Digimon: I reached the top using the Knight item.

"Renamon evolves into Nine-Tailed Beast!"

"Mouthmon Evolution - Gargomon!"

With two high-pitched evolutionary pronouncements, the light faded, revealing a lithe golden fox with nine enormous tails and a green rabbit wearing jeans, its arms transforming into heavy machine guns.

(Additional image of Garugmon)

"Go, Nine-Tailed Beast!" Ruki gave the order to her partner to attack without hesitation.

"Wait, Ruki!" Shiraha, hovering in mid-air, quickly warned, "The opponent is very strong, it's at its complete form, don't..."

But Bai Yu's words came too late.

With a powerful stomp of its limbs, the Nine-Tailed Beast charged towards the Mavis Beast, splashing water everywhere.

As it ran, the tips of the nine tails of the Nine-Tailed Beast ignited with blazing blue flames.

"Fox Flame Dragon!"

The blue flames on the nine tails broke off and quickly converged in the air, forming a blue fire dragon in the blink of an eye, roaring as it charged toward Mavismon.

Faced with this fierce attack, Mavis Beast was full of disdain.

It didn't even bother to dodge; it simply raised a thick arm covered in black bristles and punched the oncoming blue fire dragon.

"Boom!"

There's no suspense whatsoever.

The moment the blue fire dragon touched Mavismon's fist, it shattered like a wave crashing against a mountain wall, turning into countless blue sparks that scattered in all directions.

After shattering the Nine-Tailed Beast's attack with a single punch, Mavismon suddenly exerted force with its legs, its massive body leaping into the air, and slammed a punch towards the Nine-Tailed Beast.

Seeing this, Ruki hurriedly drew another card and swiped it quickly across the arc light machine.

"Card swap! Defensive component C!"

A metallic gleam flashed across the Nine-Tailed Beast's body, instantly boosting its defense.

"boom--!"

Mavismon's fist landed squarely on Nine-Tailed Beast, producing a dull thud.

The Nine-Tailed Beast's entire body was thrown backward uncontrollably, as if it had been hit by a speeding truck.

The Nine-Tailed Beast struggled to twist its body and adjust its posture in the air, and after landing, it glided a long distance before finally coming to a stop.

Chapter 80: Focused Fire

The nine-tailed beast shook its head, its nine tails swaying somewhat haphazardly.

"The Nine-Tailed Beast?" Ruki's voice carried a hint of worry.

"I'm fine, Ruhime," the Nine-Tailed Beast replied, its voice sounding fairly calm.

Thanks to the "Defense Component C" card, the increased defense allowed Nine-Tailed Beast to withstand the attack without suffering any real damage.

But the brutal force that came from the punch just now clearly told the Nine-Tailed Beast how big the gap in strength between the two was.

"Don't rush up alone again," Bai Yu said as he landed beside Ruki.

"This guy can't be dealt with by one person alone. We need to all go together to have a chance."

Upon hearing Bai Yu's words, Liu Ji's face flashed with displeasure, but she neither uttered a rebuttal nor made any further rash moves.

The result just now is quite clear: she and Nine-Tailed Beast are indeed no match for the Digimon in front of them.

Meanwhile, in that network space filled with numbers and code streams.

Jess Beast hovered in mid-air, watching everything that was happening inside the research base.

Even with Jessmon's knowledge, he couldn't discern the origin of the peculiar armor worn by Bai Yu, Taiyi, and the others.

Moreover, according to the intelligence we received earlier, there should be more than just these few chosen children.

Where are the other children?

Just then, Bai Yu suddenly took off the [Neptune Beast Watch] and [Ice Demon Beast Watch] from the time-space drive on his waist.

As Bai Yu moved, the [Ice Demon - Sea King Dragon Beast Enhanced Armor Form] covering him instantly transformed into countless data particles interwoven with ice blue and deep sea blue, dissipating into the air and revealing his original appearance.

Everyone was taken aback by Bai Yu's action.

"Bai Yu, what are you doing? You were just saying we should all attack together, and now you've turned off your transformation? What, you're not going to fight anymore?" Liu Ji was the first to speak up, her tone full of accusation.

"Don't be nervous, I'm just planning to change my form." Bai Yu had a relaxed smile on his face, showing no sense of pressure in the face of a major battle.

As Bai Yu spoke, he retracted the time-space driver and the two dials into the system space.

The next second, the [Evolution Belt] appeared on Bai Yu's waist.

Both Mephismon, who was present at the scene, and Jessemon, who was in cyberspace, were surprised to see Shiraha deactivate his transformation.

In cyberspace, Jess Beast carefully examined and observed Bai Yu, countless thoughts flashing through his mind, yet he still couldn't understand Bai Yu's methods.

Could it be that humans have evolved again?

Following the Beast Tamer, a brand new power has been born?

In the eyes of Jessmon and the constancy behind it, the appearance of the tamer is an extraordinary manifestation of the evolution of human power.

Compared to Jesmon's deep contemplation, Mavismon was much more direct.

His crimson eyes were fixed on Bai Yu, and he questioned in a low voice, "Kid, what kind of tricks are these? And who exactly are you?"

The headlights, resembling car headlights, suddenly illuminated on Bai Yu's evolved belt.

Bai Yu grinned and replied in a relaxed tone, "You can call me Master Chef for now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Yu's smile vanished, and he slammed his hands on either side of his belt, shouting in a deep voice, "Henshin!"

"Om-!"

The silvery-white light flashed by so quickly that it was impossible to catch it.

As the light faded, Bai Yu was now covered in a brand new layer of armor.

The main body is a silver-white color that shimmers with a metallic luster, and it fits tightly like the muscle fibers of a living creature. The joints are inlaid with the iconic red digital patterns of the Ancient Beast, while its compound eyes display a constantly flowing and changing stream of golden data.

Digimon Evolution!

(New picture, which one do you think looks better compared to the previous one?)

In cyberspace, Jessmon witnessed the entire transformation of Baiyu. It muttered to itself, "He transformed again... Is the key thing that's around his waist? What is that?"

As Mavismon looked at Shiraha, who had transformed again and adopted a completely new appearance, a hint of greed appeared on its ferocious sheep face.

"Looks like you really are an extraordinary kid."

"I have to catch you and prepare you properly so you'll spill all your secrets!"

Ignoring Mephismon's shouts, Bai Yu looked around and saw that Taichi, Koushiro, Kai, as well as Keito, Ruki, and Kenryo were all ready to continue the battle.

Bai Yu no longer hesitated: "Make your move!"

At a command, Bai Yu took the lead, splashing water at his feet as he charged straight at the Mavis Beast.

Taiichi and Koushiro immediately followed from Shiroha's left and right sides, forming a triangle formation to surround him.

"A barrage of flames!"

Groudon launches a remote attack.

With its massive maw wide open, crimson energy gathered in its throat. The next moment, accompanied by a deafening explosion, a torrent of scorching flames roared out, burning towards the Mavismon.

Mavis simply swung her arm casually.

"Boom!"

A violent gust of wind swept out, and the powerful "volley of flames" collapsed instantly, like a candle flame blown by a gale, turning into scattered sparks.

Groudon hadn't expected its attack to injure Mephismon; its purpose was to provide cover.

As Mephismon successfully thwarted Groudon's attack, Shiraha rushed in front of it.

Bai Yu clenched his right fist, a stream of flowing golden data covering the knuckles, and aimed directly at the ferocious ram's head of the Mavis Beast without any fancy moves.

The Mavis Beast reacted extremely quickly, raising its arm to block.

"boom--!"

The fists and palms collided, and a dull thud accompanied a visible white shockwave that spread outwards, pushing back the surrounding murky water several meters.

The Mavis Beast remained completely still, but a flicker of surprise crossed its ferocious goat face.

The force has increased!

Mavismon could clearly feel that the force coming from Bai Yu's fist was a level stronger than before.

【Digital Knight Evolution】This form's strength rating is B, which is slightly stronger than the previous form, and its power is naturally also stronger.

Despite having his attack blocked, Bai Yu did not pause for a moment, continuing his offensive like a relentless tide.

Bai Yu moved nimbly, constantly launching close-range attacks on Mavismon's body.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The sounds of intense blows were deafening. Mavismon, abandoning its previous composure, was forced to calm down and focus all its energy on dealing with Bai Yu's relentless and fierce attacks.

After several moves, Mavismon successfully seized an opening in Bai Yu's defenses, unleashing a sudden burst of dark energy and delivering a powerful punch that sent Bai Yu flying backward.

Mephismon will then press its advantage.

But at that moment, two figures, one blue and one purple, attacked from both sides simultaneously; it was Taiichi and Koushiro.

"It's you two again!" Mavis Beast's crimson eyes were filled with disdain and annoyance.

It had already seen the capabilities of these two before; they were nothing to it.

"Get out of my way, you bugs!"

Mavismon roared, its two enormous hands striking Taichi and Koushiro respectively, intending to swat them away like flies.

However, at this time...

"Dada dada dada—!"

A rapid and intense barrage of gunfire erupted as Gargomon's heavy machine guns spewed out angry tongues of fire. Countless high-speed spinning bullets formed a metallic storm, all of which poured onto Mavismon.

"Card swap! Attack component F!"

Behind him, Jianliang calmly swiped a card through the arc light machine.

An invisible force was added to Gargomon, greatly increasing its attack power and causing the power of its Vulcan cannons to surge instantly.

Bullets that would normally only splatter a few sparks on the Mavis Beast were now able to easily tear its fur, leaving white marks on its skin.

A distinct stinging sensation came over him. Although it wasn't enough to cause serious injury, the annoyance of being provoked by the ants ignited Mavis's fury.

Right now!

Taichi and Koushiro seized this opportunity.

Without any hesitation, the two pressed the dials on their waists almost simultaneously and then swung the drives sharply.

Two distinctly different electronic sound effects rang out clearly on the noisy battlefield.

"The final moment! Predator charge!"

"Final Moment! Venomous Spider Dive Kick!"

Taiichi lowered his body instantly, rushing straight toward Mephismon at a speed exceeding the limit. The water in the path was evaporated by the high-temperature airflow, leaving a scorching trail.

Koushiro suddenly exerted force from the mechanical spider legs on his back, leaping high into the air. A thick, dark green, highly toxic energy gathered on his right leg, and he kicked down in mid-air.

Faced with the pincer attack, Mavismon let out an impatient roar, its scarlet eyes filled with savagery.

With a shake of its arms covered in black bristles, Mavis Beast unleashed a ball of unfathomable dark energy in each palm.

"Get out of here!"

With a roar, two mighty torrents of darkness were unleashed by Mavismon, heading straight towards Taichi and Koushiro, who was launching a flying kick.

The next instant, the scorching trajectory of the sprint and the chilling green flying kick collided violently with the two pure dark energies.

Boom!