Evolution: From Little Devil to Devil Empress

Chapter 785: Banishment & Entry

Billions of roots burst from deep underground, lashing out in every direction. The vast majority targeted the Willow God’s two main opponents.

The rest, a few thousand, remained to attack the spectators.

Among those attacked was Liora.

Although she had kept some distance from the battlefield, a few dozen roots attacked her as well.

Despite looking like ordinary roots that were simply too big, they did not fool Liora.

As the roots approached her, she sensed similar roots emerging in the River of Time and striking directly at her Throne.

In an instant, every imprint she had left throughout ancient history came under attack, similar roots piercing through timespace with the sole purpose of destroying them.

It wasn’t that Liora had received some special treatment. Throughout the River of Time, roots emerged and struck at the Thrones of those watching the battle.

Seeing this, Liora’s expression turned solemn.

She realized that she might have underestimated the strength of Absolute Beginning Devils and their control over time. Each of these roots was as powerful as the Holy Land Demon Lord’s strongest trump card and contained incomparable mysteries.

And these roots were merely casual attacks from the Willow God. They could even be considered the aftermath of her attack.

Even so, Liora didn’t panic.

She didn’t borrow the Cosmic Universe’s power to unleash strength beyond her own limits. Instead, she simply raised a finger toward the sky and slashed downward as though wielding a sword.

The imprints she had left across millions of years performed the exact same movement, resonating with one another to unleash a terrifying momentum.

“One Across Eternity.” A soft whisper echoed across millions of years.

The next instant, the roots were abruptly severed, their vitality drained away by an invisible force.

Although the concept of Life emerged from their remains and attempted to revive them, the concepts of Destruction and Ending prevented their recovery.

Taking advantage of this moment, Liora swept her gaze across the surroundings.

She immediately noticed that every Ancient Devil below the Antiquity stage had been killed. Even some Antiquity Devils had perished under the attacks; the imprints they had left along the River of Time wiped out.

In mere moments, dozens of Ancient Devils had died, possessing no chance of revival.

Blood rained from the sky. The world itself was weeping for them.

Bathed in this blood, the Willow God’s humanoid upper body looked particularly ferocious despite her otherworldly beauty.

Manic laughter echoed throughout the heavens.

“You want to kill me?!”

“Good! Good! Then let’s all perish here!”

Her voice dripped with bloodlust.

As though in response, the sky above the three fearsome Devils was torn apart.

An enormous eye emerged from the deepest layer of space, blinking eerily.

The expressions of both the Original Truth Demon Lord and the True Angel Demon Lord changed. They seemed to realize what the Willow God intended to do next.

Unfortunately, it was already too late.

“Banishment!”

The moment the word fell, the enormous eye widened even further. It connected with a faraway space, drawing upon its power.

An unfathomable aura descended, as though the Will of the entire Origin Sea had manifested.

It enveloped the two Demon Lords and the Willow God as well, filling the former with despair.

“You’re crazy! How dare you contact that place?!” The Original Truth Demon Lord wanted to curse her further, but his voice abruptly cut off.

Under Liora’s gaze and those of the other Devils, a flash of black light shot out of the eye and enveloped them. All three Absolute Beginning powerhouses vanished.

The enormous eye retreated, while the shattered sky mended itself.

From the Willow God’s outburst to this moment, less than a split second had passed. Yet in that brief instant, the three most feared powerhouses had disappeared.

Most of the spectators struggled to process what had just happened.

But just then, a chuckle reached their ears and woke them up.

“Haha! Thank you for your favor, Willow God. Since things have turned out this way, I’ll take this opportunity in your place.”

As soon as the voice finished speaking, a bloody light emerged on the horizon and rapidly approached the distant palace.

The Devils’ expressions changed.

Some instinctively tried to block its path.

Unfortunately…

“Hmph!” A cold snort rang out.

The bloody light split into several streaks, cutting through the approaching attacks and striking their owners.

After several muffled grunts, those Devils collapsed to the ground.

The bloody light continued toward the palace, not paying any further attention to them.

Everyone was stunned by this sudden turn of events, unable to understand what had just happened.

Liora was one of the few who could see through the truth. From her perspective, a figure was concealed within the bloody light.

Although she had never met this man before, his title immediately surfaced in her mind.

Slaughter Demon Lord!

Another being suspected of having reached the Absolute Beginning stage!

In the Mountain Demon Lord’s opinion, this man was even more mysterious than the Willow God and the other two Demon Lords.

More importantly, judging by his actions, he clearly knew something about this place too.

Watching the Slaughter Demon Lord approach the distant palace, Liora narrowed her eyes.

She made no attempt to stop him.

Instead, taking advantage of the sudden chaos, she borrowed the power of the Cosmic Universe to conceal herself.

In the blink of an eye, her figure vanished. Fortunately, no one was paying attention to her.

Some Ancient Devils were still struggling to recover from what had happened, while most of the others chased after the Slaughter Demon Lord, unwilling to waste this opportunity.

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“It’s finally time. After waiting for so long, I can finally enter that place…” The Slaughter Demon Lord whispered, staring at the palace before him with fervent eyes.

Like the Original Truth Demon Lord and the True Angel Demon Lord, he knew the origins of this place.

Thus, he had been here from the very beginning, waiting for an opportunity to enter it.

Now that his main potential opponents had been banished, the moment was perfect.

“I didn’t expect the Willow God to trick those two into leaving. It seems that although she’s different from us, she’s obtained some kind of opportunity.”

“Perhaps it came from this place. No! It’s surely from this place. Only this place can possibly contend against us.”

Although he was deep in thought, the Slaughter Demon Lord never stopped moving.

Upon reaching the palace entrance, he took out a small wooden fragment and allowed its aura to spread through the surroundings.

A tiny gap instantly opened in the entrance, just wide enough for him to pass through.

The moment he entered, the gap quickly closed.

Without another key, no one else would be able to get inside.

That was why the Slaughter Demon Lord had been so confident in making his move. He believed that unless there were others like him, none of the present era Devils could know such a truth.

However, perhaps because he was too excited, the Slaughter Demon Lord failed to notice something.

At that moment, a faint crimson light flashed across his eyes, a light that seemed to encompass everything sinful.