[{"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-19":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},1079739,1395,"Chapter 19: Sacrifice [9] - Descent","evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-19",19,"\u003Cp>When the Soul Devil regained her senses, she discovered that she had been dragged into a vast underground space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shining runes she had personally inscribed and the familiar landscape immediately let her know that she was where the core of the formation was placed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, surprisingly, apart from her, there was one more person here—the owner of the grabbing hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Soul Devil looked at this person and was surprised to find that she recognized her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the Devil who had originally been part of the Horse-Faced Devil’s formation, the one that Eshara, her slave, had killed at the beginning of the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Soul Devil couldn’t understand why this woman was still alive, and most importantly, what she was doing down here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the person responsible for her many doubts—Liora—did not seem ready to spend any amount of time answering them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment after she pulled down the Soul Devil, she lunged at her and wrapped her hands around her like a hug, using the momentum of the launch to throw her toward the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or to be more accurate, toward a specific part of the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At some point, a deep, empty hole had appeared in this place, with a red-orange glow flickering at its depths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Soul Devil could react, both she and Liora were on top of each other, descending into the hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took a few moments for the Soul Devil to recover from the shock, and when she felt herself falling and the hot wind blowing against her face, she instantly understood something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re crazy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her pupils shrank, and she instinctively launched a soul attack at Liora, only to find a thick barrier obstructing her from touching her soul—the Myriad Devils Armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crazy! You’re crazy!\", the Soul Devil yelled and struggled to throw Liora off, but her efforts proved meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did Liora’s hands not budge at all, but she even raised her legs and wrapped them tightly around the Soul Devil’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the panicked Soul Devil lifted her head and reached out with her hands, in an attempt to grab the walls and stop her free fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the rugged walls of the hole were tough to take a hold of, and coupled with the weight of Liora pressing down on her, she failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingers scraped against the rocks, causing her silver nails to snap and blood to flow out freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Soul Devil paid no heed to this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of her attention was on the temperature around her, which was rising at a terrifying rate as the two descended deeper into the hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within moments, the pair had plunged hundreds of meters, yet there was still no end in sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two got deeper, the temperature around them increased even further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the Soul Devil was a Young Devil and possessed a physique many times stronger than that of ordinary humans, she still felt her skin tingling as a result of the heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as time passed, this discomfort became increasingly obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Liora could also feel what the Soul Devil was feeling. After all, the two of them were falling together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just that compared to the Soul Devil, the Myriad Devils Armor’s defenses and its new evolution—which gave her slight immunity to fire damage—allowed her to withstand it better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silent, Liora kept her grip on the Soul Devil, whose struggle was becoming more and more intense as they plunged deeper into the pit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her screams and curses constantly echoed in her ears and were becoming difficult to ignore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Idiot! You’re going to kill us both! Let me go! Let me go!\", the Soul Devil shouted, her always calm and calculating facade shattering now that she found herself in danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, her panic and fear were actually valid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The temperature of the Demon World was already many times higher than that of ordinary planets like Earth, and the temperatures at its depths were even higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, the Soul Devil was withstanding a temperature of thousands of degrees Celsius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her pale, smooth skin was beginning to blister and crack, while faint burnt marks appeared on the edges of her long silver hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the soul-tearing pain coursing through her and staring at Liora, who showed no signs of letting her go, a bloodthirsty, cruel light flashed in the depths of the Soul Devil’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, she leaned forward and opened her mouth, directly biting on Liora’s left shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tearing sound was heard as her sharp teeth tore straight through the flesh, splattering blood all over her beautiful, delicate face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liora’s body shuddered as the pain assaulted her mind, but she gritted her teeth and suppressed the urge to let go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, she didn’t forget to retaliate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingers flexed, and her nails dug deep into the Soul Devil’s back, leaving behind a large number of monster-like scratches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like her, though, the Soul Devil ignored the pain and leaned forward again, using her own teeth as a fatal weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time blurred. In both of the Devils’ perceptions, it seemed that hours had gone by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain caused by each other’s ruthless strikes, the smell of sulfur and blood, and the heat numbed both Liora and the Soul Devil, who lost control of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me go! I promise to never fight you again! I’ll give you everything I have! Everything!\", the Soul Devil begged for mercy, bloody tears flowing out of her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She should have looked pitiful, but the blood on her face and teeth made her look terrifying, like a demon who had crawled out of the deepest parts of Hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smoke flew out of her mouth as she spoke, making it clear that her inner organs had been burned as a result of the heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liora did not fare much better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half of her shoulder was riddled with bite marks, while her skin had almost become red, like molten iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless, she endured. She was betting that the Myriad Devils Armor would help her last longer than the Soul Devil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And soon, her bet seemed to have paid off—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a clicking sound reached her ears, and Liora felt the Soul Devil’s body freeze. When she lowered her head and looked down at her, she found that the heart-shaped pendant she had been wearing had cracked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No! No! No!\", the Soul Devil screamed and stared at the remnants of the necklace in despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Liora could react, the Soul Devil’s condition, which was already bad enough, deteriorated even further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her silver hair finally caught on fire, while her skin fractured even more, and blood gushed out. The blood dissolved instantly upon coming into contact with the flames surrounding her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These flames were not ordinary mortal flames, but the flames of the Demon World, possessing temperatures of thousands of degrees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?! Why?! I should have become a Lesser Devil! I should have reached the top of the Crucible!\", the Soul Devil howled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her beautiful face twisted with despair, anger, pain, and above all, hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her terrifying, cold eyes reflected in Liora’s, and her hateful expression, like that of an evil spirit, was the last thing she saw of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, her whole body burst into flames and disintegrated, like a star in the sky or a meteor. Only ashes and silence were left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her death relieved Liora’s worries and pressure, causing the adrenaline rushing in her body to fade and for the pain she had been ignoring to resurface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her vision blurred and her mind grew heavy, almost causing her to fall unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, she understood that falling unconscious at this point in time would seal her death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gritting her teeth, she stretched her only remaining—still working— arm to the side and pushed her hand into the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half of her fingers broke, twisting into all kinds of unnatural angles, but half of them succeeded, ending up embedded in the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, Liora’s descent came to an abrupt stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her entire body now hung in the air, supported by only two of her fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing down and staring at the scorching land at the bottom of the hole, she couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>",1376,"2026-06-03T10:39:03.667Z",1,"novelbin.me","1d9fdf28760e8928db4e8fc88a4d1c88e6a80037f232da99611f8fb17dc7d26a","evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-20","evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-18",482,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fevolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-cover.jpg"]