The two Saint Cores and four Sage Cores were drained of energy. The battle had already been going on for an hour, and Klaus was bleeding all over.

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But hey, he managed to draw blood from the colossal hellhound, which was now giving him the taste of an Ascendant who has a law of self.

Zarok was at 80% of his strength in his humanoid form. However, that was the form everyone feared, for he couldn’t be killed easily in that state.

He was nearly invincible in his humanoid form.

But Klaus had a plan, and it was working. His confidence in that plan was only ten percent. Yes, Klaus never expected that plan to bear fruit, but he knew why he made it—and that reason was for this very moment.

The main plan was for Zarok to take his beast form, putting him at full strength.

Very ironic, considering that just 80% of his power was already this overwhelming. But Klaus actually wanted that, and now he got what he wanted.

He had to sacrifice four Sage Cores and two Saint Cores just to achieve this, and thankfully, he received what he wanted. Now, he had to kill him.

But that’s a big "but"...

Klaus didn’t have a way to kill the 25-meter-tall demon hellhound whose body was still covered in metal armour. It’s not entirely covered now, considering there were some bleeding parts, thanks to Klaus putting in the effort.

An hour passed, and Zarok got a 20% boost, all thanks to Klaus not being able to finish him off.

’I should be able to kill an Ascendant in under ten minutes before learning this world,’ Klaus thought, and then he chose to use one of his trump cards.

"Demon Killing Circle!" Klaus’s Soul energy surged, along with his star qi from two of his three remaining Sage Cores.

"You... What did you do?" Zarok, in his beast form, asked, his voice as deep as a pit.

Klaus unleashed his one and only trump card, and just like that, he took equal control of the law of self that belonged to Zarok.

But he had to sacrifice two more Cores and a large chunk of his soul energy. However, he succeeded. He now had equal control over the Hell Chain Domain, and thus Klaus began his counterattack.

"Bombard him with attacks, buddy!"

The dragon roared and unleashed Dragon Authority, immediately forcing fear into Zarok’s heart. The dragon’s tail lashed, and a 100-meter-wide fire arc cut through the air, striking the back of the hellhound.

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’Time to use my knowledge as a reincarnate to win this battle.’

Klaus chose his techniques and tapped into his last core; he attacked with a technique even he didn’t fully understand.

Thankfully, his Weapons Domain was active, boosting his mastery of the sword.

"Runic Spellblade... Falling into despair." A smile appeared on Klaus’s face. Well, if you looked closer, it wasn’t exactly a smile but more like a twisted form of a smile influenced by a technique.

The smile was twisted, but it was all the technique working.

"I look in the face of danger and laughed..."

A runic circle appeared around his arm, instantly boosting his attack. It was a white, runic circle.

"I look in the face of torment and laughed..."

Another runic circle appeared. This one was red with cute patterns on it. His strength amplified again.

"Cough." Blood seeped from the corner of his lips, making him look sorry, yet the twisted smile on his face made it hard to feel pity for him.

"I looked in the face of Death and laughed..."

A green runic circle appeared, and his strength shot up again. But he coughed up another wave of blood. The spell was taking a toll on his body...

"I look in the face of despair and laughed... Why? Because I am despair."

BOOM

A powerful energy burst out of Klaus’s body, tearing his armour to shreds. Runes danced around his body. The three circles around his arm merged into a golden one.

"Twenty minutes," Klaus said before flying high into the air. What followed was a wave of attacks that wouldn’t pale compared to an army unleashing their attacks simultaneously.

"Eye of Despair: Look into the face of despair."

Klaus was attacking while a green eye appeared in the air. This was from the Eye of Despair of the demon bead, and at that very moment, Klaus was using it.

Dozens of techniques had already been used. Klaus was digging into all the skills and techniques he picked from his past life.

Zarok was struggling now.

This was all thanks to the dragon. It wasn’t giving him a chance to attack Klaus, and so, with twisted laughter, augmented by the power he was using, Klaus continued to bombard the hellhounds with attacks.

Klaus was bleeding and coughing up blood, but for his first battle against an Ascendent, things were going well for him. Well, he had lost an armour, but he was doing well even in his ragged clothes.

"Bind."

Klaus used the chains to bind the legs of the 25-meter hellhound.

He charged at the colossal body with his fist. The golden Rune revolved around his arm as he landed a powerful punch on the metallic body, sending it falling to the side.

"Thanks... cough!... for the boost." It had already been ten minutes, and he had received the boost on top of the 30% he gained when he took authority of the hell chain domain.

It couldn’t be deactivated because they both had to agree, now that they were both owners... well, temporarily owners. Klaus was merely using the demon-killing circle to copy Zarok’s authority of the domain...

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Klaus had enough, and with his last core draining, he had to use his ultimate boost. His strength soared by 230% thanks to the augmentation from his women.

It was 210 at first, but after his breakthrough, it seem to have increased by 20%.

’This is it.’

"Bind!" The chains surged and bound the large body on the ground. The chains were now much thicker, and thankfully, they were able to hold.

Cracks began appearing, but that was not important. What appeared in the air was what truly mattered.

A 6-layer spell circle materialized, and a giant sword about 250 meters long with a pointed tip emerged from the spell circle. Giant runic circles revolved around the blade.

"Back to Despair," Klaus’s face turned white as he raised his sword. "Giant Calamity Sword Descent!"

He pointed his sword down, and like an arrow, the sword shot down, locking onto the giant body on the ground.

The sword went through its body like cutting tofu. A painful roar erupted from Zarok’s mouth, filling the air with the feeling of pain and anguish.

But it didn’t die...yet.

A giant hammer appeared in Klaus’s hands, and he flew up into the air. The sword had managed to pin the bastard to the ground, making it unable to move. But it didn’t kill it, far from it.

Klaus had expected that, so he made his last move, taking a page out of Daniel’s playbook.

"When I kill you, I make sure you die properly."

He flew down at a terrifying speed, raising the hammer overhead.

"Giant Hammer Falling!" A giant projection of the hammer appeared and merged with the hammer in Klaus’s hands.

BOOM!

That was the last thing Zarok heard before he succumbed to the attack from the true form of the Giant Hammer Falling.

Daniel would have loved to see that up close.