Evolution: From Little Devil to Devil Empress

Chapter 788: Death

Faced with the Slaughter Demon Lord’s questions and his shocked expression, Liora felt somewhat puzzled.

What did the opponent mean?

Was there supposed to be some kind of restriction preventing her from entering this hall?

From her point of view, nothing had blocked her entry. Not only the hall, but the entire palace had offered no resistance. That was why she had been able to follow him in.

Liora had originally assumed that this was because the Slaughter Demon Lord had paved the way for her, removing any barriers. Now, however, it seemed she had been overthinking things.

There might be some other reason.

Fortunately, just as Liora was wondering whether to question him, the Slaughter Demon Lord spoke again, answering some of her doubts.

“Impossible! Only one person can enter this hall at a time! Even then, they must be tainted with the aura of Absolute Beginning to be qualified! How could you force your way inside?!”

Hearing this, Liora understood. Some of her earlier questions had finally been answered.

She had already sensed that the Slaughter Demon Lord regarded the dark gate as some kind of trump card, a means of escape if things went wrong.

She had wondered whether he could borrow its power to deal with the predicament he had faced earlier and confront her. However, it seemed that wasn’t the case.

Instead, the dark gate was his escape route.

As long as he fled into this place, he could escape Liora’s clutches. At the very least, that was what he believed.

Unfortunately for him, his plan appeared to have failed.

Although she didn’t yet know why, one thing was certain: Liora had successfully followed him inside.

Within mere moments, Liora had analyzed the situation and understood nearly everything.

Thinking this, she narrowed her eyes at the Slaughter Demon Lord.

This man had already served his purpose.

Previously, she had wanted to keep him alive so she could use him to explore the path ahead.

After all, the eerie dark gate was bound to conceal many mysteries. Liora had no idea whether there were any dangers inside.

The other party, even if not a clone of a Prince, was a powerful Absolute Beginning Devil. Moreover, he seemed quite knowledgeable regarding this place.

In her opinion, it was better to let him lead the way.

Things had gone as expected.

The Slaughter Demon Lord’s entry into this room had shown her that there were no immediate threats. Or, at the very least, whatever dangers lurked inside were not enough to kill him.

“Since you’ve already paved the way for me, there’s no reason to continue this…” Liora whispered softly.

The next moment, her already overwhelming aura grew even more powerful.

Crimson mist gathered behind her back as all the sin of the world seemed to pour out of her body, coalescing into a figure.

It took the form of an enormous phantom bearing seven masks, each more terrifying and eerie than the last.

All seven Sin Avatars had been summoned and had been fused.

Empowered by the Cosmic Universe, their already formidable strength grew even greater.

Yet things were far from over.

After summoning the Sin Avatars and merging them together, Liora activated another ability.

More precisely, another technique.

“One Across Eternity…”

A soft whisper echoed in the Slaughter Demon Lord’s ears, causing his eyes to widen.

Liora’s previous opponents had been unable to sense what was happening whenever she employed this technique.

He, however, possessed the perception of a being at the level of a Prince of the Demon World. He could glimpse some of the underlying secrets.

From his point of view, Liora’s imprints scattered throughout the River of Time were gathering their strength and pouring it into her present body.

It wasn’t just the imprints she had left in the Origin Sea. Those within the Cosmic Sea inside her and the Cosmic Universe as well were doing the same.

The latter, in particular, outnumbered all the others combined. From the beginning of the Cosmic Universe to the present, Liora’s figure could be seen, accompanied by a crimson phantom behind her back.

As a result, Liora’s power accumulated to an incredible level.

Even among the Princes of the Demon World, her current state would be considered quite powerful.

Although she could unleash such a strike only once before that accumulated power was exhausted, it was not an attack anyone would be willing to face.

The phantom of Sin was reflected in the Slaughter Demon Lord’s eyes.

A thunderous roar echoed through his mind, stirring his emotions and causing him to freeze.

Then, a crimson palm descended from the sky, shrouding him in its shadow.

For the first time in his life, the Slaughter Demon Lord sensed the aura of death.

Terror flashed across his face.

He could be certain of one thing: if this attack successfully struck him, even borrowing the authority of a Prince would not allow him to recover like before.

Faced with death, the Slaughter Demon Lord’s true nature finally emerged.

The terror on his face suddenly vanished.

His gaze became detached as he stared at the incoming palm without the slightest emotional fluctuation.

“Am I really going to die?” He whispered, his tone changing as though he had become an entirely different person.

The next moment, his question was answered.

His body began to fade away. Starting from his feet and moving upward, it slowly crumbled into ashes.

Every imprint the Slaughter Demon Lord had ever left vanished alongside him.

In his final moments, the opponent couldn’t help looking at Liora, who stood behind the Sin Avatar and looked tiny in comparison.

At that instant, it seemed as though his cognition had finally broken through a barrier.

Liora’s face filled his entire vision. At the same time, a blurry face buried in his memories gradually became clearer.

The moment the two faces overlapped, the Slaughter Demon Lord froze.

His calmness vanished, replaced by pure terror—an expression of horror far greater than anything he had shown before.

“It’s you! How could this be?! How could this be?!”

“You’ve re—”

A deafening roar drowned out his remaining words.

The sea of Sin engulfed him, grinding the last remnants of his body into pure nothingness.