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

"What is he going to do?!" the spectators exclaimed.

Dragon Leader's fists clenched unconsciously, his heart pounding. This experiment… he had tried it on Digimon before, but ultimately failed. Could it be that he was going to… with Originmon?

What a bold and ingenious idea!

"Start!" Cheng Yuan shouted in a low voice.

"Boom—!!!"

A violent burst of fire energy instantly raged, engulfing the entire venue in a blazing red light, with waves of heat rolling in. The audience was thrown to the ground by the shockwave.

The three examiners stared intently at the device, watching as the armor gradually deformed and compressed under the impact of energy, until finally—

"Crack!"

The device opens, and a Digimon egg with flame-like patterns lies quietly inside! The Digimon Spirit of Courage is integrated into the Digimon egg, and the emblem representing courage appears on the surface of the Digimon egg.

"This...this is impossible!" the Flame Beast cried out in disbelief.

Flame Wizardmon's pupils contracted sharply: "He actually compressed his armor... into a Digimon?!"

The leader's breath almost stopped, and his eyes flashed with disbelief.

Cheng Yuan slowly raised his head, a confident smile appearing on his lips.

"Three examiners, now my work is truly complete. It is called—the Courage Digital Spirit Evolution Armored Egg!"

"Evolution?" Upon hearing this keyword, the three examiners' expressions changed drastically.

Chapter 100: The Source Beast is Going to Defy the Heavens! (Please Subscribe)

Five animal trainers from the real world stood below the stage, their faces full of bewilderment.

"Evolution? What's going on?" Xu Bing stared at Cheng Yuan on the stage and murmured softly.

The others exchanged bewildered glances, completely unable to comprehend what was happening. Armored eggs? Evolution? This was entirely beyond their comprehension.

At this moment, Cheng Yuan stood on the stage, facing the shocked gazes of the audience, smiled slightly, and said loudly, "Since everyone is not quite convinced, why not invite an honored student to experience this new work on the spot!"

He held up the flame-patterned armored egg in his hand, his voice rising a few decibels: "As long as you can resonate with this armored egg, you can trigger evolution! I need a brave Ancient Species adult Digimon to cooperate with me in completing this experiment."

"This armored egg can allow a Rookie Digimon to evolve into at least Champion-level combat power! I call this form—Armored Body!"

"What?! Armored eggs can allow for growth-stage evolution?!"

"Mature combat power?! How is that possible?!"

"Is this a scam? I've never heard of such a technique before!"

The discussion was lively, and even the three examiners looked incredulous.

A look of shock flashed in the Dragon Leader's eyes. Flame Wizard Beast gripped its staff tightly, while the flames around Flame Beast surged even more fiercely, clearly indicating its excitement.

Xu Bing and the other five animal trainers were completely stunned.

“If…if this is true…” Xu Bing murmured, “then wouldn’t those Digimon stuck in their growth stage in the real world be able to quickly form a core fighting force…?”

"The ever-increasing pressure in the Dark Zone will be greatly relieved, and there may even be a chance to launch a counterattack!" Another beast tamer, Cheng Yi, said in a trembling voice.

However, despite the commotion, not a single Digimon dared to step forward and try.

Cheng Yuan looked around and sighed: "What, no one dares to try?"

He raised his hand and casually pointed to the Digimon below the stage: "Then I'll just point to one at random, and whoever is pointed to will come up."

However, wherever his finger pointed, the Digimon there immediately retreated, some even hiding behind their companions.

"..." Cheng Yuan's lips twitched. "Cowards! Forget it, it's hard for people like you to resonate with Courage Armor Egg."

He shook his head helplessly and muttered to himself, "Does he really expect me and the little dog to be guinea pigs?"

He did have a backup plan—to channel the energy from the armored egg into a blank storage chip, then activate it through the Arc Machine, allowing Peamon to attempt evolution. According to his memory, Peamon would likely evolve into Lynxmon, but since he had never tried it before, if it couldn't regress after evolving, Angewomon's dream would be shattered, which would be a huge loss.

While he hesitated, the Digimon below the stage were still whispering among themselves.

"That's too dangerous. What if the evolution fails?"

"Who knows if there will be any side effects..."

Listening to these discussions, Cheng Yuan couldn't help but sneer: "No wonder they were overwhelmed by Digimon. The younger generation doesn't even have the courage to become stronger."

These words were like a slap in the face, leaving many Digimon looking ashamed.

However, at this moment—

"I...I'll do it!"

A slightly timid voice rang out.

The entire venue fell silent instantly, and everyone's eyes turned to the source of the sound—an insect was struggling to raise its forelimbs and squeeze out of the crowd.

"Insect beast?!" someone in the audience exclaimed.

"Isn't that coward from Forging Fire Village?"

"He usually doesn't even dare to participate in battles, but now he dares to stand up?"

The Insect Beast lowered its head, but its eyes were unusually firm. It climbed onto the stage, stood in front of Cheng Yuan, took a deep breath, and said, "I... I also want to become stronger! I want to be like the Sword Beast, protecting my friends!"

Cheng Yuan paused for a moment, then smiled: "Good, that's courageous."

He turned to look at the Dragon Leader, after all, the Courageous Digital Spirit was an asset of Forging Fire Village and a shareholder of this armored egg.

Leader Long took a deep breath and nodded solemnly.

It also wants to witness firsthand this moment that could change the digital world!

Cheng Yuan no longer hesitated, placed the Courage Armor Egg on the ground, and took a few steps back.

"You insect beast, touch it."

The insect-like beast took a deep breath, slowly crawled towards the armored egg, extended its forelegs, and gently touched it—

"Om-!"

In an instant, the armored egg burst forth with a fierce red light, the flame patterns flowing like a living thing, and a surge of energy swept across the entire area!

The insect's body was enveloped in flames, and the metallic hexagons with flame patterns quickly combined and condensed into an evolutionary cocoon, completely shrinking it; the energy surged, and the entire factory was illuminated in a crimson glow.

"Evolution... has really begun?!" Xu Bing's eyes widened, her voice trembling.

"Snap—"

Suddenly, a crack appeared on the surface of the energy cocoon, and then a brand new Digimon emerged from it!

Its body is long and slender, covered with metal armor with flame patterns, its arms are as sharp as dragon claws, and its back extends with insect-like wings. Its overall shape is somewhere between an insect and a dragon, exuding a powerful aura of maturity!

Cheng Yuan immediately turned on the arc laser scanner—

Shadow Dragon Beast

[Free Species, Insect Humanoid, Fire Element]

[Armored Body - Maturity Stage]

[Skills: Flash Blast (fires flames from both arm armors), Spiral Impact, Mental Disruption]

[Introduction: Possesses an insect-humanoid appearance, with a body shape resembling a dragon. It has insect-like limb structures and some dragon characteristics. It is skilled in manipulating fire and fighting, and evolved through the "Digital Spirit of Courage" power armor.]

The entire room fell silent.

The next second, a deafening cheer erupted!

"They've really evolved?!"

"A growth phase directly leaping to the mature combat power stage?!"

"Not afraid of absorbing data variations, not afraid of prematurely aging due to excessive data duplication!"

"Cheng Yuan Beast is simply defying the heavens!"

The Shadow Dragon Beast slowly moved its body, feeling the new power, its eyes filled with disbelief.

Just then, a ball of green light suddenly flew out from its body and entered Cheng Yuan's body!

Cheng Yuan was taken aback, and then felt a warm energy flowing through his body.

"This is... the Light of Evolution?!" He was shocked.

Is it because he found a new path of evolution that the digital world is giving back this power?

He immediately realized—he had to bring this light back to the Ancient Beast!

The five animal trainers, including Xu Bing, were completely shocked.

"If this technology could be popularized..." Xu Bing murmured, "all those Digimon in the real world that cannot evolve could break through the limitations!"

“The Dark Zone, this Sword of Damocles, might be able to slow things down!” Digital Doctor Cui Zhuo said, pushing up his glasses.

“This is a technology that can change the international financial and military landscape to some extent!” said Ma Yunlin from the Penguin Group’s strategy department.

The leadership of the humanoid Digimon was extremely excited.

“Armor forging, digital spirit, energy infusion devices… these technologies are readily available!” the Flame Wizard Beast whispered.

"As long as we have enough digital spirits, we can mass-produce them!" Flame Beast excitedly swung its fist.

Leader Long took a deep breath and looked at Cheng Yuan with great satisfaction: "This kid... has really ushered in a new era."

Cheng Yuan's work has completely exceeded the scope of the preliminary examination.

When Leader Long personally handed him the Advanced Forger Certificate, along with five Evolution Resource Packs—five Lava Fruits—Cheng Yuan was still a little bewildered.

"It's generous, but unfortunately there aren't any divine or light-related resources..." he muttered to himself.

After all, since Jeanne d'Arc's death, they have completely lost contact with the angels of Sky City.

However, the effect of this "muscle-flexing" far exceeded expectations.

In the afternoon, Cheng Yuan received a notification from the Humanoid Alliance—a gigantic Badoram Beast had landed at the settlement.

This is the fastest and highest-capacity flying Digimon in the Humanoid Alliance, specially designed to escort important personnel.

Its mission is to lead Cheng Yuan and other outstanding forgers to activate the volcano for deeper training, attempt to fight against the AncientGreymon Dragon's Might, and comprehend the Divine Spirit of Courage!

This bird will escort you the entire way.

Chapter 101 The Ultimate Form for Activating a Volcano

In the first anime in the Digital World, Birdramon was always regarded as a pure means of transportation, with its highest attribute value being "passenger capacity".

But at this moment, Cheng Yuan lay on its broad, hot back, feeling the howling wind, and felt that this experience was more exciting than any airplane in the real world.

"Hold on tight!" Birdramon roared, its wings flapping violently as it burst through the clouds. Cheng Yuan held onto Puppymon tightly with one hand, while his other hand gripped Birdramon's feathers firmly. Gearmon held him firmly at his feet with its mechanical claws.

"Goodbye, Footprint Forest!" Cheng Yuan looked up at the azure sky and yawned contentedly.

Since he demonstrated his incredible skill in the forging exam—capable of evolving Rookie Digimon into Armored Digimon—the entire Humanoid Digimon League has been in an uproar.

In the past two days, leaders of various races have come to visit almost every moment, bringing all kinds of rare materials, energy crystals and even ancestral armor blueprints, just to establish a relationship with this "Legendary Forger of Light".

Cheng Yuan knew perfectly well that these Digimon were only after his technical potential. In the real world, these gifts would be a huge burden, but in this secret realm, since he would be leaving in five days anyway, he decided to accept them all.

I was overwhelmed with gifts, but thankfully I had that blank storage chip. I just inserted it into the arc scanner and scanned all the gifts, and all the data was instantly digitized and stored in the chip, with plenty of space to spare.

"Little Dog Beast, Gear Beast, let's go!"

Activated Volcano, an active volcano standing in the southern part of the ancient digital continent, is one of the most dangerous areas on the entire continent.

The mountain is stained dark red by the gushing lava all year round, and the air is filled with the pungent smell of sulfur, which even the most heat-resistant Digimon dare not approach.

After the long war between light and darkness ended, most of the surviving Ultimate-level Digimon chose to live in seclusion.

AncientGreymon, one of the strongest beings outside the Light and Dark sequences, chose to slumber in this active volcano.

It is said that every breath it takes causes the earth's veins to tremble, and the dragon's might it exudes when it sleeps forms an invisible barrier, making the area within a hundred miles of the volcano a forbidden zone for life. Even powerful Ultimate-level Digimon instinctively feel trembling when they approach this place.

The Bardora landed at the foot of the volcano, its scorching wings creating a wave of heat.

Besides Cheng Yuan and his two beasts, there are also eight Digimon forgers on this trip who have the opportunity to come to the Activation Volcano for further training, not just Cheng Yuan.

"Masters, I'll stop here." Birdramon's deep voice rang out, "If I fly any further, Dragon's Might will send me crashing."

Cheng Yuan jumped off its back, feeling a scorching heat emanating from the rocks the moment his feet touched the ground. Looking up, he saw a massive volcano in the distance faintly glowing red, like a sleeping behemoth breathing, poised to erupt at any moment. Moreover, the surrounding environment was harsh; the high-temperature lava and volcanic ash posed a threat to the survival of Digimon, and contained extremely violent fire energy.