The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Klaus was basically trashing the Savage King, considering that even after an hour and a half of battle, he couldn’t gain the upper hand. Their battles, however, were chaotic as ever, with attacks from both sides much more harrowing than they made them look.

Klaus had already seen what he could do with just his sword, and that alone gave him the confidence he needed. The Savage King was strong, no doubt about that, but Klaus was no easy target.

After he became a Transcendent, numerous changes occurred to his body that he couldn’t even describe.

Unlike when he became a Great Sage, this time, the changes were more about how much Star Qi he could channel…How much Star Qi can his body handle?

…the answer to that was a lot. He could channel quite a lot of energy into his attacks, and that alone showed he had already gone far ahead of what many could do.

What this meant was that Klaus could use more of his attacks now. If the previous him could move 10 km a second, then he could move 1000 km now, thanks to the amount of energy he could channel.

And since he didn’t have to worry about his Star Qi running out, he was literally using more than needed to suppress the Savage King.

He wasn’t even suffering at all. It was like every single swing of his sword carried mountains that continued to suppress the Savage King.

‘This bastard is strong, but his disadvantage came when his innate domain couldn’t be used actively in combat. Perhaps if he had time, he could use music to overwhelm me,’ Klaus thought.

However, for some reason, he wasn’t convinced. Klaus still thinks the Savage King was holding back.

He had tried to go for the kill a few times, but the Savage King was able to wiggle his way out of it. From what Klaus saw, the bastard was waiting for something to happen.

All signs pointed to the savage king bidding his time for something.

Of course, Klaus could kill him if he put his mind to it, but after living for thousands of years, he knew that sometimes, you don’t rush into things.

Killing the Savage King might just be the catalyst for something he wouldn’t want happening while his team was in the middle of a severe battle with thousands of zombies.

So he was taking his time with it, and that alone was what he could do. Of course, his 63 minds on the battlefield were active, looking to intervene at any moment.

But he will feel content if his team manages to finish the battle and move away. Killing the bastard then won’t put them in harm’s way if there was indeed something up the Savage Kings’ sleeve.

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(Savage King’s POV)

Before the start of the battle, the Savage King had all hope that he could crush Klaus and his army easily. His mind was already made up, thinking he had it in the bag.

However, reality dealt him a severe blow… one that left him struggling to comprehend just how any of this was possible…

First, Klaus blocked his Innate Domain as if it weren’t important. He did it with a snap of his finger… that alone terrified him. In fact, the moment Klaus blocked his Innate Domain, he knew he had landed in hot soup.

In the world of cultivation, some things define a warrior’s stance in the vast pool of warriors. One of these things is domains.

Domains, at the end of the day, are what convey a warrior’s strength, understanding of the Laws, vivid understanding of themselves, and their influence in battle (aura/will).

They play a critical role in becoming immortal and eventually a god.

So, for Klaus to break his partial domain (Innate Domain) like it was nothing worth noting, that made him terrified of his opponent before the battle even began.

Then there was the part where, regardless of what skill he used, no matter how hard he tried, and regardless of what move he made, Klaus always seemed to be a step, perhaps two steps, ahead of him.

Naturally, Klaus was five steps ahead of him since he was using five parts of his Hivemind—five brains working in sync.

‘Just where did this freak come from?’ The Savage King wondered, seething in anger while he gazed at the smug expression on Klaus’s face.

‘It was like he doesn’t take me seriously at all.’

This pissed him off, but he just couldn’t break the deadlock Klaus had him in. It felt like Klaus had created an impenetrable bubble and put him in it. So, regardless of what he did, in the end, he could never leave the bubble.

It was impossible to leave the bubble, and that just pissed him off like hell.

Lastly, when he turned and looked at the grand battlefield happening in the city, nothing about it made sense to him.

He saw a giant robot man standing 5 meters tall, dozens of weapons active on its body as it rained lethal laser bullets and beams down on his zombie army.

Then there was Hanna, hovering in the air, 30 clones surrounding her as they also rained down arrows on the pitiful zombies. The annoying part was that the moment a clone died, another clone took its place.

There was no stopping Hanna because while her Divine Bodies were invaluable, she could create more from her large reserve of Lightning Essence.

Watching all this impossible display of power far beyond his comprehension, the Savage King could only watch in anger, cursing Klaus and his team.

Right now, the thought of escaping and getting revenge later flashed in his mind… but before he could do anything, Klaus unleashed the ‘Demon Killing Circle,’ preventing any of them from leaving the circle.

The only time they could leave was if one of them died… And looking at the brat who was making things difficult for him, he knew killing him would be hard.

Thankfully, he could see his Oracle was doing her job, but watching someone like Nyxthar decimate the ranks of his legion of zombies, he knew if nothing changed, things would end badly for them.

Thankfully, he had a contingency plan he knew would turn the tide of battle… That was why, when an hour and a half had passed, he paused and smirked smugly at Klaus.

“Human bastard… I don’t know what you think you will achieve by gathering all your forces to come here, but any time from now, five of my beasts will attack one of your major cities…” The Savage King burst out laughing.

“You may win here, but a lot of innocent humans will die, and their blood will be on your hands.” Klaus could see the Savage King was happy because, at the moment, Klaus held a frown on his face.

This gave the Savage King the idea that he had succeeded in making headway in the battle. It was a good plan on his side… however, the frown on Klaus’s face didn’t last long.

Klaus smiled at the Savage King and then pointed his sword at him. “You may be a zombie, but at least you have the brains for scheming… Unfortunately for you, I have 68 better brains than yours.

That is why I can boldly say my uncles are probably bored waiting for your zombies on the other side of the dead region.

Klaus smiled, and the Savage King frowned. “And you have to know, my uncles are demons… terrifying demons.”