The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Right when the Dark Spider Demon was separated from the white spider demon, Klaus raised the Demon Killing Circle again, sealing the space around him and the white spider demon.

“It’s between you and me now, buddy. Try not to die.” Klaus used Vanishing Steps to appear before the spider demon, unleashing a powerful swing.

The spider used both limbs to block and then unleashed five spears formed from the limbs hovering behind it.

However, Klaus was a step ahead, so he also attacked with his spirit weapons, blocking the spears while he closed in on the spider again.

Meanwhile, the three ladies encircled the Dark Spider Demon and started handling it. Nari was burning her flames, just like how Queen was also burning her blood to amplify her attacks.

“Big sister, you should help the Queen hold it back for a moment. I have a means to injure it,” Nari said, and the two ladies obeyed.

Queenie raised the Blood Sanguine again, but instead of creating blades from it, she used it to restrict the spider by creating blood chains.

Nari retrieved an arrow from her space ring and engulfed it in dark red flames. That was her source flame coming straight from her phoenix core.

Her bow was also engulfed in the same flame as she started counting down from fifteen.

She has the means to kill it, but that will take too long, and considering they are fighting a level 9 Tier 11 beast, wasting that much time puts her teammates at risk.

So like Klaus told them, they should first destroy its defence, and from there, they can easily kill it.

They were why she was going to injure it now, which would slow it down. Then, with the help of her teammates, killing it would be just around the corner.

Meanwhile, Queen Lunara created dozens of flaming scythes in the air, and with a swing, they started raining down on the spider that was trying to dodge, yet it couldn’t get free of the countless chains coming from the Blood Sanguine.

Nari’s eyes gleamed with a dangerous light at the count of one. She pulled the bowstring back to its limit, and the air around her trembled under the sheer intensity of her power.

The technique she just used to temper the arrow is the same as the Hellfire Arrow Tempering Art.

However, instead of using the first form or the second, she used the fourth, which makes the arrow powerful enough to handle all defenses.

It also tempered the bow, making it several times deadlier… temporarily, of course.

“Pierce through everything!” she whispered.

The arrow roared like a phoenix, tearing through space itself when she released it. A trail of dark red fire was left in its wake as it shot toward the bound Dark Spider Demon.

In fact, Nari even felt her energy drain rapidly as the arrow moved through the air, aiming at the spider demon.

The spider sensed the danger and let out a deafening shriek, summoning layers of metallic defenses.

Yet, the flaming arrow shredded through them like paper, slamming into its chest with a thunderous explosion.

BOOM!

The shockwave blasted through the battlefield, shaking the space itself. Chains rattled violently but held firm as the spider screeched in agony, thick black blood spraying into the air.

“Let’s not allow it to recover,” Queen Lunara said as she closed in for close combat. Queenie joined her while Nari stayed back to provide support, waiting for her teammates to create yet another opening.

Meanwhile, all over the forest, twelve battles were still raging on.

Since the twelve beasts that acted as the blades of the spider demon were now under siege from Klaus’s team, the battle between him and the main danger was in a much calmer setting.

Of course, that didn’t mean the twelve teams were just lying around doing nothing. On the contrary, they were also fighting great battles.

The first team, headed by one of the deadliest archers on the Moon, Grand Elder Zeloria, clashed with a wyvern-type beast.

The beast was one of the fastest in the forbidden zone, if not on Earth. However, the Grand Elder was not an easy person to deal with.

She was like a blur, making sure the wyvern wouldn’t overwhelm her teammates, who were acting as her secret weapon.

Klaus knew the battle wouldn’t be on the same level as the previous ones, meaning his friends, especially those below the Sovereign stage, wouldn’t have much to do.

But he was wrong; they were doing way better than he could have imagined.

That was especially true for Hanna, Kay, and Mark, who were facing the wyvern with Lycos, a Transcendent, and Grand Elder Zeloria, an Ascendent.

After they took their bond to a new level, Hanna could now use Kathy’s abilities, so her speed was something else in the air.

Thanks to her and Grand Elder Zeloria, Mark, Lycos, and Kay were doing all the damage work.

The wyvern was tough at first, but after three hours of relentless battle, Mark managed to sever one of its wings and bring it to the ground.

The five started gang-banging it, bringing it closer to death’s door.

Within the three hours, it had tried many times to break the encirclement and help its master, who was facing Klaus, but the team of five had proven stubborn.

They really did a good job handling the wyvern.

But they weren’t the only ones who did a remarkable job.

The third team, led by Overlord Tydor, also brought down the Lightning Thorn. This large panther-like beast had a body coated in metallic conduits, which allowed it to harness lightning.

The battle was dangerous, but Klaus’s pairing contained two deadly twins. Luna and Nuna were the weapons meant for the kill.

From the start of the battle, Overlord Tydor, who had an affinity for the water element mainly because he was the Overlord of the Water Borns, held back the monster.

In contrast, Nova, one of the triplets with lightning affinity, created distractions to allow the deadly twins to plan their attacks well.

It was safe to say that two Transcendents killing a peak Tier 10 wasn’t as easy as they made it seem. The panther had an ability that allowed it to leave afterimages of itself whenever it moved.

But just like Klaus, it could also move between the afterimages. So Luna and her sister Nuna’s killing plans didn’t go as expected.

However, they had started killing when they were nine, so it was safe to say that, to the two twins, the panther beast was just another challenge they handled within two and a half hours.

They faced many odds from the day they first held the dagger, so the Lightning Thorn wasn’t much of an obstacle to them.

However, while these two teams managed to have smooth sailing, the rest cannot be said to have the same smooth ride.