The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Chapter 1495: Jade Ant Queen’s Rebirth (8)

Elemental Fusion has two forms.

The first is the basic elemental fusion, where a warrior with double affinity—ice and fire—can fuse the two to form a new type of element.

This method is widely known, and many can do it, provided their understanding of the elements involved is deep enough.

The second is Law Elemental Fusion. This method, like its name, requires one to have some knowledge of elemental law, something that many struggle with.

Every element has its own laws governing it. By understanding this law, one can easily bend the element in however forms they want. However, understanding it is much more complex than one might think.

In fact, the idea of merging two elements to form a new one, with the law as the focus, isn’t something that can easily be achieved. So one can only imagine the shock these people felt when they saw that Klaus had fused elements.

Unfortunately for them, even Klaus isn’t at the point where he can fuse two or more elements using the Law.

What he did, however, involved his seven forbidden ice elements.

When the beam came, Klaus hesitated for a moment since he was torn between taking out a treasure to defend himself or using one of his trump cards to do that.

That slight hesitation nearly cost him his life.

Thankfully, the danger of the moment drew much of the attention away from his ice, since they all thought he was dead. That allowed him to layer all seven forbidden ice elements to form a statue-type armor.

So while people saw the statue’s multicolored nature as elemental fusion, it was actually him simply using his ice elements simultaneously.

"This Renegade Hunter might just be the only person that can contend against the Paragon in the future," someone said, his admiration for Klaus deepening.

"I think so too. While we haven’t yet seen the Paragon in action, I believe the Renegade Hunter is no simple person either. I would pay to watch him battle the Paragon one of these days."

"Me too."

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In a span of five minutes, Klaus had killed three more assassins, reducing their number to only four. Their bodies were collected by him.

In the air, his scythe (Bloodwork) was nearing its first awakening stage. Once that happened, his combat power would rise by many levels, giving him some form of advantage over what was coming.

Already, he calculated that the Jade Ant Queen would be hatching in less than an hour, so he wanted to finish everything fast enough so he would be prepared.

He still believed there were hidden dragons lying in wait for that moment, so he could not slack off and think that by killing these assassins, he would be the one to claim the reward.

"AAAHHHHHH!"

Just when Klaus started to think, a sudden loud scream came from the sky. Klaus blocked a dagger aimed at his thigh and kicked the assassin away before turning to see who screamed.

There, lying in a pool of blood in the distance, True God Eric coughed a few times, each time blood spilling from his mouth, nose, and ears.

"Oh damn," Klaus muttered, his gaze turning toward the figure hovering in the sky.

Lady Beyhos stood calm, her sword shining in the dull light. Drops of blood fell down its length, her expression cold as she looked down at the god now bathed in his own blood.

Paying close attention, Klaus saw no cuts on her body. In fact, her armor was squeaky clean to the point she didn’t even appear like she had been locked in combat with someone of the same rank as her.

"Weak. You are not my match, so surrender and save yourself the pain. I might just choose to make you a slave," Lady Beyhos said, her sword pointed at the fallen god.

His expression hardened, though the fear in his eyes showed he was terrified of the lady.

"AAARRRHHHHGG!"

True God Eric rose to his feet and released waves of divine qi. His injuries healed, and around him, a green energy mist hung.

"Burning Divine Qi, huh?" A smirk formed on Lady Beyhos’s face. "It would be in your best interest to know that even if I use 50% of my power, you wouldn’t be able to touch a hair on my head. Do you know why?"

"I don’t care."

"I will tell you anyway. It is because I have awakened my True Calamity Bloodline. While I still don’t have full control of it, killing three of you at the same time is within my capabilities."

Just when she said that, her body flickered, and the next second, she was standing behind True God Eric, her left hand poised for a deadly attack.

*SLAP*

A crackling slap sound filled the entire battlefield, causing many, including Klaus, to shield their ears instinctively.

"Damn."

True God Eric was sent flying, his body crashing through several trees and boulders.

Klaus focused his attention on Lady Beyhos. Seeing the smile on her face, he made a mental note to bestow the rank of Beast General on her once his Star Monarch powers fully awakened.

His body blurred, and before an assassin could land an attack, his left hand moved, a dagger appearing in it. He drove it through the poor bastard’s skull, killing him in an instant.

He retreated and then, with a wave of his hand, over 100 weapons appeared in the air and attacked, dividing among the three remaining assassins.

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While this was happening, standing 200 km away from the battlefield was a demigod lady—the same lady who activated the gateway that brought the Qilin Mercenary team to the Jade Nest.

In her humble opinion, when she was told the plan her employer had in mind, she saw it as overkill. Sending five gods and 24 demigods, and 10,000 immortals on top of the assassins sounded like they were overdoing it.

However, now as she gazed at the outcome of the battle, her expression turned pale.

"Just how?" she asked herself, yet no answers came.

Tapping the watch on her left arm triggered a calling mechanism. A few seconds later, a man with short green hair and blue eyes appeared in the projection.

"What?" the man asked in an overbearing tone.

This made the demigod lady tremble slightly. "My Lord, we have a problem."

The man said nothing, waiting for her to speak.

"The teams we have sent into the Nest are losing the battle. I don’t know how or when it happened, but the humans and the beasts formed an offensive team and attacked the mercenaries and the corrupted warriors.

The Renegade Hunter is still alive. He alone has killed over ten assassins. The 7th Jade Princess is also alive. Aside from them, there is an unknown necromancer whose presence seems to have tilted the battle in the Renegade Hunter’s favor."

By the time the lady finished the report, the green-haired man’s expression had turned completely dark. He hung up the call and dialed a different number.

A second later, a masked figure appeared on it.

Judging by the background, it was plain as day that they were inside the Jade Nest.

"So you called..." the masked figure spoke in a mocking tone. Clearly, there was bad blood between them.

The green-haired man gritted his teeth and said:

"Change of plans. Your new mission is to get the Jade Queen and kill only the Renegade Hunter." He paused for a moment, then added, "I will pay the amount you requested. Just get the job done."

"Of course."