[{"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-204":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},1079912,1395,"Chapter 204: Monster","evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-204",204,"\u003Cp>Considering her strength, it only took Liora a few moments to arrive at the capital. But the moment she approached the city, she felt that something was amiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An illusion?\", she whispered as she sensed the lack of \"realness\" in her surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, her demonic energy boiled. It coursed through her body like scorching magma, flowing through her veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the space around her began to shatter as if it were made out of thin glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The illusion was dissolved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not much had changed. The landscapes around her and the scenery remained unchanged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing that was different was the capital in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original bustling city had now become empty, devoid of any signs of life, much less of people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only a single aura in the entire city, belonging to the person located deep within the imperial palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh no! It has started!\", the Duke, who arrived a few seconds later than Liora, exclaimed loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to have guessed something terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, he moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of buzzing reached Liora’s ears. When she turned around, she saw that it originated from the Duke’s shadow, which was now squirming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From within it, countless creatures jumped out, insect-like, yet not really alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadowy insects did not stay here for long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like wolves smelling the scent of blood, they rushed towards the imperial palace at an astonishing speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their mouthparts opened wide, and they began biting on it, like a swarm of locusts that had met fresh crops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took less than a couple of seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, the entire imperial palace had been destroyed, pulverized into dust that entered the insects’ stomachs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the large mausoleum behind it remained standing, surrounded by a lit-up, already activated formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liora’s crimson eyes reflected the formation’s flickering light. Within her pupils, a trace of confusion flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she didn’t step forward to stop the Duke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She let him control the insects and lead them to fly towards the mausoleum, munching on the formation around it just like they had done to the buildings before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The formation, though powerful in defense, soon crumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And before long, the mausoleum followed in its footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its walls made of rare materials, the items inside, and even the earth around it were erased from existence, eaten by the shadowy insects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before the dust could settle and the Duke could celebrate, the buzzing of the insects ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, they began falling from the sky, hitting the ground like a swarm of dying flies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liora noticed that Duke Dandelion seemed to have suffered some kind of backlash as a result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she didn’t pay much attention to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes were glued to the only thing remaining of the mausoleum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a pulsating black cocoon made of thin dark threads, about four times taller than an ordinary human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cocoon was floating where the center of the mausoleum should have been, right above a small pool of fresh blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, both Liora and the Duke discovered that the rising aura came straight from this cocoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obviously, the Founding Emperor was inside it. Liora’s gaze grew strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene was not exactly unfamiliar to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, sensing that the Founding Emperor’s aura was growing increasingly powerful, she didn’t linger for long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Duke could recover from the earlier backlash, her demonic energy had already surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It gathered into her hand and transformed into a golden spear, surrounded by eerie flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grasping it with her two hands, she launched it at the black cocoon with all her strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spear arrived instantly next to the cocoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spear’s tip lit up with a sharp light and subsequently struck at its threaded surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cracking noise echoed in the otherwise silent capital. A fracture appeared on the cocoon while a small fragment was chipped off of it and fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, the rising aura’s momentum stopped. But it quickly resumed soon after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cocoon shook, and blood flowed upwards from the pool, flowing into the cracks and repairing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately for it, Liora was not planning to give up just yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the cocoon could heal completely, the Spear of the Blighted Sun struck once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the tip penetrated through the already open gap and embedded deep inside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Liora’s command, the demonic flames surrounding it tumbled violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They pounced on the cocoon, drilling into it from its gaps, and began corrupting it from the inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This seemed to have targeted the cocoon’s biggest weakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The high temperature melted the cocoon from the inside. In just a couple of seconds, it had transformed into liquid and dripped down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rising aura’s momentum stopped again, this time for good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Liora could not be happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aura had already faintly surpassed the Lesser Devil stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, its owner had now been revealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a sleeping man with four horns growing on his head, two on each side of his temples, whose body was covered in a thick black carapace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pointed tail extended from his back, curling around the rest of his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such an appearance was bizarre. If she didn’t know any better, Liora would have guessed that he was a beast, a Devil, or some other kind of monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the place, the aura, and the somewhat strange resemblance to the man she had seen in the bloodline memories made Liora recognize his identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And her thoughts were confirmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did the Founding Emperor turn into this? What happened to him?\", the Duke’s shocked voice sounded from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Duke had guessed that there was something wrong, he had never expected... this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His rhetorical question did not receive any answer, but his words seemed to have activated something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he finished speaking, the sleeping monster’s eyelids twitched. Then, they parted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pair of pitch-black eyes was revealed hidden beneath them, not only the pupils, but the eyes as a whole.\u003C\u002Fp>",1001,"2026-06-03T10:39:03.947Z",1,"novelbin.me","e1a0a180996ee55c62a4efce5988f0f7c437f50beb68efe562da5825ffd4a92d","evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-439","evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-203",482,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fevolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-cover.jpg"]