The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Every single eye is on Klaus as he stands at the centre of the Arena, looking at Ildrr's dead body.

The battle lasted for less than a minute, yet a medium-level Real Immortal lay dead, and the one who killed him is merely a level 7 Empyrean.

A mere mortal who had no business fighting immortals.

Getting killed by a mortal in under a minute is just too much to take in. It is unacceptable.

Just the idea that such a thing could be accomplished is already preposterous.

Yes, Klaus is a monster in human form. Yes, he has nine cores and nine soul bodies. Yes, he can kill across realms. And yes, he has killed Real Immortals before.

However, in all those battles, despite limiting himself to only the bow, spirit weapons, and flame, it took him some time to kill them.

Even with Niva, Klaus had to put in the effort to remain alive long enough to defeat her. The same was true for Raxxion, whom he struggled a bit to kill.

However, with Ildrr, he merely unleashed three arrows, and the rest was history. Naturally, that shouldn't be possible. Killing an immortal shouldn't be that easy.

Maybe an Early Immortal could be killed that easily by Klaus. However, Illdrr was a Real Immortal, and Klaus just killed him like a chicken.

"I am clearly blind. I am sure of that. I mean, how can a mere mortal kill a Real Immortal that easily? Where is logic? Where is common sense?"

"Same here. I am also blind. I have always said from the start of the Blood Tournament that this kid is not simple. Now, I don't even know if he isn't simple. I can sense he is much more than just being simple."

"He must be investigated. Such a person defies the basic laws of common sense. He doesn't make sense at all"

"Yes. He clearly is hiding something."

"I am sure he is hiding something."

Of course, Klaus is hiding something. He is hiding quite a lot, actually.

Aside from his Void abilities and the fact that he has a high mastery level of Death, Gravity, Space, Time, and elemental laws, his spirits' weapons alone could cause chaos on a galactic scale.

He could have harness them all to win easily.

However, while he has some knowledge of said laws, using them in active combat would be dangerous, especially in a battle against Immortals.

Of course, if it comes down to it, those laws would be useful. However, unlike how his super mastery of the Void Law now allows him to use it more actively, he wouldn't be able to do the same with the other laws.

He had even restricted himself from using any of the said laws and only tapped into the Flame Law.

If he tapped into them and his deadly spirit weapons, then while it would drain him easily, winning would have been effortless.

Then there is the bloodline power he has yet to harness. He didn't even tap into said powers, so in all the battles he fought, while he was powerful, he could have been even deadly.

But if one were to ask where his true strength lies, Klaus would say it is in his Nine Soul Bodies.

Klaus had already reached the point where just one soul body could help him so much that winning against even a True Immortal would be possible.

In fact, if he coordinates well with them, he can defeat up to a peak-level True Immortal. That is how monstrous he really is.

All nine soul bodies had already become 14-year-old teenagers, and even his 4th soul body (Fruity), 7th (Magnus), and 9th (Efad) were halfway to becoming Primordial Spirits.

It turned out that after reaching the Empyrean stage and awakening those bloodlines to 100%, they had evolved.

Now, the moment he steps into the rank of an Immortal, they would become Primordial Spirits, a leap that will allow Klaus to dominate the Immortal Realm in no time.

So Klaus had refrained from stressing them, even when they chose to help. He only told them to create more weapons for him.

The arrows he used on Ildrr were created by Knox (2nd Soul Body). In fact, if Klaus had accepted his request to imbue the Lightning Law into them, then Ildrr would have died from just the first arrow.

So Klaus is indeed hiding a lot, and he has no plans to reveal all his hand.

From what he had seen and planned on doing next, he would need to keep them guessing for now.

His next big plan as a Criminal is to get into the Underworld Slaughter Tournament, and to do that, he must win the Blood Tournament that will be taking place in four months' time.

This means he must win his next battle against one of the most dangerous criminals on Planet Yahmir.

He had decided to help Niva kill Varkos, and he intends to do that. So he would help her to the best of his abilities. Once he gets what he wants, he will kill his way to the top of the criminal world.

If he can become one of them, then when the time comes, and he plays his cards well, he will have a criminal organisation on speed dial.

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While everyone was questioning what had just happened between Klaus and Ildrr, the man in question left for the locker room.

His next opponent is locked in combat.

Forty minutes later, Xar'kul emerged as the winner. Just as planned, he will face Klaus in the finals.

Klaus had already expected this, considering Icon had informed him of all he had to know about Xar'kul and the plans Varkos and his people had hatched.

From what he knew, Xar'kul is also an Ice user. Klaus is sure he also has Absolute Ice affinity, even though he hasn't shown it yet.

Such a monster of a man wouldn't be simple at all.

He is a human who has taken a gene-altering medicine, changing his composition to appear almost beast-like. Although he isn't a beast, he also isn't a human.

But if he was looking to become monstrous, then the gene therapy had worked. He is a monster in both appearance and strength.

He has, from what Icon could gather, already attained High Void Affinity, and he could wield it for attacks and movement.

Naturally, that makes him dangerous, so while Klaus may not want to do it, if it comes down to it, he would have to tap into the Void.

Of course, he could use his Void Incineration Flame to harness the power of the void.

However, against someone who can wield it to move and attack, Klaus would have to put in some extra work if he wants to survive.

'I must end the battle in under five minutes. The longer I stay in it, the more I reveal. I don't want to become the target of everyone's jealousy.'

Although he had already become a target that many would love to get their hands on, if he were to reveal just too much, then his criminal life would be heavily impacted.

He doesn't need everyone prying into his secrets.