The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

<Your second opponent is the Four Tail Ice Scorpion Demon Queen. It's the 9th strongest hell general and your second challenger. Now, I will display the details of your opponent to get an idea of who you will be facing.>

<Four Tail Ice Scorpion Demon Queen>

-> Queen of Ice and Carnage

-> Rank: Tier 10 (Ascendent - LVL 1 )

-> Threat Level: S (Low)

-> Dance of Eternal Ice Mage

-- They call her Ember, the Eternal Ice Queen, for her chilling personality and her unmatched command over the ice element.

-- She is a mage wielding an array of ice spells capable of plunging entire battlefields into a frozen wasteland. The ice she commands is no ordinary element; it defies nature and reason.

-- Ember belongs to a rare species of Scorpions with four tails, each imbued with a distinct power. The first tail holds Chaos, the second Anarchy, the third Helplessness, and the last Death.

-- Since even Ember herself does not know the true name of her ice, others crafted a title inspired by these four aspects: The Ice Queen of Anarchy.

-- Survivors of her wrath, few and far between, speak of her as a merciless killer devoid of sympathy for any soul. Yet, they all agree that escaping is impossible when she unleashes her four aspects.

-- Her Law of Self is called the [Eternal Dance of Ice and Death]. Within her domain, no other elements function. Furthermore, any wielder of the ice element stepping into her realm suffers a crippling 70% debuff.
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-- Despite her immense power, she ranks only eighth among her peers, not for lack of strength but because she is too lazy to seek more territories to conquer.

<Eternal Dance of Ice and Death>

-- A domain of ice that covers a 100-meter radius. Nothing can escape its grip.

-> Inside this domain, all Stats are halved.

-> All other elements aside from Ice are disabled.

-> You will receive a debuff of 70% if you wield an Ice element.

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"This is clearly a cheat. How can one have the mental capacity to visualize and create such a powerful law of self?"

Klaus scratched his head as he read the message.

The feeling of dread was creeping toward him slowly. The debuffs were just too much for him. He was just a Saint, and from the look of things, he wouldn't survive even a minute inside this domain.

"Imagine I died just because a god chose to give me a debuff before fighting me. Clearly a cheat, and I won't buy this."

Klaus lay down, coating the ground with ice as he began to strategize.

His ice element had yet to awaken, yet this meant that no matter how domineering his power was, he would be done for the moment he faced that debuff.

In fact, aside from having his stats halved, he would also get an instant debuff of 70%. That was just stretching it too thin.

"But then again, to kill her, I have to do that without stepping inside the 100 meters of her. That can only be the way for me."

Klaus began forming a plan gradually. The process he was coming up with involved his Spirit Master class and illusion...

Since he wouldn't be stepping into the domain, he could use his brain to control the swords and other spirit weapons to do the work.

"Damn it. I wanted to go big with these sabers, but alas, I have to save them for the next guy," Klaus muttered as he closed his eyes and began to wait for the plan to bloom.

Two hours later, a smile appeared on his face.

He sat down and retrieved a 2-meter-long arrow made from a very strong metal. Madam Fei had become something of his private shopper.

Before coming to the academy, he made her buy some weapons for him. Among them were 210 arrows made of very strong metals, each selling for 100,000 gold coins.

It wasn't easy to procure Madam Fei more than she appeared to be, so since she confided in Klaus, he allowed her access to 20% of his wealth.

Her job is to use his money to procure rare weapons for him. Klaus is a weapons expert, so every weapon attracts him.

He started using a technique similar to the Hellfire Arrow Tempering skill he had given Kay. This one was different and much more complex.

It is the God-Killing Arrow Runic Tempering Art. Essentially, this technique allows him to temper an arrow capable of killing a god by imbuing it with runes.

The technique has two forms: Manual and Energy.

The manual form involves him inscribing the runes into the arrows by hand. This means he has to be an expert at rune inscription.

However, since he wasn't much of an expert in that field due to his lack of knowledge, he could only resort to the Energy form, which draws on his energy and converts it into runes.

The more energy he has, the more runes he can imbue into the arrow.

And Klaus wasn't holding back. He planned to create two arrows, each requiring a Sage core.

This could only mean one thing: if he indeed managed to drive one of these arrows through the Ice Queen's body, she would surely die.

And he was creating two.

As the saying goes, if you want to kill them, be sure to kill them properly, or else they will come back to haunt you.

After three hours, the arrows were complete, and an Ascendant killing weapon had been created. All that he needed to do now was wait until Hanna stopped using the bow.

Luckily for him, it took just five hours before he felt his connection form with the bow.

Since it belonged to Hanna, it always stayed in her soul sea. But knowing Klaus would need it since he had already told her before leaving, she only used it for ten hours every two days.

"All I need is a good shot, and this lady will be dead before she knows it," Klaus smiled.

"Killing an Ascendant sure is very difficult. I must do better and dominate that realm before leaving." Klaus felt his blood boil as he slipped into an identical armor to the one he had destroyed.

Nadia made sure her boyfriend had dozens of armors.

What a good girlfriend she is.

Klaus took an apple and began devouring it as he waited for 6 p.m. to arrive. That was when he planned to put his attack into motion.

He had already planned everything with backup plans, so he was waiting for the time to carry out his task.

Since he was going against dire odds, he could only prepare and not get complacent because he had already killed an Ascendant.

This was a new battle, and he must bring his A-game.

"Alright, I am ready to kill," Klaus muttered, and before he knew it, he was transported away.

A few seconds after she left, the Demon Bead appeared and hovered above the dead Zarok. It emitted a few hums, and then, from within, a red gem with five edges appeared and shone brighter.

A few seconds later, the colossal body of Zarok was sucked into the bead. It hummed and then entered the bead again.

A few seconds later, it vanished back into Klaus's soul sea.