Evolution: From Little Devil to Devil Empress

Chapter 376: Demonforce

Liora’s arrival was hardly noticed by anyone in Hollow City.

Only the nearby residents discovered her purchase of the mansion, but they didn’t visit her, nor did they try to befriend her.

After all, this was Hollow City.

A Greater Devil was hardly of note in this place.

There were thousands of such beings permanently staying in the city, and the number of them going in and out of the city every day was many times greater.

Under this relatively rare time of peace, time quickly went by.

Liora was busy practicing the Demonic Body Art and making plans for the future, while Alpha was also doing her best to catch up to her and prove to be of help.

Before anyone could notice, almost a week had gone by.

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Liora’s eyelids suddenly fluttered. A moment later, her eyes opened, and a deep black color flashed within them.

An oppressive aura spread with her at the center as the Demonforce accumulated in her body rioted.

The projection of a giant demonic figure emerged behind her back, seemingly representing the apex of everything demonic.

Fortunately, Liora reacted quickly.

Before the aura could spread far and alarm anyone, her consciousness swept out and suppressed the many phenomena.

The demonic figure behind her crumbled and returned with her body, while the destructive aura vanished.

”The 4th Level of the Demonic Body Art is completed...”, Liora muttered as she retracted the Snake of Time and let time return to its natural order.

Scanning her current body and seeing that a large amount of black energy, Demonforce, had silently accumulated in her body, Liora couldn’t help but nod her head.

Especially when she noticed that as the Demonforce wandered, her physical body and her soul would be slowly tempered, the satisfaction in her eyes became even more apparent.

”Although the Demonforce’s power is not as high as the Abyss Power of the Primal Abyss Technique, its strength is still quite impressive.”

Liora decided to give it a try.

Immediately, a small part of the black energy within her was consumed, while the elements around her rioted.

The next moment, fire elements gathered, and a small fireball the size of a head appeared before her.

It looked unassuming, like the fireball that even the weakest extraordinary being could create.

Yet, as Liora’s gaze landed on the fireball, she sensed a hint of danger.

A bunch of black matter could be seen deep within the fireball, and as long as it landed somewhere, the matter would quickly explode, causing massive amounts of damage.

Seeing this, Liora’s eyes wandered through the room, and she was ready to test its power.

Soon, she had a target.

Controlling the fire elements, she manipulated the fireball to approach her.

Then, before anyone could react, she tossed it into her own arm.

Her skin, which was invulnerable to True Devil attacks, immediately melted upon touching the fireball.

The black matter in its depths exploded and dug into her bones like maggots, using her arm as a road to reach into the rest of her body.

Ignoring the pain and unbearable sensation, Liora estimated the fireball’s power with a calm expression.

At first, she was merely gauging its strength, preparing herself for the future.

But very quickly, her eyes flickered, and a trace of surprise flashed within them.

”Something’s amiss. Why is the Demonforce suppressing my Indestructible Matter?”

Having gone through the Indestructible Body stage, Liora’s body could recover in an instant.

Yet, even though golden light constantly flashed, trying to help her recover, the almost omnipotent Indestructible Matter had now failed.

The black matter, Demonforce, remained attached to her arm, quickly dispelling the golden light and preventing her arm from regrowing.

”It’s strange...”

”The Demonic Body Art did not mention anything about this.”

Indestructible Matter was the representative ability of Greater Devils.

So far, Liora had only seen the power of Nothingness possessing the ability to suppress it. As it was a high-level power descending from the Land of Nothingness, this was to be expected.

Yet now, Liora had discovered another type of energy with such a function.

However, it didn’t make sense to her.

Although Demonforce was a combination of demonic energy and Indestructible Matter, it shouldn’t be this powerful.

Compared to the power of Nothingness, it was many times weaker.

”Is this the natural result of practicing the Demonic Body Art, or something unique to me?”, Liora couldn’t help but ponder, but she ultimately had no way of finding the answer.

Realizing this, she didn’t think for long. Without any hesitation, she let the fireball disperse.

Her current Demonforce was only a consumable.

Every time she consumed some, it would disappear.

She would have to go through the process of integrating demonic energy and Indestructible Matter again if she wished to create more.

It was only when one mastered the Demonic Body Art’s 5th Level that Demonforce would naturally be born inside their body.

Once they reached the 6th Level, a Devil could let Demonforce be born and then turn it back into the two powers with just a thought.

Recalling this information, Liora had the impulse to continue her practice and reach such a state.

But she ultimately shook her head.

Like the Four Elements Method, practicing the Demonic Body Art required the consumption of certain resources.

Although this requirement could be bypassed as long as one spent enough time, the time wasted would be measured in decades, if not centuries.

Even with the Snake of Time’s help, Liora did not have so much time to waste.

After all, she could barely speed up the time around her, and this was not without paying a price.

Evidence of this was that the black serpent coiled around her finger had become slightly dimmer, as if exhausted.

Thinking of this, Liora knew it was time to leave.

”It’s time to go out.”

”Not only do I need to find the materials to practice the Demonic Body Art, but I also have to prepare some things for my advancement.”, she thought, and as she stared at her parasitized True Spirit Gate, her gaze slightly darkened.

The World Devourer ancestor had stopped expanding their influence any further and had instead gathered their power, as if they were preparing for the final battle.

Clearly, although the opponent was slumbering and did not possess any consciousness, their overwhelming strength made their instincts quite acute.

Just like Liora, they also realized that the destined battle was near.