# Chapter 1091: Single Combat Against All Kings
About ten thousand miles away from Yingsha City, heaven and earth spiritual energy surged violently, forming one enormous vortex after another.
Inside each vortex stood a beast king.
Some maintained their massive barbaric beast forms, while others had transformed into human shape. Different strange phenomena surrounded each of them, but one thing was the same.
That was, a powerful wild and desolate aura emanated from their bodies, causing lightning and thunder to flash across this land, fierce winds to howl, and darkness to descend. Any other creature that intruded here would surely be frightened into lying prostrate on the ground.
"Roar!"
The Devouring Demon Dragon flew through the sky, letting out a deep voice: "Zhang Ruochen, I have fulfilled your conditions. Now it's time for you to keep your promise and hand over Princess Baili to me."
"Of course."
Zhang Ruochen appeared calm and composed, then immediately changed his tone: "It's just that I don't know if Princess Baili is willing to go with you."
"What do you mean?"
The Devouring Demon Dragon stared at Princess Baili and indeed found her state to be quite unusual. "Baili, come to my side."
Princess Baili looked at the Devouring Demon Dragon flying in the sky, gently bit her red lips, and a puzzled expression appeared in her eyes. "Can you be my mount?"
The Devouring Demon Dragon sensed something was wrong, turned its head to stare at Zhang Ruochen, and let out a furious roar: "What exactly did you do to her?"
"I merely took away her memories, nothing more." Zhang Ruochen said.
"Hand over her Memory Source Pearl immediately!"
The Devouring Demon Dragon dove down urgently, piercing through the clouds, extending a black claw as huge as a palace, erupting with a surging demonic aura.
Before the claw even landed, the ground beneath Zhang Ruochen's feet had already begun to sink.
The four claws were like four heavenly pillars, standing on four sides of Zhang Ruochen, completely locking him in.
Clearly, the Devouring Demon Dragon intended to use this claw to crush Zhang Ruochen to death.
Zhang Ruochen naturally knew that there was a considerable gap between himself and the Devouring Demon Dragon, making it unsuitable for a head-on confrontation.
However, he still wanted to try and see just how powerful the Devouring Demon Dragon was, so instead of retreating, he grasped the Abyssal Ancient Sword in his hand and began to fully mobilize his sword intent.
"Sword... Five..."
Just as Zhang Ruochen achieved the unity of man and sword and was about to unleash the Great Perfection level Sword Five, a soft cry reached his ears.
"Be careful."
A graceful figure flashed past Zhang Ruochen. Then, Princess Baili grabbed Zhang Ruochen's arm, used the Footstep of a Thousand Miles technique, passed through the gaps between the dragon claws, and in an instant, rushed more than ten miles away.
After all, Princess Baili did not actually hold a grudge against Zhang Ruochen.
If she had to choose between Zhang Ruochen and the Devouring Demon Dragon, she would naturally choose Zhang Ruochen, who was more familiar to her. At least, he didn't seem like a bad person.
The Devouring Demon Dragon, on the other hand, exuded a fierce and evil aura that made her feel very uncomfortable.
Both Zhang Ruochen and the Devouring Demon Dragon were slightly stunned, not expecting such an unexpected turn of events.
The Devouring Demon Dragon was furious beyond measure and roared: "All beast kings, hear my command! Immediately return to Yingsha City and annihilate all the human cultivators inside!"
"Roar! Roar! Roar!"
From the desert, the roars of beast kings rang out one after another.
Then, eighteen beast kings charged out, preparing to return to Yingsha City.
Zhang Ruochen had actually made careful calculations. Half an hour was too short. Even if the human cultivators could break out of Yingsha City, they wouldn't get far and would still face total annihilation.
Therefore, he had to do his utmost to delay the beast kings for a bit more time.
Every quarter of an hour he could delay would increase the probability of the human cultivators escaping by ten percent.
"You want to return to Yingsha City? Did you get my permission?"
Zhang Ruochen acted very aggressively. In an instant, a fierce storm formed around his body, his robes fluttering and his hair flying wildly.
He appeared majestic and awe-inspiring, taking a step forward and stomping on the ground.
"Boom!"
Space power surged outward completely, spreading in all directions.
The spatial structure within a hundred miles began to collapse, with hundreds of enormous cracks appearing on the ground, sweeping in all the beast kings.
Those beast kings who were preparing to return to Yingsha City had to retreat.
In the Azure Dragon Ruins Realm, even Zhang Ruochen himself didn't know the upper limit of his combat power, because the spatial structure here was very fragile. As long as he triggered some space power, he could shatter space with a casual move.
For an Heir of Time and Space, could there be a better combat environment than this?
Some beast kings spread their wings and soared into the air, preparing to leave from another direction.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Zhang Ruochen pressed his palm against the void and sent out another surge of space power, destroying the spatial structure in midair, turning that area of the sky into a chaotic zone.
Beast King-level beings had extremely keen reactions and immediately dodged away.
Of course, the shattered space also forced them back.
"Arrogant human junior, are you trying to single-handedly challenge all the beast kings?" Konglu Beast King said angrily, letting out a long roar at Zhang Ruochen.
"Can you bear the wrath of all the beast kings?" Another beast king flew at low altitude and called out to Zhang Ruochen.
"Zhang Ruochen, how do you want to die?"
...
Too arrogant. A mere human junior actually dared to try and keep all the beast kings here. Even a human Saint wouldn't dare to do this.
Hundreds of miles away, Wan Huayu and the others were also stunned, feeling shocked.
What was Zhang Ruochen trying to do?
Single combat against all kings?
Wan Huayu, Shangguan Linglong, and the others had originally escaped from Yingsha City and hidden themselves in some secret locations. When they discovered Zhang Ruochen and the beast kings of various races flying out of Yingsha City, they felt that something major was about to happen. So, they quietly followed and witnessed this extremely shocking scene.
"As expected of my Chen, he couldn't be cooler!"
That female cultivator who had always admired Zhang Ruochen was extremely excited, her eyes full of worship.
She swore in her heart that if she could return alive to the Kunlun Realm, she would definitely record Zhang Ruochen's deeds in a book and spread them abroad.
Regardless of whether Zhang Ruochen could stop the beast kings of the various barbaric beast races, just that one move alone was already full of heroic spirit, unmatched by anyone.
There was no doubt that what happened today would become a legend of Zhang Ruochen.
Even the usually rational Wan Huayu was now surging with emotion. If she weren't seriously injured, she would have rushed up immediately to fight side by side with Zhang Ruochen, battling until heaven and earth turned upside down.
Even if he was a major criminal of the imperial court, so what?
"No wonder the King holds Zhang Ruochen in such high regard. This man is truly a dragon among men. His talent and courage can be called number one under heaven."
Although this was her first time meeting Zhang Ruochen, Wan Huayu already admired him greatly, even feeling some worship.
For someone like her, a proud daughter of heaven with a proud heart, to actually worship another young person was extremely rare.
Perhaps there were some people in this world who truly possessed such charm.
"Let's join forces, kill him, and then go to Yingsha City to exterminate the other human cultivators."
The various beast kings had tried to break out several times but were forced back by the shattered space, putting them in a passive position. So, they unanimously decided to eliminate Zhang Ruochen first.
With more than ten beast kings each striking out, they could beat him until his divine form was annihilated.
Kui Niu Beast King and Golden Armored Scorpion King attacked first, one from the front and one from behind.
Kui Niu Beast King was a primordial descendant, ranked forty-second on the "Half-Saint Ranking." He was the strongest besides the Devouring Demon Dragon, and his strength was not far behind one of the Nine Realm Sons, Beigong Lan.
Golden Armored Scorpion King was the third strongest among the beast kings.
With two beast kings joining forces, even the Devouring Demon Dragon wouldn't dare to underestimate them, let alone a mere Seventh-Rank Half-Saint like Zhang Ruochen.
"Moo!"
Kui Niu Beast King let out a long roar, and the green cow hair on his body immediately turned black.
His roar contained a very powerful spiritual power fluctuation.
That spiritual power merged with the sound waves and entered Zhang Ruochen's body.
Although Zhang Ruochen sensed the danger in time and immediately mobilized his spiritual power to resist the impact of the sound waves, his sacred soul still shook violently, suffering some minor injuries.
Zhang Ruochen was slightly dazed for a moment before his eyes regained their luster again.
Just then, he saw hundreds of black cow hairs flying from Kui Niu Beast King's body, shooting straight toward him.
Each cow hair was like a ten-foot-long black iron spike, carrying spiritual power fluctuations.
It could be imagined that if Zhang Ruochen hadn't possessed forty-ninth level spiritual power and resisted Kui Niu Beast King's sound waves in time, he would have been pierced by hundreds of cow hairs in the next moment, turning into a pile of mud.
"What a formidable creature. Could it be Kui Niu Beast King, ranked forty-second on the 'Half-Saint Ranking'?"
While dodging, Zhang Ruochen rapidly swung the Abyssal Ancient Sword, forming a series of sword shadows that knocked away all the flying black cow hairs.
Those cow hairs were extremely hard, and even the Abyssal Ancient Sword couldn't easily cut them.
With such hard black cow hairs, Kui Niu Beast King's defensive power was probably only slightly weaker than Golden Armored Scorpion King's.
From another direction, what surprised Zhang Ruochen immensely was that Princess Baili had actually blocked Golden Armored Scorpion King, preventing him from falling into a dangerous situation of being attacked from both sides.
He wondered what the Devouring Demon Dragon would feel seeing this scene.
"As expected of the Heir of Time and Space, you do have some skill." Kui Niu Beast King said coldly.
Kui Niu Beast King's spiritual power was extremely strong, already close to the fiftieth level, much more powerful than Zhang Ruochen's spiritual power.
This was the talent of the Kui Niu clan, and since Kui Niu Beast King also primarily cultivated spiritual power, it was only natural that he was stronger than Zhang Ruochen.
"Swish, swish!"
Another thousand black cow hairs flew from Kui Niu Beast King's body, merging with the previous hundreds to form a black "river" surging toward Zhang Ruochen.
Kui Niu Beast King's attack power grew stronger and stronger, with a momentum that could swallow mountains and rivers, determined to suppress Zhang Ruochen no matter what.
"Realm Son Seal."
Zhang Ruochen took out the Realm Son Seal from his space ring, held it in his hand, mobilized the sacred qi within his body, and poured it in.
Immediately, a golden imperial aura surged out, sending all the cow hairs flying backward.
Even Kui Niu Beast King had to retreat three steps in a row to steady himself, leaving three huge footprints on the ground.
"How does Zhang Ruochen also have a Realm Son Seal?"
Those beast kings were quite wary of the Realm Son Seal. Not long ago, Chi Wansui and Beigong Lan had used Realm Son Seals to kill several beast kings, leaving a deep impression on them.
However, with the Devouring Demon Dragon, Kui Niu Beast King, and Golden Armored Scorpion King holding the line, all the beast kings were full of confidence. Even if Zhang Ruochen had a Realm Son Seal, they weren't that afraid.
"Let me weigh how many pounds you have."
Seeing that Kui Niu Beast King couldn't defeat him for a long time, Konglu Beast King joined the battle.
"I'll also fight you."
"Shizu Niao Beast King is here. Let's see how long you can hold out."
...
In just a quarter of an hour, seven beast kings in a row joined the battle, each of them a formidable character. They unleashed their offensive methods, determined to beat Zhang Ruochen until he was reduced to ashes.