# Chapter 1133: Large-Scale Space Collapse
Demon Heaven Crown Prince struck Heavenly Emperor Yellow Heaven Princess with a palm, unleashing a powerful pushing force that sent her flying a hundred miles away.
Heavenly Emperor Yellow Heaven Princess had only just stepped into the ranks of top-tier powerhouses, weaker even than Azure Heaven Crown Prince. If she were to fight Zhang Ruochen, she could at most withstand a few moves before being beaten to death.
It was precisely for this reason that Demon Heaven Crown Prince had sent her away.
Zhang Ruochen immediately nocked the Daylight Arrow onto the bowstring, pulling Azure Heaven Bow into a massive arc.
Even the mere bending of the bow's frame generated force fluctuations that produced ear-splitting sounds of wind and thunder.
"Hua——"
The Daylight Arrow transformed into a white rainbow, flying forth, crossing a hundred miles to strike at Heavenly Emperor Yellow Heaven Princess.
Heavenly Emperor Yellow Heaven Princess blocked with her blade horizontally, the sword body colliding with the Daylight Arrow.
The immense power contained within the arrow sent Heavenly Emperor Yellow Heaven Princess flying backward, smashing through two mountain peaks before crashing to the ground with a thunderous boom.
Heavenly Emperor Yellow Heaven Princess crawled out from the rubble, suffering severe internal injuries. Her arms were like porcelain, covered in many bloody cracks.
"Pfft."
Heavenly Emperor Yellow Heaven Princess spat out a mouthful of blood, kneeling on one knee, using her long blade to support her body so she wouldn't collapse.
A group of half-saints from Yellow Heaven Tribe immediately rushed over, surrounding her at the center to protect her from another attack by Zhang Ruochen.
If Zhang Ruochen were to shoot another arrow, Heavenly Emperor Yellow Heaven Princess might not be able to withstand it.
Demon Heaven Crown Prince activated two thousand inscriptions within Emperor-Slaying Demon Sword, drawing forth an incomparably powerful Thousand Ripple Annihilation Force, dragging out a sword light several hundred meters long to slash horizontally at Zhang Ruochen, preventing him from launching a second attack.
Zhang Ruochen did not clash head-on with Demon Heaven Crown Prince. His body flickered, disappearing from his original position, crossing space to appear behind Demon Heaven Crown Prince.
Demon Heaven Crown Prince's peripheral vision caught a glimpse behind him, naturally sensing Zhang Ruochen's aura. However, at this moment, he was slashing his sword forward and could not retract Emperor-Slaying Demon Sword.
Thus, he let out a light shout, continuously pouring sacred qi into the heart-protecting mirror on his chest.
Immediately, the heart-protecting mirror emitted a blood-red radiance. From the edges of the mirror surface, hard armor plates extended outward, forming an impenetrable blood armor that wrapped around Demon Heaven Crown Prince's entire body.
"Bang!"
Zhang Ruochen slashed his sword at Demon Heaven Crown Prince's back. Instantly, ten sacred shadows emerged on the blood armor, actually managing to block Abyssal Ancient Sword for a moment.
In that brief moment, the defensive power contained within the ten sacred shadows neutralized most of the sword's force.
By the time Abyssal Ancient Sword struck the armor, its power had already been greatly reduced.
Demon Heaven Crown Prince withstood this strike, his body uncontrollably lurching forward, crashing into the ancient altar, shattering boulders weighing hundreds of thousands of jin into pieces.
Zhang Ruochen walked toward the ancient altar, saying, "Another set of Ten Sacred Blood Armor. Quite interesting."
"Boom!"
Demon Heaven Crown Prince shook the surrounding boulders flying outward, stepping out again. His complexion was extremely pale, and his mental state had declined significantly.
After enduring that strike, Demon Heaven Crown Prince was even more severely injured, and at the same time, he recognized the gap between himself and Zhang Ruochen.
Although Zhang Ruochen's power was on par with his own,
Zhang Ruochen's attainments in the Sword Dao far surpassed his own. His sword techniques were more exquisite, unpredictable, making him impossible to defend against.
In truth, Demon Heaven Crown Prince's speed, Sword Dao, and combat experience were all top-tier at the same cultivation level, even surpassing many lower-realm saints.
It was only in front of Zhang Ruochen that he appeared utterly inadequate, like a meat target, passively taking hits.
"Meeting such a powerful opponent as you, I have no choice but to use the power of Ten Sacred Blood Armor."
Demon Heaven Crown Prince gripped the sword hilt with both hands, slowly raising Emperor-Slaying Demon Sword above his head.
Immediately, the Ten Sacred Blood Armor on his body emitted a dazzling blood light, turning the sky and earth for hundreds of miles around into a blood-red color.
Thick blood qi surged beneath his feet, dispersing the sea of clouds surrounding Dragon Summit Mountain, instead condensing into a vast ocean of blood qi.
Demon Heaven Crown Prince stood at the center of the broken altar, empowered by Ten Sacred Blood Armor, as if transformed into a world-dominating demon god.
"Power of Ten Saints."
Ten sacred shadows manifested, standing in ten directions around Demon Heaven Crown Prince.
Then, Demon Heaven Crown Prince swung his sword, dragging out a long sword qi.
With Demon Heaven Crown Prince's current physical strength, he could fully withstand the Power of Ten Saints.
However, his cultivation had ultimately not reached the Saint realm. He was not truly unleashing the "Power of Ten Saints," but rather a "Pseudo Power of Ten Saints."
The strike he now delivered was roughly equivalent to the combined force of two or three lower-realm saints.
"Crack, crack." Wherever the sword qi passed, space was as fragile as paper, instantly shattering apart.
The surrounding cultivators watching were all stunned.
"Using even the Power of Ten Saints—aren't they afraid of heaven collapsing and earth splitting?"
"Run! These two are too ferocious. Even saint-level beings coming here would likely be beaten down. This place can no longer be stayed in. The earth's plates are about to be shattered by their fighting."
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The vast majority of beings were rushing into the distance, staying far away from Zhang Ruochen and Demon Heaven Crown Prince, afraid of being caught in the aftermath.
Facing Demon Heaven Crown Prince's strongest strike, Zhang Ruochen remained calm and composed, neither dodging nor evading. He roared: "Collapse!"
Just as the powerful sword qi was about to land on Zhang Ruochen,
dense cracks appeared in the space ahead of the sword qi, rapidly collapsing inward, finally shattering completely.
The powerful sword qi collided with the collapsing space, producing a thunderous roar.
Immediately, the space cracks grew larger, rapidly extending downward, with a crack, piercing through Dragon Summit Mountain, which was over seven thousand meters high.
"What is this supposed to be? The apocalypse?"
Large-scale space collapse, with tremendous momentum. Pure Heaven Crown Prince and Sui Han, who were fighting at the foot of the mountain, immediately stopped their battle and fled into the distance.
Gai Tianjiao used an iron chain as thick as a bowl, threaded through Bi'an Heavenly King's nostrils. Standing on the back of this ancient giant beast, holding the iron chain, she shouted: "Hurry and run! This place is about to be destroyed!"
Bi'an Heavenly King was extremely furious. As an ancient giant beast, being stepped on like a mount by a human was a complete loss of face.
At this moment, however, it had no other choice. It could only spread its four hooves and rush into the distance at maximum speed, needing to escape this region as quickly as possible.
"Faster! Space cracks are spreading this way."
Gai Tianjiao slapped Bi'an Heavenly King on the head. The force of this slap was immense, nearly causing Bi'an Heavenly King to stumble.
"Rumble."
Dragon Summit Mountain was torn apart by space cracks into dozens of pieces, turning into massive mountain bodies that fell into the space vortex, quickly disappearing from the horizon without a trace.
That was an ancient divine mountain with a history of over a million years, quite famous in Azure Dragon Dynasty. It was over seven thousand meters tall, occupying dozens of miles of territory. Yet in an instant, the massive mountain body completely shattered.
In Kunlun Realm, the spatial structure was quite stable, making it difficult to see such large-scale spatial collapse. Even the Great Saints at the very pinnacle of the pyramid would find it nearly impossible to shatter such a large area of space.
This scene was extremely shocking to the heart and soul, leaving an indelible impression in everyone's hearts.
Demon Heaven Crown Prince fled three hundred miles away from Dragon Summit Mountain, standing in a patch of verdant forest, gazing at the shattered space in the distance, involuntarily drawing in a cold breath.
"With a casual palm strike shattering space and breaking my strongest attack, in Azure Dragon Ruins Realm, Zhang Ruochen is practically the embodiment of invincibility. Who can still defeat him?" Demon Heaven Crown Prince thought to himself.
Just then, Demon Heaven Crown Prince sensed an intense crisis. His entire body's muscles violently contracted, and like a conditioned reflex, he dove to the left.
Even though his reaction speed had reached its peak, it was still too late.
"Pfft!"
The Daylight Arrow struck Demon Heaven Crown Prince's left shoulder, sending him flying backward, crashing into the ground, flattening a large area of pine forest, forming a pit dozens of meters in diameter.
Zhang Ruochen flew down, retrieved the Daylight Arrow, stood in midair, and looked toward the pit in the forest.
The pit was empty, with no trace of Demon Heaven Crown Prince.
"As expected of someone about to achieve physical sainthood—truly able to take a beating."
Zhang Ruochen smiled slightly, following the aura Demon Heaven Crown Prince had left in the air, pursuing him.
Moments later, Zhang Ruochen caught up to Demon Heaven Crown Prince, locking onto him with the Daylight Arrow, saying: "Even wearing Ten Sacred Blood Armor, how many arrows can you withstand?"
"Damn it, I'm already close to achieving physical sainthood, and my speed is so fast. How did he catch up so quickly?"
Demon Heaven Crown Prince spread two pairs of dark red fleshy wings, flying at maximum speed.
"Bang."
The Daylight Arrow, dragging a tail dozens of meters long, pierced through the left pair of Demon Heaven Crown Prince's wings. A large amount of blood gushed out, spilling across the sky.
Demon Heaven Crown Prince lost his center of gravity and crashed to the ground.
Upon reaching the ground, Demon Heaven Crown Prince let out a great roar, transforming into a blood-red giant, running frantically through the mountain ranges.
With each step, he could cross a great river.
With each leap, he could clear a mountain.
"Zhang Ruochen, why must you be so ruthless? Leave some leeway—mountains and rivers will meet again."
Demon Heaven Crown Prince coughed blood as he shouted.
Just now, he had been shot seven or eight more times by Zhang Ruochen. Even wearing Ten Sacred Blood Armor, he could barely withstand it. The impact force of the Daylight Arrow was too strong, aggravating his injuries.
If this continued, he would surely die.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and laughed: "You're talking to me about leaving leeway? If I let you live today, when we meet again in the future, won't you still come to drain my blood? Humans and the Undying Blood Clan are absolute enemies—there are no conditions to negotiate."
"Twang."
The Daylight Arrow flew out again, striking toward the back of Demon Heaven Crown Prince's head.
Suddenly, a blood-red light gate appeared in the sky. A cross shield flew out from the light gate at extreme speed, colliding with the Daylight Arrow, knocking the rapidly flying Daylight Arrow off course, sending it sinking into the ground.
"Boom."
At the position where the cross shield and Daylight Arrow collided, the entire forest was flattened, turning into open wilderness.
Zhang Ruochen stopped flying, let out a soft exclamation, and looked up toward the light gate above.
Demon Heaven Crown Prince stopped, no longer fleeing. Looking at the sky, he instead laughed loudly: "Qi Sheng, you've arrived too late. Your imperial sister, Flame Heart Princess, has already died beneath Zhang Ruochen's sword."