The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Chapter 1020: An Extremely Dangerous Demon Core

When Klaus saw the Nine-headed hydra dragon living armor, his back broke out in a cold sweat, revealing that he had become scared in a way. That was only normal considering it was an armor created by refining a Doom Beast.

However, now standing on the 9th floor of the Pagoda, Klaus’s expression was as pale as a white sheet. It was as if color had been drained from his face.

This time around, he was standing face-to-face with the thing, and just looking at it made his skin crawl and his back break out in a chilling sweat.

”This can’t actually be that thing...right?” Klaus muttered, looking dangerously close at the black, adult head-sized core inside a glass chamber.

There were thousands of restrictions placed on the glass chamber that only Klaus could clear with his palm.

The core inside the chamber was a demon core, but unlike the one Veylor had given him back on Mars, this one was a True Demon Core.

What it meant was that the core inside the chamber contained the domain of the demon it came from, and so much more.

During Klaus’s 4th incarnation as Fruity and 7th incarnation as Magnus, he came across a True Demon before. In both cases, they came at him as enemies, which, in Klaus’s case, was something he never took for granted.

The reason was that a True Demon was one that could not be killed with conventional skills and techniques. Even if it can be accomplished, it wouldn’t be easy.

Using normal sword attacks and other spells would only slow them down, but could not kill them.

This was because they possessed high regenerative abilities that restored their bodies to nearly perfect condition, even if their heads were severed from their bodies.

In fact, it worsened even further as they gradually evolved into higher forms.

However, there was something good about their core.

In all of existence, a True Demon Core could be regarded as one of the highest-valued treasures known to man.

Just absorbing their core would first reward you with a heaven-defying regenerative ability comparable to a True Demon. It would also reward you with the domain they once had before their death and all of their abilities.

Aside from that, it would reward you with the demonic energy that could be regarded as their own weakness, but also their strength.

To kill a True Demon in one shot, the attack must contain True Demonic Energy, which is obtained by absorbing the core.

It had so many advantages that Klaus couldn’t even begin to list them.

”I managed to kill a True Demon in my 7th incarnation after overwhelming it to the point it didn’t have any energy to heal. It took me seven good days of continuous attacks.

However, after I managed to kill him, I obtained the core, and that was what shaped my foundation for the rest of my existence as the Paragon of War.” Klaus smiled, reminiscing about the bitter days in his 7th incarnation.

After his mom and his wives sacrificed their lives to awaken his True Nature as the Primordial Vampire Monarch, he became a completely different person.

Everywhere he went, death followed.

Even the Paragon Guards were scared of him.

The only people who got close to him were Yuying, who was created out of Klaus’s emotions. She understood him best, so despite Magnus giving in to his anger and raining down his fury on his enemies, Yuying stood by him as a supporting pillar.

The second was Nyxthar, who only managed to get close to Magnus simply because he was a Death Knight, and Magnus, after the awakening, became something similar.

They bonded, and on the day Magnus absorbed the True Demon Core, he also received some benefits.

”Fruity failed to kill the True Demon, and he even had to retreat, for that bastard was dangerous. Even so, just devouring the body parts he severed in their 3-day battle allowed Fruity to grow by leaps and bounds.”

Klaus walked around the core for a few minutes before stopping, ”I can’t tell the grade of this core, but I believe it is not lower than an Early Immortal Stage Core.”

The light in Klaus’s eyes shone brighter, unsure how to handle this discovery. He immediately retrieved Lady Eleven’s book and flipped to the 10th page without even minding the other items around.

”This is a True Demon Core that came from a True Immortal. It encompasses so much that you can hardly wrap your mind around it. However, it also has some dangers.

If you were to absorb it, it would overload your body with Demon energy that, at your current stage, you would become possessed by the resentful spirit hidden inside this core.

However, if you manage to overcome it, then your cultivation base from now till you reach the Immortal stage will be handled.

That said, there are other things you need here. The most important ones of them are the Ten Stones inside the green jade bowl.” Klaus paused and looked at the jade bowl.

There were indeed ten stones inside it. He turned back to the book...

”They are purified time stones. Each of the stones can grant you one year’s worth of time in a day. This means if you use all ten, you’ll have ten years in ten days.

As to how to use the time stones, make the pagoda yours, and you will find out. Until then, good luck, Paragon, and may fortune smile on you.”

Klaus flipped to the next page, but it was blank. He only sighed and then put it away.

”Senior, what do you think?” Klaus asked the next expert, and as expected, the senior had the words he was looking for.

[The current you indeed don’t have the means to absorb this core. It will overload your body with so much that even with nine cores, you wouldn’t be able to handle it.

However, you have something that not even this Lady Eleven could have predicted. You have nine soul bodies.

Although they aren’t much at the moment, with their help, you will be able to absorb at least 3% of the energy from this True Demon Core, which I believe would be enough to take you to the Chaos stage.]

”Good news then. However, I must first make this pagoda mine.”

[Just drop your blood at the center of the 9th floor. That will take care of it.]

Klaus did as he was told, and like magic, he became the owner of the pagoda.

[It will take some time for you to absorb that much energy, so prepare. Thankfully, you have time stones that will give you ten years when, in fact, only ten days would pass.

Use the time difference to absorb the energy. Most importantly, preparing for this development is outside the heavens’ expectations, so they wouldn’t allow you to break through to the Chaos stage easily.]

”I will, senior. I will be heading to Mars soon to take care of that. In ten days’ time, I will become a Chaos stage warrior, and there is nothing the heavens can do to stop that from happening.”

Klaus stood up and began inspecting the remaining items. An hour later, he stored the pagoda inside his soul sea and went to find Jane.

”Big brother, it seems none of these immortals want to take me in as their disciple. Even just one combat technique would be great,” Jane said with a dispirited expression after failing to form a connection with the 17th statue.

Klaus smiled weakly and brushed her hair with his hand, ”Don’t worry. I will get you a good combat technique. For now, I need you to send me to Mars.”

Some time later, Klaus and Jane appeared in space, and before long, they were on Mars.