The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

To every immortal, the most important thing is possessing Immortal Rings. No immortal with a sane mind would pass up the offer to obtain an immortal ring or form one.

It has four important uses.

If an immortal doesn’t possess them, they will be stuck at the peak of the Real Immortal stage forever.

First, to go from Real Immortal to True Immortal, one must form or absorb an Immortal Ring. It is the only way to that one leap. Aside from it, there is no other way to take that step to the realm of true immortality.

However, if that isn’t important enough, then having one’s immortal core expand by tenfold is all the more reason to kill one’s best friends just to form an Immortal Ring.

Once a warrior moves from the Empyrean stage to the immortal stage, their cores turn into an Immortal Core. To most, this core will be about a thousand times larger than when they were Empyreans.

Some even go beyond that. Moving from a mortal to an immortal allows a warrior to transcend their mortal limits.

It is also why Empyreans have no business fighting Immortals. Immortals possess thousands of times the energy of an Empyrean.

So, imagine what happens if an Immortal suddenly gets a tenfold expansion of their core. That would not only make them have more immortal qi to channel, but they would also be far ahead of their peers.

Most immortals, when they reach the True Immortal stage, spend thousands of years attempting to form more Immortal Rings as they slowly advance to the subsequent ranks.

It is said at the Immortal Lord stage that if a warrior is able to form five Immortal Rings, then once they become gods, they will be among the most powerful of them.

Immortal Rings also amplify the attack power of an immortal. If the weight of a punch is 100,000 kg, then with the application of an Immortal Ring, it becomes ten times heavier.

Lastly, Immortal Rings make it easy to ascend between the minor levels at every immortal stage/rank.

However, to form an Immortal Ring, it takes time and a great deal of treasure. Essentially, many immortals can spend a thousand years accumulating wealth just to form a single Immortal Ring.

Of course, there are many dangerous ways to easily form them. One such way is killing beasts that have the mark of calamity, which has formed an Immortal Ring.

At the immortal rank and above, there are some beasts that have marks called Calamity Marks. Every beast that has that mark, if at the rank of an Immortal King, would be called a Calamity King.

Said beasts, if they have Immortal Rings, when killed, their Immortal Ring will be condensed inside their core. Naturally, with some effort and talent, one can easily extract that ring and make it their own.

Some even say it is the easier way to get an Immortal Ring, despite the dangers involved in killing Calamity Beasts.

Basically, Immortal Rings are much more valuable to any immortal.

So when one appears in an auction house, the bidding war intensifies to the point that it becomes a battle outside once the auction is over.

”100 Million”

”120 Million”

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”200 Million”

Klaus remained calm in his chair, watching the 14 criminals bid over the core like hungry tigers. They each have an Immortal Ring; however, the allure of possessing a second is making them go mad.

’I remember one time when I, Anna, and Lucy’s incarnations in my 4th incarnation mistakenly stumbled into a nest of Calamity Flame Demon Spiders.

I was only a True Immortal while the two of them were Immortal Kings. That was the most dangerous and harrowing battle we have ever fought.

In the end, we had to run, leaving behind precious cores and calamity bodies that could have been used for forging.’ A look of melancholy appeared on Klaus’s face as he recalled the past.

[The master sure picks bad moments to go down memory lane. Right now, we have 14 True Immortals who would become extremely pissed if you ended up winning the bid on the core.

They would, without a doubt, come after you once you leave this place. But even if they don’t get you today, they are criminals, meaning they would never stop until they get their hands on you.

How are you going to manage that?]

Klaus smiled but said nothing to Icon. In his mind, he had already calculated 10 foolproof ways to escape with his life intact.

As for later, he knew that when they met again, they would think twice before coming against him.

Suddenly, the core had become even more important to Klaus than what he came here for. The Immortal Ring inside the core, if he were to get his hands on it, would make his strength even more explosive.

”350 Million.” The bid was raised yet again. This time, many didn’t hastily raise it, causing the man in VIP booth number 7 to smile.

He had been quiet since, watching the others call one bid after another, hoping the core would be there. However, with his voice added, they all became quiet.

He raised it from 300 million.

However, while the 13 remaining aren’t poor, they chose to back down since the man in question is someone most of them want on their good side.

They recognised him and knew that keeping him on their good side would be more beneficial to them. Unfortunately, they have a troublemaker in the hall who actually wants to cause trouble.

[Master, this is the Blood Poison Prince. He is a dangerous poison cultivator who has created some of the most deadly poisons on this side of the universe.

He is a member of the Eleven Saint Poison Coven. He supplies poison to most underworld crime organizations, families, and groups.

From what I could find on him, he was responsible for the massacre of a planet housing 3.4 billion humans and several other poison attacks in this part of the universe.

Many say he merely uses those planets as test subjects whenever he develops a new poison formula.

His bounty is set at 300 million Heavens Crystals, one of the top 50 bounties on the Epic Mission Board.]

’The Eleven Saint Poison Coven. I had dealings with them in the past. Who would have thought they turned out to be scum of society?’

If Ohema were here, she would be very disappointed. After all, she was one of the founding members of the Eleven Saint Poison Coven.

You could even say she was the true leader of the Eleven Saint Poison Coven since she brought the idea and contributed the most to its success.

’So he is dangerous.’

[Yes, master. Extremely dangerous by poison standards.]

’Sounds like he will be a good sport and probably a way to figure out what had rotted in the Eleven Saint Poison Coven. Those people are all about poison, but they never harmed the innocent when I knew them.’

Klaus turned to the man in booth number 8 and smirked...

”400 Million.” He raised the bid, causing all eyes to turn toward him.

In response, he flicked his red hair with his hand and casually raised his left leg, placing it over the right one.