Digimon: I really didn't want to be the Digimon Emperor!

"He's preparing to evolve!" Cold sweat beaded on Cheng Yuan's forehead. "We must stop him!"

Seppimon's Soul Boomerang, Targetmon's Electric Shoes, and Goldhornmon's Ghost Burial—several Champion-level Digimon unleashed their strongest attacks, but all of them vanished without a trace upon contact with the dark energy surrounding Devimon.

The demon beast roared deafeningly: "Insufficient data..."

The entire battlefield fell silent due to the overwhelming dark data and energy emanating from the demon beasts. The savage beasts and monstrous beasts seemed to be frozen in place, forgetting even to flee.

In the distance, Wang Lin was frantically firing at the Digimon: "Captain Xu! The situation is urgent! Devilmon has devoured Ghostmon and is evolving into its Ultimate form! There are thousands of Digimon on the battlefield, and it might use them all as food!"

Looking at the subdued Silverhorn, Zhao Lu's eyes were filled with undisguised worry. Suddenly, she rushed towards the battlefield: "Gearmon, let's go!"

"Hey! Go deliver... no, wait for me!" Kang Zhaodi paused for a moment, then quickly led the pangolin to chase after them.

Li Yue and Wen Rou exchanged a glance and mustered their courage to follow. The vines of the Flower Beast and the Baloo Beast swayed in the gale, yet still stretched firmly forward.

The Devilmon's enormous, scarlet eyes swept across the battlefield, causing the Digimon to tremble involuntarily wherever its gaze fell.

It murmured softly, "The real world... Dark Gear... It's time..."

Suddenly, it raised its sharp claws: "You... can disappear now..."

As soon as he finished speaking, two enormous claws of death appeared out of thin air and grabbed the nearest Silverhorn Beast and Wind Calamity Beast.

"Ah!" The Wind Calamity Beast only had time to let out a short scream before it was crushed into data fragments.

The limited dark attribute data of the Wind Calamity Beast was extracted and greedily absorbed by the Demon Beast, while the digital core and a large amount of residual data were carelessly discarded and rolled on the ground like garbage.

With Silverhorn's defensive barrier activated to its maximum, Cheng Yuan saw that Vajra's digital core was beginning to crack due to excessive energy extraction.

The battery is almost completely drained.

The observation window is cracking more and more, and it could shatter completely at any moment.

"Let go of my brother!" The Golden Horned Beast brandished its spiked club and launched another attack with its lightning-fast [Ghost Burial], only to be easily swatted away by the Devil Beast's bat wing, flying like a fly and crashing heavily a hundred meters away.

Devilmon was about to unleash its power and crush Silverhorn in one fell swoop when—

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a deafening sound of trees collapsing came from the distant woods.

Cheng Yuan turned his head and saw a jet-black Tyrannosaurus Rex rushing out of the forest at an astonishing speed toward the battlefield, with Xu Xin and his squad standing on its back.

Giant Chicken Beast and Sunflower Beast followed closely behind, while Flying Insect Beast soared through the air, forming an elite rescue team.

"Super Flame!" DarkGreymon opened its mouth and spewed out a blazing fireball, which struck Devimon's arm precisely.

At the same time, the flying insect beast swept past like lightning, and the [Termination Spike] pierced directly through another Death Claw.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the silver-horned beast broke free from its restraints and rolled to safety with a "gurgle gurgle".

"Teacher Xu, Devilmon has devoured Ghostmon and is evolving into its Ultimate form!" Cheng Yuan took out his Digivice and briefly explained the situation to Xu Xin.

“I know, Wang Lin told me when I came.” Xu Xin stood on the shoulder of the galloping Tyrannosaurus Rex, the wind making the hem of his trench coat rustle.

His brow furrowed even more deeply: "It hasn't truly evolved yet; it refuses to form a cocoon! There isn't enough data!"

Xu Xin's voice was exceptionally clear in the Tyrannosaurus Rex: "We must find a way to keep it here and let it form an evolution cocoon! This way, it will only become a semi-complete form at most! If we let it escape to other places and absorb enough dark data, it will complete its perfect evolution!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the dark energy around the demon beast suddenly contracted, and it flapped its wings sharply, preparing to take off and fly away.

"It's too late!" Xu Xin made a decisive decision, his voice booming across the battlefield, "All forces, attack! Stop it from completing its evolution!"

Chapter 59 Mo Paopao

DarkGreymon roared with a deafening roar, and a dark red energy ball rapidly condensed in its mouth, distorting the surrounding air due to the high temperature.

The flying insect swooped down from the sky like a green lightning bolt, its sharp moonlight darts poised to strike at the edges of its wings.

The giant chicken beast spread its wings, which were a full three meters wide, and activated its [Petrification Power]. Its feathers instantly hardened into a metallic texture, forming a moving wall that blocked the path of the venomous beast.

Sunflowermon began to emit a warm golden light, and the healing light fell on its teammates like spring rain.

"A team battle between professional beast tamers!" Cheng Yuan stared intently at the silver-horned beast's observation window.

"Super Flame!"

"Terminate the nail!"

The two attacks struck the demon beast simultaneously, but were deflected the moment they came into contact with the dark energy surrounding it.

The demon beast didn't even bother to dodge; it simply flapped its bat wings and swatted the flying insects away like flies.

"Hahaha!" The demonic beast's voice echoed from the dark cocoon, carrying a grating metallic tone. "Is that all you've got?"

Xu Xin remained calm, his voice as steady as a rock: "Don't panic! DarkTyrannomon, continue the main attack! Flymon, harass and restrain! Giant Chickenmon, protect Sunflowermon!"

Sunflowermon's healing light landed precisely on Flymon, and the dark green insect-type Digimon was instantly fully restored, maneuvering nimbly in the air. Cheng Yuan watched with envy: "This teamwork is amazing!"

The team immediately adjusted their formation, demonstrating astonishing teamwork. DarkGreymon charged up again, this time aiming at Devilmon's face. Flymon continued to launch harassing attacks from various angles, forcing Devilmon to spread out its defenses.

The giant roc stepped forward, its petrified feathers withstanding the corrosive dark energy. It tore open the dark barrier with its powerful claws, grabbed the demon beast's feet, and used its petrified weight to prevent the demon beast from taking off. The demon beast used Dark Wave, and the giant roc immediately used its petrified wings to block it. Even though its feathers were being corroded, it remained unfazed, and the healing beams behind it immediately followed.

"Now!" Xu Xin shouted, seizing the opportunity.

"DarkGreymon, now!" Xu Xin shouted, seizing the opportunity. The blue-and-black-striped DarkGreymon leaped into the air, unleashing a Super Dark Flame that transformed into a pillar of fire that struck Devilmon's face. The attack finally took effect—Devilmon was forced back, the corrosive flames sizzling and emitting a pungent, acrid smell as they burned on its bat wings.

"Flying Insect Beast, Poison Needle Storm!" Wang Lin's voice was hoarse as a deep green flying insect beast rapidly circled in the air, unleashing thousands of poison needles like a torrential rain. The demon beast flapped its wings, creating a hurricane that dispersed the poison needles, but some remained embedded in its body.

This series of coordinated actions was textbook-perfect; this was the teamwork of a professional beast tamer! Cheng Yuan watched with great admiration.

Devilmon's power and abilities at this moment far surpassed those of any other Digimon present, but Xu Xin's team managed to suppress its arrogance.

"Corrosion Special Attack Chip, activated. DarkGreymon, Super Corrosion Compressed Cold Flame!" Xu Xin held the Arc Machine in his left hand and the Corrosion Special Attack Enhancement Chip in his right. After inserting it into the Arc Machine's slot, the Arc Machine immediately flashed a dangerous red light, and scorching heat flowed from its heat dissipation vents. It was clearly operating at overload, with all the squeezed computing power being fed back to DarkGreymon.

An eerie blue light emanated from BlackGreymon's abdomen, a sign that the flames within its body were being compressed to an extreme degree. When this energy finally burst forth, the temperature of the entire battlefield plummeted. Super Corrosive Cold Flames sprayed onto Devimon, clinging to it like a malignant sore, burning incessantly no matter how much it slapped at it.

"Sizzle—" The demon beast's right arm gradually melted away in the cold flames, emitting a tooth-grinding corrosive sound.

At this moment, Xu Xin removed the heated chip from the arc laser machine's slot. The arc laser machine was so hot that it turned his left hand bright red.

"Roar!!" The demonic beast roared deafeningly, and suddenly several enormous dark gears burst forth from its body. These gears disintegrated in mid-air, turning into countless sharp fragments and corrosive black mist that swept across the battlefield.

"【Dark Mist】!" The demon beast spewed out a black mist filled with dark energy, covering a large area of ​​the battlefield. Some Digimon coughed violently, while others began to talk nonsense. Clearly, the black mist was corrosive and deceptive.

When the smoke cleared, the demon beast's figure had vanished, leaving only a slowly healing spatial rift and a mess on the ground.

Silence.

A deathly silence.

The battlefield, which was just moments ago a scene of cataclysmic destruction, is now only filled with the rustling of a gentle breeze through the treetops.

The giant chicken's petrified feathers were scattered all over the ground, the flying insect's wings were covered in wounds, and even the most resilient DarkGreymon was panting heavily.

"They...they escaped?" Cheng Yuan rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

Xu Xin's face was so gloomy it could drip water: "It forcibly interrupted its evolution, tore through space, and escaped back to the real world."

He turned to Sunflower, who was treating a teammate, and said, "The situation is worse than I thought."

The monster actually has the ability to forcibly tear apart the barrier of digital space!

This astonishing ability left everyone speechless.

However, this defiant act clearly came at a heavy price—the originally dense dark energy was now dissipating rapidly, like a deflated balloon.

“This guy,” Xu Xin narrowed his eyes, his tone laced with sarcasm, “is even better at escaping than at causing damage.”

"Mo Paopao is definitely real!" Cheng Yuan recalled the Mo that had helped them several times, and still found it hard to believe that it was actually a demon beast.

"No wonder our pursuit in the real world failed so many times; it turns out Digimon can disguise themselves as humans!" said the burly Digimon trainer. "This is serious!"

“This involves too many issues for us to handle,” the Sunflower Beast’s trainer said, pushing up his glasses. “Report it.”

“Its current state is very unstable,” Xu Xin analyzed. “We must find it before it completes its evolution!”

The Golden Horned Beast and the Silver Horned Beast had regained their mobility and stood vigilantly to the side.

The Galemon was crushed, the Demonmon was devoured, and the Sepikmon and Targetmon stood awkwardly in place—they had barely been able to get involved in the battle.

"What should we do with these Digimon?" Cheng Yuan asked in a low voice.

"Wang Lin, report to the association immediately." Xu Xin's voice left no room for doubt. "Mobilize all armed forces in Pengcheng, search high and low, and find it!"

Thinking of the injuries the monster sustained due to its interrupted evolution, the interrupted evolution, and the vast amount of data left behind, Xu Xin's brows furrowed even more: "Next time we meet, we might be facing a semi-complete form..."

Cheng Yuan suddenly remembered something and quickly checked on the little dog's condition.

The little guy's sacred halo was dim and lifeless, but fortunately, it was not further eroded by darkness.

"It said it would recall all the Dark Gears..." Cheng Yuan said worriedly, "I wonder... could it be... that there are many Dark Gears in the real world that it can absorb?"

Xu Xin paused for a moment upon hearing this, then said with a serious expression, "To correct you, what we may be facing is a true, fully-formed one."

They cannot leave the digital space immediately; there is still much cleanup work to be done.

Xu Xin glanced around at the four adult Digimon present—Gold Horn and Silver Horn were already injured, and the two monkeys were almost exhausted.

"What are your plans?" Xu Xin asked bluntly.

Target Beast scratched his newly acquired AJ sneakers: "We want to stay in Green Fruit Mountain."

The Sepik's mask glowed slightly, indicating its agreement.

The Golden Horned Beast patted its younger brother, the Silver Horned Beast, on the knee: "Let's go back to Golden Lake, and I promise we won't cause any more trouble."

"No way." Xu Xin refused decisively.

The Golden Horned Beast was instantly enraged, and its spiked club crackled with electricity.

But when the professional trainers' Digimon stepped forward at the same time, the threat was obvious.

“This digital space is too small; it can’t accommodate so many mature stages,” Xu Xin explained calmly.

The Golden Horned Beast's eyes darted around: "If possible, I hope to leave this digital space with my brother and venture out into the outside world to challenge more powerful beings!"

Xu Xin remained silent, seemingly deep in thought.

Seeing that he remained silent, the Golden Horned Beast sneered, "Do you intend to kill us?"

Xu Xin suddenly revealed a mysterious smile: "There is a place... there are countless powerful Digimon there, and the area is so vast that it can never be fully explored." He paused deliberately, "provided that you are strong enough to survive."

"Where?" The golden-horned beast's eyes lit up.

“Dark Zone!” Xu Xin uttered these four words softly, and the surrounding air seemed to freeze for a moment.

Chapter 60 Taking Stock of the Harvest

"The Dark Zone?!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of several professional animal trainers became somewhat unnatural.

Their gazes toward the Golden Horned Beast siblings unconsciously carried a hint of pity.

Wang Lin muttered to herself, "These two mountain kings are fine running rampant in Savage Valley, but once they go to the Dark Zone..." She shook her head and didn't continue.

The Golden Horned Beast seemed oblivious to the tamers' expressions and readily agreed, "Alright! My brother and I were just about to go and see for ourselves."

Cheng Yuan, watching from the side, clearly saw that the Golden Horned Beast wasn't unaware of it; rather, it simply had no choice.

The silver-horned beasts would only foolishly follow their older sister, while the group of professional beast tamers in front of them clearly wouldn't give them a second option.

Xu Xin raised an eyebrow: "There is a Beast Tamer Association outpost in the Dark Zone, which will provide you with basic assistance."

He gave the silver-horned beast, which was over ten meters tall, a meaningful look. "You've been following me all this way. If you manage to slip away right under my nose... that's your skill."

"Hahaha, how could that be!" The Golden Horned Beast chuckled, rubbing its hands together. "My brother and I are the most trustworthy of all!"

Cheng Yuan thought to himself: These two siblings must have guessed that the Dark Zone wasn't a good place. But right now, they either had to go to the Dark Zone to try their luck, or they would die here on the spot—any fool would know which to choose: save themselves.

Next, Cheng Yuan and the others went to take stock of the spoils of war.

This cyberwar ended in victory for the Monkey Beast, thanks to the mediation of professional tamers.

But the Beast Tamers Association clearly wouldn't allow one to dominate—Xu Xin immediately summoned the shaman beasts of the Savage Beast Chapter, demanding that these junior leaders reunite the chapter and return all the cubs and digital eggs.

"From now on, the association will handle the transactions with you regarding Digi-Eggs," Xu Xin announced. "You can exchange them using Digi-Originium, wood, and ore." A glint of light flashed in his eyes. "The association will also send humans to 'teach' you cultural knowledge."

Cheng Yuan almost burst out laughing—this is exactly how trade and cultural exchanges between humans and wild beast tribes are established in the digital space. These "volunteer teachers" are probably animal trainers who haven't found partners yet.

In this way, the partnership between humans and savage beasts was officially established.

Having lost their backer, how dare the shaman beast and the savage beast have any objections?