The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Chapter 1271: Klaus vs Xar’kul (2)

The entire Arena became quiet yet again. Obviously, they all didn’t expect Klaus to get the first blood.

Well, Xar’kul doesn’t have blood, so it was more like Klaus got the first shattering. His deformed and abominable crystalline arm shattered from the impact.

But things didn’t end there for him. Klaus didn’t pause to give the ice bastard a breather.

The deep red flame behind him pulsed, filling the Arena with so much heat. The ice on the ground instantly melted, and the water evaporated into a hot mist.

The Void Incineration Flame spread across his body like living shadow-fire. The air around him distorted as gravity bent inward, drawn toward the flame.

Since he didn’t want to use the Void Law because of the many eyes on him, he instead chose to tap into the void through his 3rd flame element – the Void Incineration Flame.

Klaus isn’t stupid. He already knew the kind of danger he was in, so hiding his strength now just to keep his escape routes open was the most logical move he could make.

Klaus stepped forward, and the ground beneath his feet collapsed, unable to withstand the pressure.

Xar’kul pushed himself out of the wall, frost regenerating around his torn arm, but the regeneration was slow. Too slow to match the urgency of the moment. So he abandoned that and instead focused on survival.

He vanished again, choosing to use the void to his advantage.

This time, Klaus smiled. His comprehension of the Void Law is one rank higher than Xar’kul’s, so he already had a handle on the situation from the start.

The golden-silver flame ignited.

Klaus’s 4th flame element, the Primordial Desolation Flame, spread outward in a wide, invisible wave. There was no heat, no cold—only decay. Klaus was only using the Destruction aspect of the flame to fight Xar’kul.

The void around Klaus screamed as space lost its stability.

To travel the void, one needs a stable space. However, in situations where space becomes unstable, staying in the void poses a danger to the user.

This is one of the reasons why they argue that the best counter to the Void Law is the Space Law, and vice versa.

As intended, Xar’kul reappeared mid-strike, forced out of the void as his concealment was torn apart. His blades halted inches from Klaus’s neck, frozen in place by an unseen force.

His body trembled.

The frost covering him began to flake away, turning to ash. The runes carved into his flesh, which aid the quick circulation of Ice energy, flickered violently, struggling to maintain their function.

“What—” Xar’kul’s voice filled the Arena. It wasn’t cold, just sheer panic, considering his biggest boon had just been countered.

The void he intended to use was countered using two deadly flame elements and the sheer brain power of the Hivemind.

Klaus raised his bow again.

This time, all four flames moved together.

The Chaotic Nirvana Flame surged upward, the Soul Fury Flame coiled tightly around the arrow, the Void Incineration Flame compressed space along its path, and the Primordial Desolation Flame erased resistance itself.

Klaus drew the string fully.

“I would like this to continue, I really do. However, I have another appointment, so try to die for me, would you?” Klaus grinned, and he fired the God Killer Arrow, augmented by the power of four forbidden flame elements.

The arrow left the string without a sound.

The Void Desolution Flame had erased all sound, just like how Xar’kul used the coldness of his Absolute Ice to erase sound a few minutes ago.

For a fraction of a second, nothing happened.

Then reality screamed.

The God Killer Arrow vanished the instant it was released, erased from sight as space collapsed along its trajectory. Inside the VIP booth, Varkos stood up from his chair. A panicked look appeared on his face.

“Raise the shields to the maximum,” He immediately commanded.

Somewhere in the Dark Universe Channel, inside the sleek S-class spaceship Klaus got from the 9 Paragon star guards, Niva held her jaw open, staring at the projection of the battle happening in Yahmir city.

Of course, Icon made sure she saw who had taken on her mission.

As for Maud, she remained calm in a chair, staring at the same screen Niva was watching the Battle on.

There was no flash, no roar—only a sudden absence, as if the world itself had forgotten something vital.

Xar’kul’s instincts howled. He sensed it. He saw it. And he felt it. His life was coming to an end. Subconsciously, he knew there was nothing he could do.

But even so, he tried to move.

However, he couldn’t. He just couldn’t understand the suppression of the deadly arrow headed his way.

The unstable void around him shattered completely, severing his connection to it like a limb ripped from his body.

His understanding of the void is only [High], so when the connection was severed, it felt like a big part of his combat power had been sealed.

His Absolute Ice surged reflexively, frost exploding outward in a desperate attempt to defend him, but it was already too late.

Under the combined assault of four forbidden flames, each at the Absolute stage, all resistance was futile.

Perhaps, if he had Ultimate Ice, then perhaps he would have defended against the four deadly flames. Even so, with the power of four forbidden flames that ones erase gods, he stood no chance.

The arrow reappeared an inch from his chest.

The Chaotic Nirvana Flame detonated first.

It didn’t explode outward as it should. It instead folded inward, crushing everything toward a single point. Xar’kul’s ice defenses buckled instantly, compressed into nothingness as if they had never existed.

Klaus had yet to awaken the best part of the Chaotic Nirvana Flame. However, once he awakens the chaotic essence of that flame, then perhaps with just that flame, he can detonate entire planets.

However, this explosion is limited to only shattering Xar’kul’s defense.

The Soul Fury Flame followed.

It screamed like it was being tortured.

However, the sound produced wasn’t an ordinary sound, but a presence—countless wailing souls tearing into Xar’kul’s core.

Klaus had only recently discovered this aspect of the Soul Fury flame. When it kills, it traps the resentful souls. Those souls are then subjected to soul torture every passing second, causing them to never stop screaming.

The more they scream, the stronger the Soul Fury flame becomes.

Xar’kul’s mind fractured under the assault. Even Klaus, with his 450 minds, would have felt the anguish of the thousands of resentful souls. The pain is just too much for a Real Immortal.

Every memory, every scrap of will, every shred of identity was dragged, screaming, into the flame. Xar’kul’s roar never left his throat. It was strangled before it could become sound.

That was just a show of how barbaric the Soul Fury Flame is. It even deprived him of the power to make a sound.

The Void Incineration Flame ignited next.

Space around the arrow imploded, collapsing inward with deadly precision. Xar’kul’s body was torn apart at the molecular level, flesh and bone unraveling as if the void had turned into a shredder.

And finally, the Primordial Desolation Flame arrived.

There was no resistance on Xar’kul’s part.

No regeneration.

No survival.

It erased everything.