Chapter 218 — Devouring World Origin

"However, I didn’t expect that you would be alive still. Sure enough, none of you Outsiders can be underestimated. Even you, the weakest..."

After pausing for a brief moment, the Beast Emperor asked a question of its own:

"Is that woman dead?"

When it saw Liora nod her head, it immediately exhaled softly, as if relieved by such an answer.

Liora sensed its emotions but didn’t try to reciprocate them. A cold, murderous intent flashed in her eyes, and it looked as if she were ready to kill him.

Despite this, the Beast Emperor showed no reaction.

Ignoring the fact that Liora was getting closer and seemingly forgetting about its own severe injuries, it opened its mouth and spoke up:

"You should have understood by now that the world itself possesses a consciousness. After its initial battle with that Outsider, it gave its favor to a certain person."

"It granted him great luck and extraordinary comprehension, hoping that he would one day grow up and deal with that Outsider. It was the world’s way to save itself."

Though the Beast Emperor didn’t specifically point it out, Liora understood that the person it was talking about was Duke Dandelion.

Indeed, the fact that the Duke had been able to create a method to become a King of Knights despite the issues with the power system showed that he possessed extraordinary talent and luck.

Although at the end, he was suppressed by the Founding Emperor and was unable to put up a fight, his achievements were already impressive.

Seeing her understand who it was talking about, the Beast Emperor continued:

"At the time, the Will of this World tied the Outsider’s cage to the fate of that person. As long as he didn’t die, he could act as an anchor, stabilizing the cage and keeping that woman locked up for eternity."

"Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for the world to discover that it had underestimated that Outsider. Although locked up, that woman discovered a gap in her prison. Through some method, she was able to corrupt the entire world."

Liora understood what the Beast Emperor was implying.

The Will of the World had underestimated the Zerg Hive, and above all, had underestimated the Zerg race.

Thus, it had never expected that, although it had "defeated" the Zerg Hive, she would still have the ability to affect reality.

As such, its fate was sealed.

Even if the cage remained there and trapped the Zerg Hive forever, the world would go to ruin sooner or later.

Understanding this, Liora’s eyes narrowed as she waited for the Beast Emperor’s follow-up.

The Beast Emperor did not keep her waiting.

It soon opened its mouth again and continued:

"Realizing its mistake, the world devised another part. By splitting an inc—"

Halfway through its words, the Beast Emperor’s body froze.

Its eyes, which had remained calm even while facing death, were now filled with terror.

Its pupils shrank into needles as the lights that had always surrounded it dimmed, as if they were about to go out.

The next moment, a thunderous bang echoed in the dimly lit room.

The Beast Emperor, a being at the peak of the Lesser Devil stage, exploded.

Worst of all, it didn’t die at the hands of Liora or any of its many enemies.

Instead, it seemed to have been wiped out by the world itself.

Watching this scene, Liora waved her hand to suppress the explosion’s impact.

Time seemed to have reversed as the flying blood and flesh returned to their original place.

Under her control, they finally turned into a single drop of essence. She carefully put it away.

However, she didn’t feel much achievement in having witnessed the death of the person who had betrayed her.

The Beast Emperor had indeed died, but not at her hands.

"Will of the World...", Liora couldn’t help but mutter as she recalled her familiarity with the power that had arrived just earlier.

She could be certain that this was not the power of any other being, but the power of the Will of this world.

Perhaps afraid that the Beast Emperor would reveal its secrets, it had decided to wipe it out.

Fortunately, the few words it had said before its death had already confirmed some of her suspicions.

"It seems that I’ll have to find her to get an answer...", Liora whispered.

But first, she had to deal with another matter.

Turning her head, she cast a glance at the cluster of lights flickering at the room’s center.

Instantly, the longing coming out of her bloodline grew even more intense.

Her entire body was calling her, urging her to devour the World Origin and allow it to strengthen itself.

If it were before, Liora would have acted cautiously and restrained that impulse.

But since the situation had been resolved for the most part and she had obtained answers to many of her doubts, she was no longer as worried.

Subconsciously, she couldn’t help but lick her lips.

Arriving before the cluster of World Origin, she stretched her hand and scooped some of it up.

When her hand came into contact with it, the illusory World Origin seemed to have obtained form. It transformed into drops of silver liquid that stayed in her palm as if they were mercury.

Their surface was shiny, reflecting the crimson eyes of Liora that were full of a predatory hunger.

As she held onto the World Origin, Liora was finally unable to suppress her instincts. Before she could react, her lips had parted, and she had swallowed the mercury-like liquid.

A cold sensation assaulted her senses as it gently slid down her throat.

Liora had originally expected that the World Origin would riot when she attempted to devour it.

But surprisingly, she discovered that the World Origin did not put up any resistance.

As if it had given up, it flowed towards her blood, digging deeper into her cells until it reached her Unknown Bloodline.

Then, it settled right into the bloodline, becoming a part of it as if this was how it should have been from the beginning.

However, just when Liora was about to scoop up another part of World Origin and devour it, her expression suddenly changed.