[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress":3,"chapter-evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-178":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Evolution: From Little Devil to Devil Empress",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1079848,1395,"Chapter 178: Hero [13] - Infernal Army","evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-178",178,"\u003Cp>Only a few minutes later, Liora stood before the corpse of a wolf-shaped beast, whose aura was equivalent to a True Knight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tiny hole existed in the center of its forehead, signaling that it had died through a simple and clean strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s see what will happen if it were to devour this beast...\", Liora whispered as she took a glass vial out of the Space Orb and held it in her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After carefully opening its cap, she turned it over and let the black blood within it flow out and drip onto the corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the Chimera’s blood touched the wolf beast, an intense reaction occurred, like fire meeting water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless mouths took form on the blood’s surface, and they opened wide before biting down on the beast’s cold flesh, devouring it bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood was only a few drops at the start, and considering the beast’s large size, its devouring was quite slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as it swallowed more and more of the corpse, the Chimera’s blood began multiplying at a terrifying rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five drops, ten drops, twenty drops, fifty drops...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, more than one hundred drops of black, squirming blood floated over the place where the corpse originally lay. With the many wide mouths on their surface, these droplets created a grotesque scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a price to their increase in volume, the wolf’s corpse had vanished completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the drops of blood that were gathered together, Liora’s consciousness expanded, and she probed into it, examining it closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, she noticed that the blood had not only increased in quantity, but also in quality. It sounded strange, but it was obvious that it had become stronger and purer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the newborn consciousness inside it had grown stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it originally possessed no intelligence and only acted according to instincts, then it now possessed the intelligence of a very young child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evidence of that was that when it finished devouring the corpse, the blood immediately moved on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a swoosh, it shot through the air and attempted to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately for it, before it could go very far, Liora took action and stopped it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her hand upwards and cast Soul Annihilation, pulling the newborn consciousness into Nothingness and stunning it in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, she used her demonic energy to wrap it up and put it back into the vial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she placed the cap back, a crimson Devil Rune flashed on its glass surface, and the struggle of the Chimera’s blood ceased abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed as if the vial had become its prison, restricting its movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Liora placed the vial back in the Space Orb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze landed on the place where the corpse originally lay and saw that a crater had appeared on the earth below, its surface covered in corrosion marks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After observing it for a few more seconds, she quietly slipped away from this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew very well that staying in the Ancient Beast Wilderness for a long time was dangerous. Now that she had completed her goal, there was no longer a need to stay there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>--\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The journey back to Hope City was uneventful. Liora seldom met any beasts, and the ones that she did meet were not worthy of her taking action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, it didn’t take her long to return to the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she saw the familiar stone walls on the horizon, though, she immediately noticed something strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she had yet to enter Hope City, she could see that the atmosphere in the city had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the humans had won the war and the beasts had been forced to withdraw, the atmosphere of the city had become almost festive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the soldiers had relaxed, evidenced by their carefree and happy smiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, Liora could only sense tension and gloom emanating from the city before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was frozen while clear murderous intent filled its interior, as if time had turned back to the battle with the beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Curious, Liora couldn’t help but speed up her pace. She quickly entered the city and followed the source of all these changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not surprisingly, this led her to arrive at the large manor located at the city’s center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being the residence of Duchess Lobelia, most soldiers usually stayed away from it, making it like a forbidden place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now, the manor was filled with people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Part of them were soldiers of the city who were staring intently at the street before them, while the other part was a newly arrived army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wearing crimson armors engraved with a fire pattern and exuding fighting intent and a murderous aura, they stood out among the common soldiers and the personal armies of the nobles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weakest members of this newly army arrived were Knight Apprentices, while True Knights were extremely common.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Great Knights were somewhat rare, but more than a dozen could be found in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, this was an elite army. If these people were to attack Hope City, the city would not last for long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Liora’s eyes didn’t stay on these soldiers for long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After she cast a glance at them and sized them up, her focus shifted to the front of the army, where a rough, muscular man was conversing with Duchess Lobelia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that the two talked as equals, coupled with the powerful aura that he exuded, made his identity apparent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the Commander of the Infernal Army, a famous general throughout the Iron Armor Empire, and a person extremely close to becoming King of Knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t expect that Your Excellency would arrive so soon. I only got the news of your departure from the capital not long ago.\", the Duchess’s voice reached Liora’s ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From afar, Liora saw that the Commander chuckled before replying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha. What else can I do? These are the orders of His Majesty. As a subordinate, I can only rush to complete his orders.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, Duchess Lobelia, do you know...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1009,"2026-06-03T10:39:03.947Z",1,"novelbin.me","62251d3504c145d41e7450075acff1e905da26303ec20c2eafb6c15a2d61f8c8","evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-179","evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-177",482,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fevolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-cover.jpg"]