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

"I will make those despicable humans... beast tamers die of despair..."

As that familiar prelude began, the monster felt all the digital cells in its body start to activate, and its dull evolutionary cocoon regained its vitality, restarting the evolutionary process once again.

It spread its bat wings, and dark energy gathered around it. "Even if the Dark Gears are insufficient, I will still...make you pay the price!"

"...I want to go back to Winchester..."

Layers of black hexagons flew out from the surrounding black oil, forming a giant evolutionary cocoon.

As the evolution anthem "Brave Heart" reached its climax, the shackles on the monster's life level began to loosen, and the threshold for dark energy requirements also decreased, making it easier for it to enter the evolutionary state.

The evolutionary cocoon gradually peeled away, revealing the figure of a blood-red skull—

【Zombie Satan Beast】

[Virus Type - Fallen Angel - Dark Theme]

【Complete Version】

[Skills: Fallen Bone Claw, Skull Hammer Strike, Night Demon Assault (Dark Wave Advanced), Hell Summoning, Demonic Light Cannon]

[Description: A tall, skeletal black monster, clad in a black robe and wearing a demon hat. It wields a red gemstone staff and possesses a "Black Core," a unique feature of Demon-type Digimon, whose dark power is unfathomable.]

However, the dark energy was still insufficient, and the "black core" within its body was not yet fully formed. But Zombie Satanmon could clearly sense that a large number of Digimon infected by Dark Gear were waiting for its summons on the ground.

"Night Demon Attack!"

The zombie Satan beast let out a piercing scream, transforming into countless swarms of black bats that surged wildly through every crevice of the sewers like a plague.

Some of them squeezed through rusty pipe joints, some through concrete cracks, and some even burst out from between the iron fences of the drainage outlets, forming a black torrent pointing straight at the music square on the ground.

Cheng Yuan, who was immersed in "Brave Heart", suddenly shivered, feeling a strong sense of unease.

Chapter 74 Dark Symphony

Cheng Yuan's gaze was drawn to the pillar of light that rose from the sky above Guan Xing.

Those Digimon about to evolve broke through their final bottleneck to the melody of "Brave Heart," and their evolving outlines could be vaguely seen in the beam of light.

"It really works..." Cheng Yuan murmured to himself. This evolutionary hymn from his previous life does indeed possess the magical power to catalyze the evolution of Digimon and help them break through bottlenecks.

However, the pounding in his chest grew stronger and stronger, as if something terrible was about to happen.

"Ah—!" Guan Xing exclaimed.

Cheng Yuan turned his head sharply and saw clumps of black mist seeping out from the vents and the gaps between the seats, writhing in the air like living things. These black mists quickly condensed into countless bat-shaped shadows, emitting a piercing shriek.

The entire music plaza instantly descended into chaos.

The alarm blared, and the security system activated, but it was too late.

The shadowy bats gathered in the air, gradually forming a bloody and evil outline—a scarlet skeleton, enormous bat wings, a twisted bone staff, and a pair of blood-red eyes filled with hatred.

"Zombie Satan Beast..." Cheng Yuan gasped.

Even just by looking at its outline, he would never be mistaken. In his memories of his past life, this kind of Digimon was terrifyingly powerful, even comparable to some Ultimate-level Digimon. It once defeated the entire group of Perfect-level Digimon in one move, and even silenced the Ultimate-level Devastator with a single move of [Claw Bone]!

Cheng Yuan looked around. The gathering of professional beast tamers, the special layout of the music venue... A terrifying thought flashed through his mind—although the monster in front of him had a skeletal appearance, he realized that this monster was very likely the missing demon beast "Mo" that had evolved after absorbing the demon beast!

As soon as the Zombie Satanic Beast took shape, it raised its bone staff and activated [Hell Call].

The space was torn apart, and three hellish calamities crawled out of the crack, wielding tridents and dripping viscous black oil from their wings.

【Disaster Beast】

【Virus Type - Little Demon Type - Dark Theme】

[Maturity Stage]

[Skills: Nightmare Shock, Claw Strike]

[Description: Possesses bat-like wings and a tail, wielding a small trident. Cunning and ruthless, enjoys bullying the weak and outnumbering, and is adept at achieving her goals through despicable means.]

At the same time, even more small monsters swarmed out of the cracks.

Once all his minions were in place, the zombie Satanic beast began chanting a loud incantation.

If there were Digimon in the world of Welch'rne, they would know that this is a high-level programming language called "magic" in Welch'rne.

"Dark Gear, return at once." The voice of the zombie Satan Beast was like the scraping of metal, sending chills down the spines of everyone present.

The music plaza instantly transformed into a living hell.

Hordes of small Digimon ravaged the area, and the black mist emitted by the Zombie Satanmon polluted the surrounding Digimon.

Cheng Yuan witnessed several adult Digimon suddenly turn blood red in the eyes and begin indiscriminately attacking the people around them.

"Ah! Where is my insect beast?!"

"Help! Where's security?"

"Run!"

The stage began to tilt amidst the commotion. At the critical moment, several penguin beasts joined forces to use the [Ice Prism Mirror], using ice pillars to support the shaky structure.

"Everyone stay calm!" Yun Yao's voice came over the loudspeaker, but panic had already spread like a plague.

A calamity beast spotted Cheng Yuan in the VIP area, its trident thrusting straight at him. Almost without thinking, Cheng Yuan hugged the little dog beast tightly: "Divine Barrier!"

A golden barrier instantly unfolded, blocking the attack from the Champion-level Digimon with the combined boost of the Divine and Vaccine types, but its surface was immediately covered with spiderweb-like cracks.

This pure, sacred energy, like a beacon in the darkness, instantly attracted the attention of the zombie Satan Beast.

"It's you!" The zombie Satan's venomous gaze locked onto Cheng Yuan.

Faced with the terrifying pressure of the fully formed form, Cheng Yuan remained calm.

He looked directly into those scarlet eyes: "We meet again, Mo!"

Zombie Satanmon sensed that the Dark Gear was no longer inside Puppymon.

“I see... You know how to remove the gear.” Its voice was like rusty metal rubbing against each other.

Cheng Yuan keenly noticed that the "black core" encased in the zombie Satan Beast's scarlet ribs had an abnormal pale gray color. This was clearly different from the fully evolved state he remembered—Cheng Yuan realized that it had not yet fully evolved, and was at most only a semi-fully evolved one!

But that's enough to dominate the entire field!

“Now that you no longer have gears, you can die.” The zombie Satan Beast raised its bone staff.

"Fire all the holy light bullets!" Cheng Yuan decided immediately.

The sacred halo around the puppy beast's neck shone brightly, and twelve light bullets shot out in two waves. The zombie Satan Beast contemptuously blocked them with its bone staff; the first six were deflected, while the latter six exploded on its body, leaving only a few charred marks.

"Overestimating yourself." The zombie Satan beast grinned, raising its paw as dark energy condensed into a crimson sphere of light at its fingertips. Cheng Yuan picked up the puppy beast and ran away.

"Cheng Yuan!" Yun Yao's scream came from the direction of the stage.

The puppy beast turned its head and stared at it. The six holy light projectiles that had just been deflected instantly changed direction in mid-air and rushed towards the zombie Satan Beast's body.

Although it was only at the growth stage strength, the sacred and light attributes of the dogmon were highly pure, and the dual suppression of darkness by sacred and light, and of the vaccine species by the virus species, caused several scorching rings to appear on the body of the zombie Satanmon.

However, it still couldn't interrupt its skill [Magic Beam Cannon], the level difference was too great.

"Boom—!"

Just as the [Magic Beam Cannon] was about to fire, a dark shadow crashed through the ceiling of the music plaza, its long horns slamming heavily into ZombieSatanmon. Xu Xin's DarkGreymon had descended from the sky!

Four military helicopters hovered overhead, their ropes swaying in the wind.

The crimson beam veered off course, sweeping across the central stage and instantly severing several key metal pillars. The entire dome emitted a teeth-grinding, distorting sound, teetering on the verge of collapse.

"Roar—!" DarkGreymon's roar shook the entire music plaza.

"It's you again, you slave Digimon!" ZombieSatanmon was enraged beyond belief, completely abandoning Cheng Yuan and turning to attack DarkGreymon with a frenzy.

Enemies meeting are bound to be furious, and the battle escalates instantly.

Each collision between the two dark-type Digimon generated terrifying shockwaves, blasting away all the surrounding seats. Although DarkGreymon was only at the Champion stage, under Xu Xin's skillful command, its thick hide allowed it to temporarily withstand ZombieSatanmon's attacks.

Several calamity beasts tried to surround them.

"All mature Digimon, provide immediate support!" Xu Xin shouted at the Arc Light Machine.

Suddenly, several Champion-level Digimon leaped out from the guest seats—besides Flymon, Giant Chickenmon, Sunflowermon, there were also Hawkmon, Armadillomon, Cactusmon... They formed a defensive line, attempting to stop the offensive of ZombieSatanmon and Calamitymon.

"Shield activated, maximum power, all growth-stage Digimon, protect the observer."

Dozens of T-Rex machines simultaneously emitted Xu Xin's voice.

The professional tamers and military soldiers released their partners one after another, and another Riftmon joined the battle. The eight Champion-level Digimon barely managed to hold back ZombieSatanmon and Calamitymon!

The protective shield is activated, maximum power 1000 rpm.

The zombie Satanmon and the adult Digimon appeared crowded together.

"The sheriffs are in command! Evacuate the crowd according to the plan. The officers are working together to guide the people to safety."

Cheng Yuan then realized that these people were likely plainclothes police officers and animal trainers.

Is this really a setup?

But they soon discovered that the exits of the music plaza were blocked by countless hordes of digital beasts, making it impossible for the crowd to evacuate.

Worse still, the bat-shaped shadows outside the protective shield began to coalesce into small demonic beasts, screaming as they pounced on the panicked crowd.

Those trainers with better mental fortitude took action, releasing their Digimon partners to clear out the small demon beasts.

Taking advantage of the gap before the protective shield reactivated, Cheng Yuan rushed out. He directed the little dog beast to clear a path through the black fog and little demon beasts, heading straight for the collapsed stage.

"Aww, below the Ultimate level, they're all reptiles!" Zombie Satanmon held its own against the Undead Satanmon in their battle.

But it soon discovered that its "black core" was gradually becoming empty.

With an angry roar, ZombieSatanmon suddenly spread its wings, and a powerful surge of darkness repelled several Champion-level Digimon.

It raised its hands, and the corrupted Digimon outside the square fell to the ground, their Dark Gears forcibly extracted and flying towards ZombieSatanmon.

With each gear it absorbed, the zombie Satanic beast swelled, and the dark energy grew increasingly concentrated. Its pale gray "black core" began to transform into a deep black...

At the same time, at the Pengcheng Digital Evolution Research Institute, Andromon's evolution egg suddenly trembled violently.

At this moment, Zhao was standing in front of the live broadcast screen, and the light stream representing the security data was rushing into the evolution cocoon. In those data, one could vaguely see the zombie Satan Beast destroying the city's security.

Chapter 75 The Twelve Divine Generals of Dongda: The Jade Rabbit Beast Makes its Appearance

Dark gears surged in from all directions like a torrential rain, breaking through the gaps in the protective shield and wildly pouring into the body of the zombie Satan Beast.

With each gear integrated into its body, the skeleton expanded further, the bones emitting a teeth-grinding "crunching" sound, and dark energy surged on its surface like viscous oil.

"Oh no!" Cheng Yuan's expression changed drastically. "It's using the Dark Gears to complete its evolution!"

Cheng Yuan took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.

The sight before them was horrifying—the twisted skeleton of the zombie Satan was undergoing a horrific distortion, and the detached dark gears were writhing and merging into its body like living creatures.

With each gear it swallowed, the skeleton expanded, its bones emitting a teeth-grinding "crunch."

"So that's how it is..." Cheng Yuan instantly understood the situation.

Under the joint control measures of the Beast Tamers Association and the Sheriff's Office, quarantine and isolation measures throughout the city have cut off most sources of infection. The number of infected Digimon that can break through the multiple blockades to reach the Music Plaza sewers is limited, which results in the black core on Zombie Satanmon's chest always appearing as an incomplete gray.

The main point is that it's outwardly strong but inwardly weak!

He picked up the Digivice: "Teacher Xu, have everyone attack the Dark Gear! Stop it from completing its evolution!"

"Listen up, everyone!" Xu Xin's voice was transmitted to all the beast tamers through the Arc Light Machine: "Attack the Dark Gears in the air! Take them down as many as you can!"

The dog-like beast's sacred ring suddenly lit up, and six holy light bullets shot out in a fan shape. The light bullets drew elegant arcs in the air, accurately hitting four flying gears. Immediately afterwards, four shadow orbs followed, dissolving the remaining gears into black mist.

Once the Dark Gear is detached from the body, it becomes extremely fragile.

"Agumon, use Small Flame!"

"Gabumon, Flame Breath!"

"Beetle, small lightning!"

"Baru Beast, sweep the vines!"

"Gear Beast, Gear Flying Saw!"

"Patamon, Air Cannon!"

"Bhikkhu Beast, Magic Flame!"