The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Chapter 1031: Chaotic

[5 Days Later - 52 Days Before the Awakening - Top Floor of the Pagoda]

On the top floor of the Pagoda, the cocoon Klaus had been encased in for the past 5 days started showing signs of cracks here and there.

All over it, a potent Slaughter Aura, unlike anything Klaus had ever exuded before, was coiling around it. The entire top floor of the Pagoda was shrouded in this potent aura.

On the outside, Mars was almost completely gone.

The last-ditch effort to kill Aloy after betraying the heavens was what hastened Mars’ inevitable destruction.

Now, the only thing left of it was a broken world drifting in space.

But then again, the heavens never expected Aloy to fall to Klaus’s mind game.

But who could have predicted something like that?

In the past, when a Heaven’s Guardian and a Paragon met, only one of them would emerge alive. There had never been a friendly relationship between these two.

So nobody would have predicted Klaus would use mind games to take something precious from the heavens again.

They had no idea Klaus had memories of his past life, where he interacted with beings from the Venom Fang race. His memories were his alone. The heavens had no hold on that, so they took a big gamble, and it backfired.

Now, their blessed Heaven’s Guardian, to whom they had given the Divine Lightning Bolt with the intent of using it to kill Klaus, was now on Klaus’s side, and there was nothing they could do but bide their time for Klaus’s next tribulation.

However, like Klaus used to say, ’I will make them cry blood.’

At the moment, the heavens could only cry blood.

Not only did they lose the real Red-Colored Superimposing Heaven’s Spear, but they also lost an immortal mountain and a Heaven’s Guardian whose prowess was no less than that of Klaus.

Talk about losing with a bang.

A few hours after the 5th day, the cocoon saw its first major crack that came with a wave of potent aura. The entire Pagoda shook when the first crack appeared.

It was quickly followed by another crack, accompanied by a wave of aura and a shudder of the Pagoda.

However, soon, more cracks appeared, and slowly, the first layer peeled off, revealing a hand littered with countless runic tattoos.

When the second layer peeled off and revealed Klaus’s forehead, nine lights shot from his forehead and turned into nine 12-year-olds, each with unique features despite having the same face.

They were Klaus’s nine soul bodies, and from the look of things, they had increased in height by a few inches, considering they were now akin to 12-year-olds.

The moment they appeared, they formed a circle around Klaus.

”Looks like he has finally awakened a sliver of the Paragon Aura,” Efad, the ninth soul body, said, looking at Klaus, who was slowly coming out of the cocoon.

”It is only right to have awakened it two realms early. What he had done was a great defiance against the heavens. It was something none of us were able to do in the past,” the usually arrogant dragon said with some form of pride and respect in his eyes.

The others nodded.

”With this breakthrough, he can finally tap into the power of Death and use it for an extended period of time. I will prepare the skills before the awakening,” Orion, the 6th incarnation and the Paragon of Death, said. ”You all should prepare well and make adequate plans too, especially you, Efad.”

Efad raised his brow, but Orion didn’t let him ask anything. ”Your innate domain is about life. With the power you command, he can be considered an immortal. This time, you will be the one to ensure his life remains intact.

I know you have your ways, but for now, focus on that.”

”Okay, boss,” Efad laughed, but the others didn’t share in his enthusiasm. This caused Efad to shake his head.

”Boring.”

Paragon, who was supposed to be the brains, allowed Orion to speak. He had already interacted with Orion over the past few days, and aside from the fact that Paragon was prideful, Orion was cunning.

That cunning mind of his was something they needed at the moment.

Klaus already possessed the complete personalities of Magnus and Fruity, simply because he had fully awakened their memories.

This meant that, unless his soul bodies, which came about based on his past incarnations, stepped in, some natures of the Paragon of the Nine Stars would be on lockdown for now.

However, with the nine of them working together, Klaus could be considered complete in all aspects.

This means he will have Paragons’ arrogance, Knox’s unyielding might, Orion’s cunningness, and Asura’s evil intent.

But since he hadn’t recovered all past lives yet, the best person to make the plans was the Paragon of Death, the one who created the Song of Death.

Orion turned to Knox. ”The Lightning Bolt with that Heaven’s Guardian must be refined into an arrow. If it remains in his hands, it will be a waste, but in a Paragon’s hand, it is Heaven’s killing weapon.

So work on that.”

Knox, the second incarnation, merely nodded. His focus was rather on Klaus’s forehead. Just now, he saw a tattoo of a Lightning Bolt appear on Klaus’s forehead for a brief moment.

This sight made him smile weakly.

If his thinking was right, the tattoo was an Origin Tattoo, meaning Klaus had already made some progress on the path of the Lightning Law.

A few seconds later, a similar tattoo, but of Flame type, appeared. Then it was followed by Darkness, Wind, Water, Light, Ice, and Metal.

This sight made Knox appear very happy to the point that the others noticed. However, before they could ask what had happened, the last cocoon fell, and Klaus opened his eyes.

He looked at the nine identical faces smiling at him and scoffed. ”What are you doing?” Klaus asked, and Paragon stepped forward.

”We came to guide your body. With how fragile you are, we wouldn’t want you dying on us.”

Klaus just smirked, lifted his back off the ground, and sat down. He closed his eyes and sent his consciousness into his soul sea.

Right when he appeared inside his now large and well-developed soul sea, his nine incarnations appeared.

”As you can see, the stars are much larger and brighter, which means more energy to channel. More weapons were also added to your collection, and even the plants in the Nine Core are now several years older,” Efad went on to point out some changes that had occurred within Klaus’s soul sea.

After reviewing everything, Klaus moved on to the next change that had occurred.

He extended his left hand, and eight elemental Origin Tattoos appeared on his palm. This meant he had finally tapped into the elemental laws.

However, aside from the Ice, Metal, and Flame, the others were much dimmer. Even so, when his soul bodies saw this, they smiled cheerfully.

They knew that with time and practice, Klaus would be able to wield the eight core elements with terrifying results. Thankfully, he had Kaden, his 8th soul body and the Paragon of Elements, War, and Defiance.

Then he extended his right hand, and four Law Origin Tattoos also appeared. This time, the nine soul bodies were overjoyed and began jumping around like children.

Time, Space, Gravity, and Death... these were the laws Klaus had awakened so far.

The best part was that, thanks to Pickle Berry, his comprehension of the Time and Space Law had already reached the Adept stage.

As for Death and Gravity, he was still at the Beginner stage, but not for long...

When Klaus was done with that, he turned toward the 2-foot-tall multicolored egg hovering at the center of his soul sea.