Digimon: I reached the top using the Knight item.

Just as the Goblinmon was evolving, Shiraha keenly noticed that the inverted red triangle mark on the forehead of the Goblinmon he was holding was flashing faintly.

Seeing this, Bai Yu sighed inwardly: As expected of a little guy with evolutionary power within him, he can influence the evolution of other Digimon just by staying nearby.

It is clear that the Goblinmon's sudden evolution was entirely due to the Archon.

However, the amount of evolutionary power it has acquired seems to be somewhat small.

【Wind Calamity Beast: Adult stage, Demon type, Virus species; Strength rating: D-rank.】

Even after evolving, this Wind Calamity Beast's strength assessment remains at Rank D, without any substantial breakthrough.

Unlike Bai Yu, both Liu Ji and the fox spirit showed disbelief and astonishment at this evolutionary scene.

Evolution! The goblin beast has evolved!

It is important to know that Ruki travels around with Renamon, tirelessly hunting Digimon that have materialized in the real world.

Killing and absorbing data—all of this is for the purpose of making Youkomon stronger and enabling it to evolve as soon as possible.

But despite all that effort over such a long period, there wasn't even the slightest sign of evolution on the Youkomon.

However, this goblin beast in front of us has evolved just like that!

On what grounds?

At this moment, Ruki felt that her mindset was somewhat unbalanced.

"Roar!"

After evolving into the Wind Calamity Beast, it let out a ferocious roar, its crimson eyes fixed on the Fox Beast, and the ferocious bone club in its hand whipped up a fierce wind and smashed down mercilessly!

The fox beast quickly regained its senses, its figure flashing as it narrowly avoided the powerful blow.

Boom!

The bone club slammed into the ground, kicking up a cloud of gravel and dust.

Although the system's assessment of its strength level remained unchanged, this Wind Calamity Beast's strength was undoubtedly an improvement compared to the previous Goblin Beast.

The fox beast's face lost its previous composure and playfulness, replaced by a solemn expression.

The Wind Calamity Beast's attacks were wild and relentless, one blow after another, forcing the Fox Beast to retreat and dodge repeatedly, and for a moment it was somewhat suppressed.

"Ryuhime, concentrate!"

The fox spirit's calm voice roused Ruki from her reverie.

Ruki snapped out of her daze and looked at the fox spirit struggling on the battlefield. She immediately suppressed the chaotic thoughts in her mind.

He then quickly drew two cards and swiped them cleanly across the [D-Ark Tyrannosaurus Rex Machine]!

With the power of the card, Renamon's momentum surged once more. Seizing an opening in Gaaramon's attack, it let out a clear shout.

"Fox Leaf Wedge!"

Countless energy blades, gleaming with a cold light, coalesced in mid-air and rained down on the Wind Calamity Beast!

Boom!

Amidst the deafening explosion, the massive body of the Wind Calamity Beast was completely engulfed. It let out a mournful howl of despair before transforming into a stream of data that filled the sky.

The fox-like beast was slightly out of breath, preparing to step forward and absorb the energy.

However, Bai Yu, who was standing to the side, once again raised a blank dial.

The scattered data in mid-air transformed into a data stream, rapidly flowing into the blank dial in Bai Yu's hand!

Ruki had been keeping a close eye on Shirayu, and when she saw Shirayu make that familiar move, her eyes instantly blazed with fury!

"You stole my things again!"

An angry voice rang out, and Ruki, unable to contain her rage, rushed toward Shiraha.

As she approached Bai Yu, Liu Ji delivered a powerful high kick, whistling through the air, aimed at the side of Bai Yu's head!

Despite being a young girl, Ruki's kick was fast and powerful, clearly indicating that she had some training.

Unfortunately, Bai Yu quickly took two steps back, dodging Liu Ji's kick.

"bass--!"

Just then, a crisp electronic sound effect rang out.

As the last bit of data was completely absorbed, the blank dial in Bai Yu's hand suddenly changed.

The original blank style has disappeared, replaced by a scarlet background with tiger-striped black stripes around the edges, and the ferocious head of the Wind Calamity Beast is engraved in the center of the dial.

The 【Wind and Calamity Beast Dial】 is now complete.

Bai Yu glanced at the new watch face in his hand with satisfaction, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Her kick missed, but Liu Ji's anger burned even brighter. Without hesitation, she charged at Bai Yu again.

"Is this never going to end?"

Bai Yu snorted lightly; he wasn't the kind of person who would just take a beating without fighting back.

He pressed the button on the newly made "Wind and Calamity Beast Dial".

"Wind Calamity Beast!"

A wild electronic sound effect rang out, and then the watch face in Bai Yu's hand disappeared into thin air.

Instead, it was replaced by a ferocious bone club that was exactly the same as the one in the hands of the previous Wind Calamity Beast!

Bai Yu twisted his wrist, pointing the heavy bone club at Ruki who was charging towards him.

Seeing the bone club so close to her, Ruki's pupils suddenly contracted, her forward steps came to an abrupt halt, and her body swayed slightly from the sudden stop.

"Liu Ji!"

The fox spirit cried out in surprise, its figure flashing as it arrived beside Ruki, scooped her up in its arms, and quickly stepped back to create a safe distance.

"Are you alright, Ruki?" The fox spirit put Ruki down and asked with concern.

Liu Ji shook her head to indicate that she was alright, but her purple eyes were fixed on Bai Yu and the ferocious bone club in his hand, her eyes filled with anger.

Chapter 10: Do you think absorbing all kinds of data is a good thing?

"What exactly do you want? Can you please stop being so shameless and taking my things again and again!"

"If you want data, why don't you go find the target yourself?"

Faced with Ruki's angry questioning, Bai Yu showed no remorse whatsoever. His calm demeanor made it seem as if he was the one in the right.

He even swung the ferocious bone club in his hand with great interest, feeling its weight.

That's just how Bai Yu is. He either doesn't do anything, or once he does something, he never lets himself get bogged down in mental exhaustion.

Being at peace with oneself is one of his life's tenets.

With a thought, Bai Yu's bone staff vanished from his hand, and the [Wind Calamity Beast Dial] reappeared.

Then, with another thought, the [Wind Calamity Beast Dial] was stored in the system space.

Then Bai Yu looked at Ruki, whose face was flushed with anger, and said in a lecturing tone, "Don't be so angry. Young girls like you will get wrinkles if you get angry."

"Besides, I'm doing this for your own good."

"For my own good?" Ruki laughed in anger, as if she had heard the funniest joke in the world.

"You steal my spoils and claim it's for my own good? What are you even made of?"

Bai Yu shrugged dismissively and continued, "Don't think that letting Youkomon absorb the data of other Digimon is a good thing."

"While it's true that inflating one's own data is beneficial, it also carries significant hidden risks."

In response to Bai Yu's words, Liu Ji gave an undisguised snort.

She looked at Bai Yu with disdain, as if she were looking at a complete novice who knew nothing.

"Digitalmon constantly battle each other, absorbing each other's data to become stronger and ultimately evolve. This is a law! It's an unchanging principle among Digitalmon! Don't you even know this?"

Ruki's words were filled with contempt for Shiraha.

Bai Yu's smile remained unchanged; he knew Liu Ji would say that.

"This is a law, that's true; and the desire to evolve is also true."

At this point, Bai Yu's gaze sharpened as he looked directly into Ruki's eyes.

"But have you ever thought about what kind of evolution you want your fox beast to become?"

Upon hearing this, Ruki instinctively blurted out, "Of course, it's evolution..."

However, the conversation abruptly ended halfway through.

Yes, how will it evolve?

Ruki desperately wanted the fox beast to evolve and become stronger, but she didn't seem to have really thought about what kind of evolution it should take.

But Ruki quickly realized what was happening and said, "Of course, it evolves according to the Digimon evolution chain!"

At this point, Ruki looked at Shiraha with disdain once again.

"Don't tell me you don't even know what evolutionary chains those Digimon have, do you?"

Bai Yu chuckled, shook his head, and said, "The problem lies in this evolutionary chain."

Then Bai Yu took a step forward, stared at Ruki, and threw out another question that she could not avoid.

Is the evolutionary chain of Digimon fixed?

This question doesn't even need to be answered by Ruki.

Anyone who truly understands Digimon knows that the answer is no.

The evolution of Digimon is full of infinite possibilities. The so-called evolutionary chain is just a "paradigm" that has already appeared and been recorded.

Seeing that Liu Ji remained silent, Bai Yu knew that she understood.

"The evolutionary chain of Digimon can be said to be constantly updated."

"For example, when an Agumon evolves into Greymon, then there is the evolutionary chain 'Agumon-Greymon'."

"But if one day, a Gabumon also evolves into Greymon, then there will be an additional 'Gabumon-Greymon' in the evolutionary chain."

"Many seemingly unique evolutionary chains are simply because no other examples have yet appeared. Once they do, they represent a new possibility."

Bai Yu continued to explain in more detail, his tone gradually becoming more serious.

"The evolution of Digimon, to put it nicely, is a grid-like evolution, full of possibilities."

"But to put it bluntly, it's just haphazard evolution."

"Those on earth can evolve into those in the sky, those in the sky can evolve into those in the sea, and those in the sea can evolve back into those on earth."

"The root cause of this is the indiscriminate absorption of data."

"I absorbed all kinds of data, good and bad, matching and unmatched, and eventually turned myself into a data mashup."

"Under such circumstances, how it will eventually evolve becomes completely uncontrollable."

At this point, Bai Yu's expression became more serious than ever before. He stared at Liu Ji and said, word by word, "Liu Ji, if you don't want your fox beast to evolve in a completely unknown direction, or even in a direction that you cannot accept..."

"From now on, stop this habit of letting it absorb all kinds of data."

"Change it to self-training, whether it's Youkomon or yourself."

"Your own strength is the best help to the fox spirit. You must remember this."

Listening to Bai Yu's long-winded speech, Liu Ji's pretty face, which had been tense with anger, gradually relaxed.

Instead, he wore a thoughtful expression.

Seeing Liu Ji's expression, Bai Yu knew that she had taken his words to heart.

If she could really change her habit of randomly absorbing data, it would definitely be a good thing for her and the fox spirit.

If you really think about it, among all the chosen children of these generations, only the third generation has exhibited this behavior of absorbing data from other Digimon.

For example, in the first and second generations, this kind of thing never happened.

Don't say this setting wasn't present in the first two films; it actually was, just presented in a very weak way.

Myotismon is the most obvious example. When it evolved into Vamdemon, it devoured several of its minions, including Devilmon, because of insufficient data.