The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

After witnessing Rhazor’s overwhelming display of strength and dominance, nobody with functioning brain cells tried to block his path or attack him again.

Rhazor was now a Peak Demigod with strength so vast and boundless that even he didn’t know how much stronger he had become.

It was as if he had become so terrifying that even Universal Gods, beings eight realms above him, were scared of him.

He isn’t at the stage where he can completely look down on time, but a universal god or at least a few of them, cannot threaten him.

In a strange way, if before they had feared Nyrela, then now they were terrified of Rhazor.

However, as if his nature as a dragon had kicked in, he ignored everyone, almost as though he saw them as bugs before him, and walked toward the three Monster leaders and the two other beasts that had fought against Nyrela.

While she had done a great job surviving against them, now that Rhazor stood before them, he could tell that perhaps the five beasts had gone easy on Nyrela, or maybe he should reevaluate Nyrela again, because perhaps he had missed something.

The Naga King, Planet Devouring Ant Queen, Grim Wolf Alpha, Fourteen-Legged Demon Spider, and the Slayer Beetle were all powerful beasts, and Rhazor intended to make them even more terrifying.

With the Bloodline Tree now available to him, he planned to transform them into absolute calamities. He would be going back to the moon soon, and he knew it would be one of the most dangerous things he would do.

However, he also understood that if he didn’t get ahead of the narrative, things would become dangerous for him, so he wanted to prepare before leaving.

Then again, he was aware that even if Celestials came after him, with his people already becoming monsters, he wouldn’t be in any danger.

He can summon Nari, Ignitia and Aleera, the Three True Calamities, and even if hundreds of Celestials came, he would walk away unscathed.

But the main reason he wanted to make these five beasts his subordinates was that his next adventure would be to the Ancient Battlefield, and he needed capable warriors to take with him.

He had planned to attack the foreign race in one hundred years’ time, but with the futures he had been shown, it might be sooner.

So getting ahead of the narrative was always something a Paragon did.

When he stopped before the five beasts, they moved a few steps back. Even they could tell that the dragon before them was dangerous.

”I am not going to beat around the bush, so here is my offer,” Rhazor began. ”I will first of all fix all the flaws in your bodies, transform your bloodlines, upgrade them, bestow upon you powerful techniques, and lastly make you Supremes in less than a week.

”All I ask is that you become my subordinates and abandon your lives here. I will take you to the universe out there, where anything is possible as long as you can dream it.”

Rhazor indeed had no plans to force them.

Inside the Devil’s Maw right now, while there might be some hidden monsters, he was the strongest, and that was more than enough to pay little attention to these five. So he wouldn’t beg them to become his subordinates.

He needed seven beast subordinates as his personal guards for when he went to the Foreign Battlefield, and since they fit the profile, he wanted them.

Just when he was done speaking to them, Amaru teleported and appeared beside Rhazor.

”My Lord, I feel like this is not the right time to be adding these losers to your command. Although they are decent, they haven’t earned your approval through anything.

”If we are even to view it from a certain perspective, they attacked your friend, so don’t bother with them. We can look for other beasts,” Amaru said with a smirk, glancing at the five beasts.

”What the hell are you talking about? Just because you have some strength doesn’t mean you can look down on us, dragon,” the Grim Wolf Alpha shouted at Amaru, his expression turning red.

Clearly, he hated how Amaru was trying to look down on them and take away the opportunity Rhazor had offered them.

”Yes, what do you think you are doing? You may be a dragon, but I am not a bit scared of you,” the Slayer Beetle said, his eyes narrowing.

All five of them were in their demi-human forms, so they could show some expressions.

Amaru smirked.

”I have spied on you losers for years, and aside from issuing commands to your subordinates, you haven’t done anything worth seeing. That is especially true of you three,” she said, pointing at the Naga King, Planet Devouring Ant Queen, and Grim Wolf Alpha.

They frowned, but she ignored them and added, ”You should already be on your knees thanking my lord for offering such an enticing opportunity.”

Her words stabbed like needles, and the five beasts knew she genuinely looked down on them.

But inasmuch as they would have loved to shut her up, right now, she was far stronger than them, and for some reason, the more they looked at her, the more they felt that her true power was still recovering.

And they were right. Amaru was still recovering her true strength. She was only sixty-five percent recovered, but that was enough to threaten them.

Then again, they had no idea she was only 65% recovered, which, in a way, was good for them. Knowing that, with just sixty-five percent of her power, she could crush all five of them at once would kill their fighting spirit.

”I am willing to take you up on your offer,” the Slayer Beetle said.

He was akin to a rogue cultivator, so he had no qualms about joining Rhazor’s cause. Of course, he could also tell that the dragon before him was different, and so he chose to follow him.

”I am willing as well,” the Fourteen-Legged Demon Spider said, her voice surprisingly calm and sweet for a demon spider.

As for the three monster leaders, they hesitated, not because they didn’t want to become stronger, but because they didn’t want to abandon their rule. They were akin to kings and queens here, so they wanted to retain that power.

But what Rhazor said next shocked them.

”I will be taking your tribes away, too, so you have nothing to worry about.”

And with that concern handled, they accepted his offer.

”I would also like to join you,” the Grim Wolf Alpha said, casting a sidelong glance at Nyrela. He still hadn’t forgotten the humiliation she had put him through.

”I am in,” the Naga King said, and the Planet Devouring Ant Queen also agreed.

Rhazor smiled and nodded. Then he summoned the Pagoda he had received on the first floor of the Inheritance Tower.

”Enter here and leave the rest to me. I will ensure that in less than a week, all five of you will become the best versions of yourselves.”

They nodded, and after a few moments of hesitation, they allowed themselves to be transported into the Pagoda.

The moment they had entered, he turned and looked at Nyrela.

”We will meet again, Nyrela, and don’t forget, the moment you are leaving for the Ancient Battlefield, let me know.”

After saying that, Rhazor flew away, and Amaru followed after him.

He had three objectives now. First, he would make the five beasts the best versions of themselves, absorb the Flame Dao Crystal, and kill the Twisting Vine Forest.

This, along with the fact that he would meet resistance when he left this place, made Rhazor ecstatic.

Somewhere far away, Orion swallowed the first fruit and started cultivating the fourth form of the Heaven Defying Body, not knowing he was about to unleash calamity upon the universe.