There are some people that the heavens just can’t handle. These people are the paragons. From the beginning of the universe, nine of such people appeared, each making them bleed in more than one place.
They tried everything in their power and within the rules, and even outside the rules sometimes, to bring an end to their existence. However, no matter how hard they tried, nothing seemed to work.
They could only try every time they had the chance and hope they succeed.
Unfortunately for them, the nine paragons they tried to kill were actually one person with many lives. And this person had learned and perfected thousands of ways to piss the heavens off so he could get what he wanted.
Now, this person, who has used nine lives to perfect his final life, has already started making them bleed even more
Klaus just sat there with the tribulation portal open, devouring the spears. Not a single spear came close to striking him since every last one of them was being swallowed whole by the portal.
Klaus remained there, watching them.
On the ground, Queen Lunara narrowed her eyes at this, wondering about many things.
“Master never ceases to amaze.” Veylor, however, was smiling, watching as Klaus supported his chin with his right hand and watched the clouds with a mocking gaze.
Queen Lunara turned to him and asked, “You make it sound like this is normal. I mean, even I couldn’t handle this spear easily. Shouldn’t you be scared of him?”
“It’s master. Everything about him is scary. But why should I be scared of him? If this small thing makes you scared of him, wait until his next tribulation or the one after that.”
Veylor, who has his memories from his life before he was put to sleep by Klaus, said, smiling at the queen. He didn’t know what Klaus had said to the queen, so he wasn’t about to run his mouth.
But as someone who has witnessed Klaus’s life from millions of years ago, he knew this was just the beginning of a tribulation worthy of shattering worlds and star fields.
“Just what kind of monster is he?” she muttered.
“If you stick close to him, you will find out. Trust me, he is more interesting when you get to know him.”
An hour went by quickly, but the spears never ceased raining down. They were now much sharper, thicker, and longer than when they initially started.
The speed at which they were coming had also increased; however, inside the tribulation prison, the moment the spears entered the portal, they lost all forms of strength and speed.
Inside the tribulation prison, Klaus had supreme control over everything. So, despite the spears shooting at him with deadly precision, he remained calm and took on everything.
Inside his soul sea, Klaus stood there, watching the formation of the Transcendent core with close attention. For some reason, he felt like watching this would go a long way.
Meanwhile, on the outside, the heavens continued to roar in anger as more spears rained down.
[Brat, the first core is almost formed. You need to absorb the runes through your body to create the next soul egg. The ones entering the prison can only be used for the core.]
Klaus nodded and then waved his hand, causing the portal to shrink, giving way for half the spears to shoot at him. Naturally, the heavens wouldn’t miss that.
However, before the first spear could get within the 3-meter radius of him, the lightning source diagram appeared and expanded, creating something akin to a lightning portal.
The spear entered and came out as Tribulation runes on the other side.
They flowed into Klaus’s body, making him smile. The heavens, who saw this, became even more enraged.
The item Klaus was using now was something he had stolen from them. However, they were the first to steal it from him many years ago, so it wasn’t like he didn’t have the right to steal back what was rightfully his.
The heavens roared, and then, from the spell circle, even longer, thicker, and sharper spears started raining down on him.
They are also full of richer tribulation runes, so Klaus wasn’t having a bad deal. If he were to have only one core, he wouldn’t have made such a reckless decision by unleashing two of his most powerful abilities.
However, he has nine cores, each bigger than the average cultivator and filled with the strongest form of energy in the universe.
So, unless he chooses to, the Portal and the lightning source diagram will remain active for as long as he wants.
The spears keep getting more deadly as they come.
However, regardless of how deadly they were, Klaus had more star qi to spare, so they couldn’t overpower him.
Suddenly, a wave of energy burst out of Klaus’s body.
‘Finally,’ a small thug curled on his lips as he felt his body grow even stronger.
His first core had become a Transcendent core, meaning Klaus was now an eight sovereign and one transcendent in a single body.
The moment the core formed, the runes he was absorbing through his body started forming the next Soul egg.
Klaus wasted no time as he poured his energy into the Lightning source diagram, and he didn’t stop for another hour.
Three hours later, the second soul egg formed, and the core started forming also.
“Relax, you bastards. Can’t you see I need the runes for something important?” Klaus cursed at the heavens, looking angry at them.
It’s not that his anger wasn’t warranted. They kept roaring at him as if telling him they were sorry and that he should enter the fourth level.
However, they set the rules, and per the rules, Klaus could stay inside the third level of the tribulation for as long as he wanted.
The only thing the heavens could do was keep increasing the difficulty of the tribulation as the hours passed. As such, 5 hours later, the spears now took the forms of beasts like serpents, hawks, eagles, and much more.
But despite all this, Klaus could only smile and absorb it all. Six hours later, the second core also formed, but Mars started to shake at this point, showing how angry the heavens had become.
[Brat, that is red lightning. It’s not divine punishment lightning, but contains traces of divine energy. Your tribulation prison won’t be able to hold too much of it since every single one contains divinity.
I advise you to take just a few and move to the next level.]
“Okay, senior. It’s unfortunate, but I will handle it much better next time,” Klaus laughed. For another hour, he continued to take the spears, which were now more like beasts.
Suddenly, the spears turned red, making Klaus stand up. He then unleashed 34 copies of himself using illusion and sent them toward the spell circle.
Of course, the heavens wouldn’t allow him to leave just like that, so they started to attack. However, Klaus was one sneaky bastard who knew just which string of the heavens to pull to get them angrier.
While the 34 clones were under assault from the heavens, the real Klaus unleashed his wings, and before the heavens could lock onto him, he was gone.
ROAR… their fury shook the red planet, causing cracks to start appearing in it.