The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Klaus teased his mother; however, deep down, he didn't know how to solve her problem. This was the first time she had complained about being lonely. She had never said that before.

"Mother, you can stay with my mom. I know she would love having you around." Just when Klaus was thinking about how to resolve his mother's situation, Lily spoke.

"Good idea, Lily. I will reward you later," Klaus said before turning to his mother. "Mom, what do you think? Want to spend a few weeks with your new best friend?"

"Fine, you guys can go. I will be fine," his mother said with a small smile. Looking at her smile, Klaus knew Grace Felin was in for a ride. Only God could help Lily's mother after she was done with her. Just like Klaus, his mother was also contagious.

They spent two more days in Felin City exploring the area before, on the third day, they left and returned to Ross City. Klaus's male friends had also been busy.

Their newfound fame from topping the rankings in the Union Trial had skyrocketed their popularity, and of course, this fame came with the added bonus—the ladies.

Kilian met up with Scarlet, who had come all the way from Union City just to spend time with him. They were supposed to stay there, but when Klaus received a text about Ohema's return, he dragged them away.

Who knew what might happen if his enemies found out he wasn't there with them? However, to their surprise, the ladies followed them to Ross City.

Mark spent time with the Zhou twins, who seemed obsessed with him. Danny was fortunate to get another brawler—a young lady with a strong physique. As for Daniel, he surprisingly paired up with a rather slim lady, lean enough to raise some eyebrows when seen alongside the sturdy-looking Daniel.

Kay, too, found someone who captured his heart: a fire mage, making the two of them quite the fiery duo. It was a heated few days. Overall, his friends seemed to be doing well, all thanks to Klaus.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say the ladies wanted to be close to Klaus, but since they couldn't have him, the next best choice was his friends...Lol

When they returned, Klaus spent the night with Miriam. The next day, she left with Anna, Lily, and his male friends. They went to a Tier 4 forbidden zone called the Hunting Fields, a zone filled with all types of monsters.

Hanna didn't join them because what she needed right now were lightning cores, so under the cover of night, the twins left with her and headed to a Tier 4 forbidden zone called Lightning Forest.

Klaus, on the other hand, entered seclusion with Ohema, who insisted on watching him cultivate. Perhaps she shouldn't have, as what she saw was baffling.

At first, Klaus simply crushed the cores and absorbed the energy. Now, however, he was both crushing and eating them. It was too shocking, but she had asked for it. Klaus was already halfway to level 10, so it took him only a day to level up.

Two days later, he had reached level 11, but with more cores still available, Klaus didn't stop. Being a good wife, Ohema gave him a towel bath every day. After another four days, he reached the bottleneck to step into level 12.

But he stopped just before he could level up. With only two more Tier 6 cores, he would reach the next level, and then the lightning would descend.

"Are you done already?" Ohema asked, looking at him as if she were watching a monster.

"Yup," Klaus nodded with a smile. Seeing the shocked expression on her face, he couldn't help but chuckle.

'Wait until the Devouring Ice awakens. All of this would have been achieved within seconds.'

"Then are we going now? Where will we be going?" she asked after calming down.

"I've reserved a Tier 2 forbidden zone. It'll be quiet there since the strongest monster is just Tier 5." Klaus stood and walked out of the training room with Ohema.

With Ohema unable to go the extra mile with him, they slept peacefully like a couple. The next day, they left for the forbidden zone. Klaus had now awakened the lightning element, but he needed the tribulation to temper it.

His current lightning was just a bud; he needed to borrow energy from the heavens to make it bloom. Upon arrival, Klaus unleashed his ice flower, freezing a 10km radius solid. Unfortunately for the monsters in the area, they didn't survive, which was an error on Klaus's part.

Killing the monsters earned him the remaining experience points to level up.

[You have leveled up. Current Level: Level 12 Master.]

[Get Ready for your Tribulation. The Lightning descends in 5 Minutes.]

**

"Ohema dear, give me some sugar, and then retreat to a very safe distance—20km should be fine," Klaus said, leaning in for a kiss. "And don't try to enter the tribulation, even if I'm dying."

"Be safe," Ohema replied before running off.

Klaus immediately sat in a lotus posture as dark, looming clouds began to form overhead.

"Brat, are you ready?" the senior asked as Klaus settled down.

"I am, Senior. Please expand the Tribulation Prison. You can use 50% of my soul," Klaus instructed.

"Are you sure?" the senior asked.

"Of course." The senior didn't say much. He went ahead and expanded the Tribulation Prison, giving Klaus all the space he needed to catch as much lightning as he could.

'I just hope this mysterious Lightning Source Diagram lives up to its reputation,' Klaus sighed. He had already gained all he could from Number Three; now, it was up to him to make a move toward claiming something grand.

'After today, Tier 6 and 7 will be small fries. Tier 8 is the next target, Imma dominates that Realm. As for Tier 9, I'll save that for later. I can't let what happened in the Tormented World happen again.

Klaus smiled, remembering the incident when Fruity got his ass kicked by a Tier 9 Rhino Demon.

'Yuying isn't here to save me,' he thought with a sigh. 'I wish you were here, Yuying; this would have been easy.'

As he reminisced, the heavens roared, as if declaring that today would be his last.

Klaus had stolen three things from them: a divine body, something cultivators would kill for; a heavenly constitution, cherished by the heavens; and, if that weren't enough, he had taken something every lightning user would die for, especially those who sought to comprehend the Laws of Lightning and Thunder, the Lightning Source Diagram.

It was safe to say Klaus had taken what even the heavens dared not play with—and now, they were coming for their revenge.

But Klaus, who had only recently begun to understand what it meant to be a paragon thanks to Number Three, knew opportunities wouldn't come to him. He would have to seize—no, steal—every one of them.

Now, he sat there, watching the clouds churn ominously.

***

Far from where Klaus was, Ohema stood, gazing at the clouds with a calm expression.

"What kind of existence are you, Klaus? Even my sister doesn't call down this much wrath from the heavens, despite her special situation."

She sighed, and like a caring wife, her heart began to pound anxiously for the small figure sitting calmly beneath the storming skies.

"Be safe, Klaus. I can't afford to lose you to the heavens."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om