[{"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-392":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},1080108,1395,"Chapter 392: Token No. 3","evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-392",392,"\u003Cp>Liora held the Reincarnation Fruit and immediately had the urge to devour it. She believed that as long as she swallowed it, her soul would take a step forward and leap beyond the Greater Devil stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, despite her instincts urging her to do so, Liora ultimately shook her head with faint reluctance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now is not the time just yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know how long it will take me to digest its effects fully.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s fine if it only takes a couple of hours, but if days or even weeks pass, I will find myself in danger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Liora had another idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was planning to find a Soul-related Greater Devil Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that case, the Reincarnation Fruit, a treasure that could enhance one’s soul, would perhaps speed up her practice of the technique, just like elemental resources helped the Four Elements Method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that in mind, Liora gritted her teeth and put the Reincarnation Fruit away, no matter how unwilling she might be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She carefully placed it in one of the Space Orb’s corners, arranging formations around it to ensure that it would not secretly escape while she was not paying attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the formations were arranged, Liora’s tense nerves finally relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having a valuable treasure in her hands, it would be difficult for her to say that she had not been nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the Reincarnation Fruit had the intention to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she allowed it to succeed, all the efforts she had gone through would have been for naught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling her previous actions, Liora subconsciously lowered her head and glanced at the Snake of Time with a tinge of pain in her gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she had consumed the corpses of the elderly Devil and the undead creatures to help it recover, the backlash it suffered was greater than expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the Snake of Time had not broken apart, some tiny cracks could be seen across its surface, mirroring the small cracks in her own soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every power requires its user to pay a price. The same holds for the power of time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although the Snake of Time is useful, both in combat and as an auxiliary means, I’m ultimately too weak to really wield it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only when I become an Archdevil, or even reach the peak of that stage, and upgrade the Snake of Time technique a couple more times, will I no longer have to fear suffering backlash.\", Liora realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Manipulating the river to transform back into a snake and coil around her finger, she was about to leave when she suddenly remembered something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Reincarnation Fruit had attracted most of her attention. However, besides that and the tree, there was one more object within this demi-plane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing at the large square stone not far away, Liora’s eyes glinted as she tried to see what made it worthy of being placed here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she didn’t believe that an ordinary stone had a place here. Just like the Reincarnation Fruit, this stone was bound to be a treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, no matter how much she investigated, she failed to find anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it really an ordinary piece of stone?\", she couldn’t help but wonder, though she didn’t believe it just yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flashing in front of the square stone, she leaned down and poured her demonic energy into its surface, wishing to use it as a means to investigate its inner structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before she could do so, a trace of emotion flickered across her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under her surprised gaze, the stone square suddenly shook before it rapidly shrank down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the once large stone had turned into a small square token made from stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because it was her demonic energy that awakened it, but the token rushed towards Liora and settled on top of her palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liora found that the number \"3\" was engraved on its surface using a method she could not recognize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, besides this small but unimportant clue, there was nothing that could suggest the token’s functions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liora, though, had a faint guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling the giant mark she had seen at the center of the maze, she was led to believe that the token was most likely related to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the number three led to another conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there such a token in every other marked location?\", Liora pinched her chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she remembered correctly, the map had twelve such locations marked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Together with the one at its center, it made a total of thirteen special locations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides the Commander, the Universe Chamber of Commerce brought exactly twelve people in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure enough, a force with an Archdevil in charge cannot be underestimated. Just like I thought, these people were specially arranged to come here.\", she shook her head while putting the stone token away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, she no longer lingered at the demi-plane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a step forward, she passed through the formation and returned to the outside room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, her body squirmed, and she exited her \"Tree Devil\" state, regaining her real appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not paying any attention to this, she opened her mouth and spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you find anything amiss in the room?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there any secret area?\", she glanced at Alpha and asked, though she already knew the answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, the result didn’t surprise her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing her question, Alpha immediately shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. Besides the undead and that formation, there seems to be nothing else in the room.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alpha had previously seen Liora enter the formation and sensed the previous moments. Thus, she could guess that Liora had discovered something inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, she didn’t ask any questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Liora wished to tell her, she would eventually learn the truth. If not, she most likely wouldn’t get an answer even if she were to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liora was not disappointed by Alpha’s response. She had already expected it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had investigated the room briefly before entering the formation and had found nothing. In fact, rather than call it a room, it would be more accurate to call it a cage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, these rooms were not created for people to live in, but to house the formations and, perhaps more importantly, the treasures inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the undead? They were merely here to serve as the treasures’ guardians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Judging from this composition, it’s very likely that each room contains a different treasure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although it’s unlikely that all these treasures are as valuable as the Reincarnation Fruit, it’s worth fighting over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Liora finally had another purpose besides searching for a way to leave the maze. She believed that coming here might prove to be an opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took out the map and stared at the marked locations for a few seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After focusing on the closest one and memorizing the route, she motioned Alpha to follow her and left the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because the formation had been entered, exiting the room was now allowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without facing any obstruction, the two women soon returned to the complicated, densely interlocked corridors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, compared to before, Liora and Alpha were now far less clueless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the map leading the way, they easily wandered through the maze, slowly but surely approaching their destination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the undead who dared to block their way? Liora didn’t even need to take action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alpha alone could deal with them.\u003C\u002Fp>",1218,"2026-06-03T10:39:03.948Z",1,"novelbin.me","ad30bf13122ddf6163565efa31851641abb6205d97ccc29e9748c322306d0a00","evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-297","evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-296",482,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fevolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-cover.jpg"]