immediately return to where his true body was. Instead, he continued standing guard in the Primordial Heaven Realm, protecting the remaining two Stone Man Kings.
These nine kings undergoing transformation had all resonated with Zhou Tong, so their times of completion were roughly the same.
Rumble!!
At last, five years later, the second Stone Man emerged as well. Some giants of the Heaven Realm had wanted to intervene, but Zhou Tong made his stance clear and stood guard there, blocking the first wave of attacks. There