The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

"Almost there," Klaus muttered as he hurriedly absorbed the monster cores. It had already been 14 hours since he entered the dungeon, and soon, he would begin his journey through hell.

Boom

Suddenly, Klaus felt a surge of power within him after absorbing the 600th monster core. Finally, all nine cores had formed, signalling that he could break through and become a Saint.

In his case, he would become Nine Saints in one body.

He quickly prepared to bathe in lightning; however, just as he was coming to terms with the battle about to occur—despite knowing the heavens couldn't interfere—golden clouds began to form.

Then, From within the golden clouds, torrents of Tribulation runes started pouring out.

Buzz

The lightning source diagram appeared and began absorbing the torrents of Tribulation runes. Klaus was left speechless as he felt his cores begin to expand.

He quickly wiped the shock from his eyes and chose to break through first before asking any questions. Retrieving loads of Mountain Dew and Qi Sea Expansion Elixirs, he immediately started absorbing them.

The cores began expanding.

At first, each had a diameter of 10 kilometres, but as more and more Tribulation runes were absorbed, they began to grow even larger.

The first core expanded to a whopping 25 kilometres before it finally stopped. Its size alone was enough to make him one of the most powerful Saints in the world.

In one of the Spirit Master class lectures, Klaus learned about the significance of core sizes. In fact, he knew that his 10-kilometre cores before breaking through were already more than enough to place him among the top-tier Saints.

A cultivator's core determines the kind of monster they could become. The bigger the core, the more powerful they were.

And he had nine massive ones. That was insane.

But that wasn't what shocked him.

When Klaus sent his consciousness into his soul sea, he discovered the cores were undergoing yet another transformation beyond their expansion.

The first change he noticed was a literal sea appearing within them, surrounded by shimmering rings. It was a mesmerizing sight.

Something that could hold one's gaze all day.

The sight made him wonder what kind of changes would occur when he became a Sage. But for now, he had to set those thoughts aside. His priority was first to become a Saint.

Ten minutes passed, and the runes continued pouring in. Klaus sat calmly, absorbing the Mountain Dew and Qi Sea Expansion Elixirs he had brought with him.

His ladies had insisted he prepare thoroughly, as they cared deeply about his well-being—and his star juice, which was making them much stronger.

They were obsessed with it. Thankfully, they were all powerful warriors, so he didn't have to worry too much about their safety.

An hour later, the last core finished expanding.

Klaus expected the tribulation to end, but he was shocked when he realized his first Star Core had started forming into a Sage Core. Experience new stories on My Virtual Library Empire

Forty minutes later, the first Sage Core was formed, and Klaus immediately felt his body overflowing with powerful energies. The first two doors in his soul sea opened wide, and star energy surged from within, filling his soul sea.

The Dragon and the Demon Bead began absorbing some of the energy. In fact, they were only taking in a small portion of the energy pouring in.

The remaining energies were all going into his cores.

Five Sage Cores had formed three hours later, and Klaus was still under the effects of the Tribulation Runes.

The cores continued forming, and seven hours after the tribulation began, it finally ended with Klaus forming seven out of nine Sage Cores.

"This is madness," He muttered, flexing his arm as he felt the power filling it. It was so dense that he felt he could easily cleave through a mountain with just a punch.

"I have become very strong." He quickly accesses his status page to look at the changes. He is feeling very powerful at the moment.

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Name: Klaus Hanson

Age: 17

Talent: Celestial Elemental Overlord | Overlord Poison Master

Class: Weapons Overlord | Poison Illusionist Overlord

Bloodline: Dormant

Physique: Nine Reincarnation Divine Body

Realm: Saint

Star Core Formation: 7/9

Strength: 7,300

Agility: 8,370

Stamina: 8,340

Defence: 7,600

Intelligence: 8,100

Health: 22,000

Star Qi: 2,900,000,000

Stat Points: 17,600

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"Damn, with these stats and points, I will have a shot then. For now, I will only add 2000 points to Strength, Agility, Defense, and Stamina."

Klaus quickly added 2000 points to these four stats. That will give him some urge over his opponents, considering this stat is for someone nearing the great sage stage.

Plus, he still has 9,600 points remaining; he can add them accordingly when the situation calls for it. The only downside is he still hasn't become a Sage like he expected a few minutes before the 7th core formed and he opened his eyes.

Klaus didn't immediately check the skills he had received. Instead, he dived into his soul sea to check the changes that had occurred.

He expected great changes to occur, but now that he was looking at it, he could only smile and move to the key areas he needed to be at.

He checked in the Dragon and could tell it had become very powerful again. He used the info skill he had to check its stats, but as expected, only a few details appeared.

But even so, he can tell the dragon has become a menace that can rival a transcendent.

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< Name: Chaotic Nirvana Flame Dragon >

- The Legendary Nine-Headed Forbidden Fire Dragon

- Threat Level: SS (High)

- Grade: Tier 7

-- A fire dragon born from the fusion of Nine Forbidden Flame elements. Each Element has its own aspects, abilities and properties.

-- Each element will have its own personality when the Fire Element reaches the Third Stage. Also, each element will have its own body if you want.

-- The stronger you grow, the stronger they become.

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Klaus wasn't interested in knowing more; he only knew and felt that the dragon, now with one fully awakened flame element, would go a long way on this trial.

Since he couldn't use summons and external items, he resolved to use his own element as a summon to level the playing field.

He moved to check the [Seal of Slaughter] and [Seal of Poisons and Illusion]. Each showed no major changes aside from faintly emitting slaughter illusions and poison energies.

Next, he examined the Demon Bead (Pentaface Bead). He didn't expect any changes like the seals, but upon placing his hand on it, he discovered the fourth face had unlocked, making it 4/5.

The skill he received was an AOE attack with devastating effects that could immediately plunge a battlefield into chaos. Its name says it all:

[Chaos Reverie].

It had three forms, each a menace to any battlefield it would be used on. Klaus didn't want to jinx it, but he hoped for a large-scale battle soon just to test his new skills.

With the four faces unlocked—Face of Harrows, Face of Despair, Face of Starvation, and now Face of Anarchy—he was left with just the Face of Discord to unlock.

Only then could he finally open the Demon Bead and uncover what made it one of the Ancient Forbidden Relics.