The mist churned, Origin Energy surged, and a hurricane vast enough to blot out heaven and earth came roaring in from afar. Wherever it passed, flying sand filled the air and shattered rocks shot in every direction.
Amid the rolling hurricane, a towering, magnificent peak that seemed to prop up the heavens was flying away in an eerie fashion.
That was right—a mountain peak was actually speeding through the air like lightning.
The mountain peak stood nearly a thousand zhang tall. Seen from afar through the mist, it appeared somewhat slender, upright and lofty, with an almost willowy frame.
As the towering peak came rushing closer, its true form finally appeared in the eyes of the people who had come to meet it.
This towering, gigantic peak was no mountain at all, but a colossal humanoid being whose body resembled a mass of enormous rock, complete with a huge head and four limbs.
The Ancient Stone Giant was a legendary existence found only in rumors and ancient records. No one in the Three Realms had ever truly seen one. Yet now, a towering humanoid colossus as majestic as a mountain was speeding into the presence of Hao Banyun and the others.
Earlier, the people had seen the Stone Giant's form through the mist. It had merely been sitting in a crouch, and the various parts of its body had not yet fully gathered together.
The reason they had abandoned the Stone Giant earlier was that they had sensed the surging aura of Yu Chen casting a technique and assumed the Profound Ghost's cave abode had another location.
Now, through the surging mist, they finally saw the Stone Giant's entire form.
Massive blue-green stones covered the Stone Giant's huge, upright body, resembling enormous muscles with sharply defined edges and making it