Digimon: I reached the top using the Knight item.

"Clang!"

The crisp sound of metal clashing echoed through the forest.

Bai Yu, wielding the [Rune Tiger Sound Staff], precisely parried the Iron Chicken Beast's treasure pestle, the staff and the pestle's tip colliding.

Iron Chicken was completely taken aback by someone suddenly appearing out of nowhere, and a hint of surprise flashed in its chicken eyes.

It immediately increased its strength, trying to push the white feathers back.

Bai Yu twisted his wrist, dissipating the force, and his body spun around smoothly.

The silver blade wings on the edge of the [Rune Sonic Wings] behind him drew a sharp arc in the air, heading straight for the Iron Chicken Beast.

The Iron Chicken reacted extremely quickly, shrinking its body sharply and using its ball armor to meet the wing blade.

"Gah—!"

A series of teeth-grinding scraping sounds rang out.

The silver blade wing left a clear white scratch on the Iron Chicken's metal armor.

The next instant, blinding lightning burst forth from the Iron Chicken Beast's body, countless electric snakes shooting wildly in all directions, striking the surrounding trees and instantly turning them black.

But the moment the lightning flashed, Bai Yu's figure had already retreated rapidly, so fast that it seemed as if he had anticipated the attack, without being touched by the electricity at all.

Bai Yu landed lightly beside Jianliang.

Gargomon also took the opportunity to retreat, panting heavily.

Although it was Jianliang's first time seeing this [Flying Tiger Baron Beast Enhanced Armor Form], he instantly recognized Bai Yu when he saw the familiar actuator and dial at the waist.

Jianliang's tense face relaxed completely at this moment, and his solemn expression vanished.

Shiraha turned his head to the side, his voice coming from under his helmet: "Didn't I tell you to go after Oikawa Yukio? How did you end up fighting with this guy?"

When this was mentioned, a look of helplessness appeared on Jianliang's face.

He quickly explained, "I had already caught up with Yukio Oikawa."

"That guy is definitely not an ordinary human. He can unleash black energy waves with his bare hands, but Gargomon can still handle it."

"But just as we were fighting, this iron chicken suddenly rushed out and attacked us without any warning. Yukio Oikawa took advantage of this opportunity to escape."

After listening to Jianliang's account, Baiyu finally understood what had happened.

Another disruption.

On the other side, Iron Chicken stretched its neck and saw the glaring scratch on its proud armor, instantly enraging itself.

Its sharp, croaking voice shrieked angrily: "Bastard! How dare you leave such an ugly mark on my handsome and perfect body! Unforgivable!"

Angry bolts of electricity crackled and popped on its body, scorching the surrounding ground black.

"I will definitely kill you!"

Before he could finish speaking, the Iron Chicken Beast sidestepped, aimed his treasured pestle, which flashed with terrifying lightning, at Bai Yu, and thrust it forward!

Chapter 111: You bastard... Don't be so smug...

Seeing the Iron Chicken Beast charging towards him, Bai Yu held the [Rune Tiger Sound Staff] horizontally forward, and the green flame pattern at the tip of the staff suddenly lit up.

A massive fireball of runes rapidly condensed, and the scorching heat wave distorted the surrounding air.

The roaring fireball, trailing a long tail of flame, hurtled straight at the Iron Chicken Beast that was charging towards it, crackling with electricity.

The Iron Chicken Beast let out a strange laugh from its shrill croak, intensifying its electric arc! It collided with the runic fireball!

Boom!

Flames and lightning clashed and collided violently, producing a piercing hissing sound. A visible white shockwave spread wildly in all directions, scattering all the withered branches and leaves on the ground.

A few seconds later, an explosion rang out!

At the epicenter of the explosion, the Iron Chicken staggered backward seven or eight meters, its metal claws carving two deep furrows in the ground.

The Iron Chicken shook its slightly numb wings and looked at the charred marks on its prized pestle. Its anger surged even more intensely.

"Hehe! It wasn't enough that you left ugly marks on my handsome and perfect body! You even dirtied my precious pestle!"

The Iron Rooster, naturally argumentative, now unleashed the full power of its sharp beak: "If you're so tough, stop throwing fireballs at me and fight me fair and square! You coward! Cluck cluck! Your armor is hideous! Uglier than that messy weeds on the ground! You are..."

A series of sharp and sarcastic shouts echoed through the woods, harsh and unpleasant to hear.

Bai Yu remarked sarcastically, "Your voice is really awful."

The next second, the [Rune Sonic Wings] on Bai Yu's back suddenly flapped, and he transformed into a streak of deep red and bright yellow light, moving so fast that he even left an afterimage!

The Iron Chicken's cries abruptly ceased. It felt a blur before its eyes, and a sense of oppression descended upon it.

Bai Yu gripped the [Rune Tiger Sound Staff] tightly in both hands and smashed it down on the Iron Chicken Beast's head with the force of splitting Mount Hua!

Startled, the iron rooster instinctively held the precious pestle horizontally above its head.

"Clang—!"

A deafening metallic clang rang out!

The Iron Chicken Beast felt an irresistible force coming from the magic pestle. Its two chicken claws could no longer support it and with a thud, they sank deep into the ground.

"You...!"

Just as it was about to open its mouth to continue cursing, Bai Yu's actions were faster than its words.

With a thought, Bai Yu's [Rune Tiger Sound Staff] snapped open and instantly disintegrated into two bronze short sticks.

Without pausing for a moment, Bai Yu struck the iron chicken's outstretched neck with the short stick in his left hand at a tricky angle.

"Uh!"

The Iron Beast's shouts were immediately silenced by the blow, turning into a painful groan, his eyes almost bulging out.

Bai Yu gave it no chance to catch its breath.

He was relentless in his pursuit of power, and the two short sticks in his hands transformed into two blurry shadows as he unleashed a barrage of blows on the Iron Chicken.

boom! boom! boom!

The sounds of rapid, continuous striking echoed.

That proud rooster's head and those flapping wings were soon covered with scars and bruises.

The spherical armor also clanged as it was struck, revealing a dense array of white dents on its surface.

The Iron Beast was beaten until it was dizzy and disoriented, screaming repeatedly, completely falling into a passive situation.

"Damn it!"

Under the relentless onslaught, Iron Chicken finally reached his breaking point.

It let out a piercing scream, and the energy within its body exploded out without reservation!

Crackle!

Countless terrifying electric snakes shot out wildly from its body, forming an impenetrable electric net!

However, just before the lightning struck, Bai Yu's figure had already retreated swiftly like a ghost.

As if Bai Yu had foreseen all of this, his movements were fluid and graceful as he withdrew from the electric grid's attack range beforehand, ensuring that not a single trace of electricity touched him.

The three-second anticipation ability of [Predicting Extreme Speed ​​Movement] renders any counterattack by Iron Chicken Beast a futile struggle.

As the violent lightning gradually subsided, the forest returned to a brief moment of tranquility.

Bai Yu's gaze fell on the Iron Chicken Beast, and he keenly noticed a change.

The Iron Chicken's overall size seems to have shrunk a bit since then.

Seeing this, Bai Yu thought back and remembered that the Iron Chicken Beast had a special ability to strengthen and grow stronger by absorbing electricity.

It seems that Iron Chicken must have absorbed a lot of electricity somewhere before, which is why it was able to maintain its current size.

The unrestrained energy burst just now consumed most of the electricity stored in its body, causing its body to shrink and its strength to be reduced.

With that thought in mind, Bai Yu no longer hesitated and combined the two short sticks into the [Rune Tiger Sound Staff], the green patterns on the tip of the staff glowing once again.

call out!call out!call out!

Three rune fireballs, arranged in a triangular shape, roared towards the already somewhat weakened Iron Chicken Beast.

"what!"

The Iron Rooster roared in resentment, desperately urging its magic pestle to unleash a bolt of lightning in an attempt to intercept it.

But this time, the electric light it emitted was noticeably weaker and less powerful.

The bolt of lightning only managed to destroy the first rune fireball before running out of energy and dissipating into the air.

The remaining two fireballs struck the Iron Chicken's body with perfect accuracy, without any hindrance.

Boom! Boom!

Two loud explosions rang out in the forest, the violent air currents blowing the surrounding trees this way and that, with branches and leaves flying everywhere.

The iron rooster was charred black, emitting wisps of smoke. Its once proud and bright red comb was now drooping limply, making it look utterly pathetic.

It struggled to stand up, but its legs trembled uncontrollably, and it finally collapsed to the ground with a thud, barely able to support its body with its wings.

Iron Chicken Beast glared at Bai Yu with his furious chicken eyes, barely managing to look at him: "You bastard... don't be so smug..."

Its voice was hoarse and weak, yet it remained true to its provocative nature.

Bai Yu ignored its words, calmly pressed the buttons on the dial and the top of the drive, and then suddenly turned the drive.

"The End Time!"

The cold, electronic sound effects echoed through the forest.

"A tiger roars with courage? Slaying the future!"

Bai Yu raised the [Rune Tiger Sound Staff] high in his hand, and the diamond-shaped silver-white "third eye" on his forehead suddenly lit up, with pale golden precognitive patterns flowing rapidly on it.

An indescribable energy was injected into the staff, igniting a crimson flame of courage.

Bai Yu suddenly swung his long staff down!

A slashing wave, combining a tiger-shaped sonic boom with crimson flames, shot out, tearing through the air and heading straight for the Iron Chicken on the ground!

The Iron Chicken felt an unprecedented and deadly threat. It mustered its last bit of strength and desperately tried to roll away to escape.

However, the slashing wave seemed to have eyes, and it twisted mysteriously in mid-air, precisely correcting its angle and locking onto its position after it moved.

"Do not--!"

The desperate screams abruptly stopped.

puff!

The slashing wave passed through the center of the Iron Chicken's body without any hindrance.

The Iron Rooster's movements froze instantly, a thin red line extending from the top of its head to its abdomen.

The next second, its spherical metal body was cleanly split in two, the cut as smooth as a mirror.

Data points of light gushed out from its wrecked body.

Bai Yu flipped his hand and took out a blank watch face. All the data points seemed to be drawn in and sucked into it.

A brand new watch face took shape in Bai Yu's palm.

【Iron Rooster Beast Watch Dial】

The dial is entirely bright red, with yellow as the secondary color and gold as the accent color. In the center is a relief of the Iron Rooster's head, which has been reduced to a spherical shape, surrounded by several lightning-shaped gold lines.

Jianliang breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the clean and efficient ending; the battle was over.

Then, turning to Gargomon beside her, she said, "It's alright, Gargomon. You can revert back to Terriermon."

Gargomon nodded and reverted back to Terriermon in the light.

Bai Yu turned around and glanced at Jianliang and Big Ear Beast, and said, "It's not time to rest yet. We still have to work hard. We haven't found the main target yet."

Afterwards, Shiraha, along with Kenryo and Big-eared Beast, continued their search for Oikawa Yukio in the forest.

They searched for a long time.

Time slipped away quietly in the tedious search, and more than half an hour had passed in the blink of an eye.