Battles to the death are a stark contrast to battles merely aimed at suppressing the opponent.

As Maud said, if the battle between Klaus and Niva was merely to kill her, he would have achieved that much faster, though not as fast as Maud exaggerated.

But then again, his nine soul bodies hadn't even done anything just yet.

However, if Klaus were to employ all his strength in that battle, it would have taken him only 15 minutes instead of 45 minutes.

But since he managed to defeat her before time ran out, that also counted as a big win, and now Klaus could relish his win.

Defeating Niva had pushed him to his limits in the path of the flame. He never expected to even win just with that, but being pushed that far to the brink was enough to show that, facing even a medium-level Real Immortal, he would have to put in some work.

'I would have to pick fights with loads of Real Immortals even when I become an Early Immortal and see if I can defeat them without using even half of my core/strength.'

Klaus smiled weakly, knowing that if his thoughts were heard, everyone would love to slice and dice him. Considering experimenting with immortals is too much to imagine.

[Master, your next opponent is also a medium-level Real Immortal. He had a smooth run, so he is still energetic.]

'That is not a problem. I still have three saturated cores to burn while the rest slowly restore themselves.'

Klaus closed his eyes for the countdown to the semi-finals.

Maud and Niva had taken the lead to Planet Korvel-3. Once he is done with the Blood Tournament and acquires the item he came for, he will merely teleport to them.

Hopefully, by then, they would be much closer to the planet on which his epic mission is set.

After 15 minutes, which is exactly 19 hours since the Blood Tournament started, Klaus and his next opponent, a swordsman who uses lightning, faced off.

Before the battle even began, his opponent, Ildrr, of course, saw the battle to be an easy win, considering what he heard about Klaus's chaotic battle with Niva.

Such a battle would, without a doubt, have drained him, so this is going to be a cool win for him.

He wanted to use mind games to win.

"You have already proven yourself to us all. However, since this is a battle you cannot walk out of, why don't you give up and hand your head over for a painless death?"

He grinned, feeling like he already had this in the bag.

Klaus looked at him for a few moments before a smile appeared on his face... He then gave Ildrr a reply that caused many to raise their brows.

"Would you believe me if I told you I only use 40% of my true strength in my battles... Well, I used 55% on Niva." Ildrr's expression turned solemn.

Klaus merely widened his smile, and then he lifted his left hand and gave him the middle finger.

"I have seen 86% of your battle style, and based on that, I was able to calculate that if I use 70% of my power, there are 890 outcomes in which I can kill you in less than 5 minutes using less than 10 moves.

And if I use 80% of my power, then the outcome now becomes 971.

What then if I use 100% of my abilities?" Klaus summoned the Flame Eater Bow and retrieved five golden metallic arrows. He let the five arrows hover in the air beside him.

"I don't have your complete data, but even with that, there is a 200% chance that I can kill you with less than 5 shots."

At this point, Ildrr was already fuming like a tiger. "I have changed my mind. Regardless of your decision, I will kill you slowly and painfully," Ildrr said, tapping into his anger.

Klaus's words had angered him enough to fume... something Klaus was aiming for,

When it comes to mind games, there is nobody better than Klaus.

He smiled and shook his head, casting a pitiful look at Ildrr... "Don't worry, I will make it quick and painless." He paused and scratched his head. "Maybe painfully, depending on how well you defend against my first arrow."

Klaus chuckled and walked back... Then, when he was far away enough, he gave Ildrr one more pitiful look before taunting him further... "They are Soul Arrows, so prepare to scream."

Just as he said that, the robot appeared and turned red. Klaus also ignited his bow and arrows with pure white flames, tapping into the overwhelming might of Absolute Soul Fury Flame.

Ildrr felt his back break out in cold sweat, feeling a soul-hurting sensation come from his spine.

The robot turned blue, and above Klaus's head, a large bone skull made of white flames appeared, giving Klaus a terrible and insidious look.

He winked at Ildrr, making the poor guy tremble. Klaus further wove a complex illusion into the skull, so when Ildrr locked gazes with the hollow and abyssal sockets of the skull, his mind started to lose focus.

'What an idiot,' Klaus smiled inwardly, watching Ildrr lose the battle before it even began. The terror in his eyes was all the signs showing that he had given up.

Just then, the robot turned green, causing Klaus to unleash an arrow...

One of the white flaming arrows flashed out immediately, closing in on Ildrr. He reacted by crossing his sword over his chest and manifesting a defense woven from sword aura.

However, when the arrow landed on it and exploded... a painful scream escaped Ildrr's mouth, causing the audience to feel their backs break out in sweat.

"AAAAaarrrrrggghHHHH"

"Painfully it is."

The second arrow followed in an instant, causing blood to spray into the air. This blood came from Ildrr's mouth. However, the pain came from his soul.

Klaus was using the Soul Fury Flame to augment both the bow and the arrows that he had forged using the God Killer Art. All five arrows he retrieved had been nurtured inside his soul sea by Efad, the 9th Soul Body.

In fact, this is Klaus finally showing his true colors...even if it is draining.

So while Ildrr had mounted a great defense, the power of the God Killer Arrow, augmented by the insidious nature of the Absolute form of the Soul Fury Flame and the devastating might of the flame laws, had not only rendered his defense useless, but it also caused the soul attack to strike where it hurt the most—his soul.

The moment the second arrow struck, Klaus let a smirk form on his lips...

"The Climax."

And that is how putting all his focus and power into a death match allowed him to kill a Real Immortal in less than a minute.

The entire arena was completely silent... everyone was left staring at Klaus.

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