[{"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-198":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},1079868,1395,"Chapter 198: Precursor","evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-198",198,"\u003Cp>If she had to say, the drop of blood looked like a real world, with its own laws and operation rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Liora had long been accustomed to this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at this droplet, her demonic energy controlled the beasts’ blood and let it drop onto it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, the mysterious blood awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It began to devour the blood like a hungry beast, while exuding a strange power that wanted to affect Liora and make her lose herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, this strange power had been weakened severely compared to her time on the Crucible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seemingly affected by the suppression of this world, it became easy for Liora to brush its influence off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment this power was dissolved, though, another wave of power came from the mysterious blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, Liora didn’t try to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, she allowed this power to wash over her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, her vision grew blurry. Her soul seemed to have been pulled out of her body, entering an entirely different world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, she peeped into the memories contained within the bloodline of the beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Image after image surfaced in her mind, and she watched them from a third-person perspective, as if she were watching a movie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>--\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liora did not know how much blood she had used, nor how many memories she had digested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All she knew was that the total memories numbered in the hundreds, if not even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, she was able to gain a surprising amount of valuable information through digesting them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that the mysterious blood could absorb the blood of other creatures and dig into their bloodline memories had long been known to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, so far, this had not been useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liora had tried to make use of this ability and had offered it many beast corpses before, but to absolutely no benefit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, most beasts did not have any powerful ancestors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scenes she saw in their memories were quite ordinary, with almost no value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now, having obtained the blood of King of Knights beasts with the help of the Beast Emperor, Liora’s gains were truly massive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the help of the mysterious blood, she was able to catch a glimpse of this world’s history, as if she had personally witnessed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time slowly went by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, all the blood brought by the Beast Emperor had been consumed, turning into fuel for the mysterious blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Liora was slow to react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her crimson eyes were hazy, and her mind remained still, as if she had fallen into illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took a few minutes for her to recover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, she shook her head and urged her demonic energy to rush through her body, dispelling the side effects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure enough, digesting so many memories is not without any danger. Although the blood’s influence is nearly negligible, the passive absorption of memories still has some side effects.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I had not regained my strength and become a Lesser Devil, obtaining so many memories at once might have driven me crazy.\", Liora realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this, she was not too disappointed. Instead, a smile appeared on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gains had been huge this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although her actual strength had not improved at all, she had thought of a way to increase her combat power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unknowingly, the prototype of an ability that she had wanted to develop for a long time was formed in her mind, and little by little, it was built upon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liora did not want to miss that light of inspiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring everything, she placed the mysterious blood back into its chest and took a blank canvas out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, using her demonic energy as paint and her fingers as the paintbrush, she began drawing on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of her strokes left a large number of Devil Runes on the white canvas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They flashed brightly for a brief moment before they dissipated, transforming back into paint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Liora did not care. Her hand moved on its own, quickly yet accurately painting her vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>--\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only a few hours later that Liora left the Space Orb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she was a Lesser Devil, she, for the first time in a long time, felt tired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not physically, but mentally exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she had first digested hundreds of years of memories, and then used the insights those brought to her to develop a new ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, Liora was left satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Summoning Alpha over, she sat on the porch of her residence and closed her eyes, trying her best to relax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only when the smell of tea filled her nose that she finally opened her eyes again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Alpha stand beside her with a stern expression, she waved her hand and motioned for her to take a seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, she picked up the cup and took a sip of her drink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the bitter aftertaste on her tongue, Liora lifted her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is it? Have those two come over while I was away?\", she glanced at Alpha and questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alpha shook her head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, Lord. They must have realized that you are avoiding them by now.\", she replied, and her eyes flashed with some hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord, do you think that we should leave the city and find another place to stay? After all, offending those people and staying here might prove dangerous...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Alpha’s concern, Liora chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry. Even if they wish to do anything, they don’t have the ability to cause any trouble.\", she said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, she raised her head and looked at the horizon, where the outskirts of the Ancient Beast Wilderness could be seen from here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the forest was silent and looked the same as usual, Liora could sense many undercurrents secretly surging within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover, these two people will soon have other things to worry about.\", she continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not only them. But the entire Iron Armor Empire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liora’s words were casual, and having not known the truth of this world, Alpha could not understand their deeper meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would never know that these words were the precursor to something bigger.\u003C\u002Fp>",1013,"2026-06-03T10:39:03.947Z",1,"novelbin.me","26ecb0433981edb7a441b6122e137a1b32d100ae814c04716b787ba40f5fa5b9","evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-199","evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-197",482,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fevolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-cover.jpg"]