Knights of the Digital World

The Ultimate-level's surging energy accumulated in the Giga Assassination Spear. Bio-DarkDragonmon did its best to control and concentrate as much power as possible into the Giga Assassination Spear. When it could no longer control it, it let out a roar and charged towards Gallantmon.

"The Royal Spear!"

Gallantmon showed no fear, raising its holy lance "Gram," its energy rapidly surging into the lance as it met BioDarkmon's attack head-on.

"Blue solar prominences!"

"Sevenfold Fantasy!"

Bio-Spinosaurus and Bio-Forget-Me-Not immediately offered their support.

The Bio-Spinosaurus still unleashed its massive fireball, reaching a trillion degrees Celsius, but the Bio-Forget-Me-Not Beast changed tactics. Instead of directly engaging in the battle, it attempted to intervene from the sidelines. Her right-hand staff emitted a seven-colored battle aura, capable of dissipating the opponent's fighting spirit. She intended to weaken her opponent through this method.

"Odin's Breath!"

The eight-legged horse-beast didn't just stand by and watch. With a wave of its right hand, the holy shield "Land of Mist" manipulated the temperature to create an extremely low-temperature snowstorm, which intercepted the blue solar prominence halfway and quickly extinguished it.

However, the seven-colored battle aura emitted by the Bio-Forget-Me-Not Beast's ultimate move, "Sevenfold Fantasy," could not be stopped and quickly dissipated around the two Royal Knights, beginning to affect their will.

"What a ridiculous little trick!"

Crimson Knightmon's eyes dimmed for a few seconds, and its gunshot at BioDarkDragonmon weakened, becoming evenly matched with BioDarkDragonmon's Giga Assassination Gun.

However, Gallantmon quickly regained its high fighting spirit and, without using its special attack, relied on its superb martial arts skills to launch continuous attacks on BioDarkmon with the Holy Lance "Gram".

The eight-legged horse beast also broke free from its depressed mood in just a few seconds, raised its left hand, and activated the sacred crossbow "Flame Kingdom", continuously firing scorching light arrows.

This is not a special move either; it's simply a beam of light emitted using the characteristics of the "Land of Flames." However, its power should not be underestimated.

Most importantly, amidst the countless arrows of light, no one knows whether a "Rainbow Bridge Arrow" is hidden among them.

These are the Royal Knights, who have stood at the pinnacle of the Digital World after countless battles. Their strength, experience, and skills are all unparalleled in the Digital World.

The idea that the Biochemical Forget-Me-Not Flower Beast could weaken them with "Sevenfold Fantasy" is nothing short of wishful thinking.

The bio-engineered Forget-Me-Not Beast seemed to retain some of its consciousness, or perhaps it was Nanami's genius-level cunning that allowed her to immediately recognize the terrifying nature of the eight-legged horse beast's attack.

She patted the Bio-Spinosaurus, signaling it to get out of the way quickly. She herself then nimbly leaped backward to avoid the barrage of light arrows unleashed by the Eight-Legged Horse Beast.

However, just as the Bio-Forget-Me-Not Beast inherited some of Nanami's cunning, the Bio-Spinosaurus Beast completely inherited Ivan's simple-minded and naive personality.

"Sonic Rain Slash!"

The bio-engineered Spinosaurus roared, lowered its body, and unleashed another torrent of blades from its back.

He actually chose to fight fire with fire!

The eight-legged horse-beast had rarely encountered such a clumsy opponent in its many years of battle, and it was momentarily stunned. However, its physical instincts compelled it to keep tapping the holy crossbow and firing light arrows.

In the sky, a rain of light arrows and a rain of blades mingled and collided, producing a continuous series of explosive sounds.

Initially, the blade rain had the upper hand. After all, this was the real finishing move of the Bio-Spinosaurus, and the energy contained within it far surpassed that of the light arrow.

However, the eight-legged horse remained calm and did not feel nervous despite being at a disadvantage; it simply continued to shoot out light arrows.

Gradually, the rain of blades became evenly matched with the rain of light arrows, and then gradually fell into a disadvantageous position.

Unlike the Eight-Legged Horse Beast, which consumes a small amount of energy and relies more on the light arrows emitted by the Holy Crossbow "Flame Country" property, the blade rain fired by the Bio-Spinosaurus Beast consumes its own power entirely.

In a short exchange, the rain of blades imbued with greater energy would certainly have the upper hand. However, as the battle drags on, the rain of blades, unable to sustain further energy replenishment, will inevitably be defeated by the endless barrage of light arrows.

Sure enough, a moment later, the Bio-Spinosaurus let out a mournful cry. A rain of light arrows overwhelmed the now sparse rain of blades and crashed down on the Bio-Spinosaurus.

On the other side, BioDarkDragonmon was also helpless against Gallantmon's attack.

His original form was just a petty thug, barely capable of fighting with his fists, and truly knew nothing about spears. Although he gained some spear-using skills and techniques after evolving, how could he compare to Gallantmon?

Crimson Knight Beast's marksmanship was honed through life-or-death battles!

As a result, Bio-DarkDragonmon was completely unable to avoid Gallantmon's attacks, and Gallantmon left wounds all over its body.

This feeling of being toyed with and manipulated enraged the bio-engineered dark dragon beast, which roared incessantly and swung its spear with increasing ferocity.

But all of this was to no avail. On the contrary, the anger exposed more flaws in BioDarkmon's actions, making it easier for Gallantmon to fight.

Crimson Knightmon silently observed BioDarkmon as he inflicted wounds on it. He keenly sensed that BioDarkmon's reactions had slowed down.

"It seems the time has come."

Gallantmon isn't a monster; he doesn't have a penchant for toying with his opponents. He's simply conserving his energy for any battles that might follow.

According to Emu's intelligence, Kurata still has Belphemon as an ace in his hand.

As one of the Seven Great Demon Lords, Belphemon's strength should not be underestimated. As another pinnacle of the Ultimate level, Gallantmon understands the power of their respective levels even better.

In order to deal with this potential opponent, Gallantmon will not waste its energy.

Therefore, Crimson Knight Beast did not choose to completely overwhelm the opponent with energy. Instead, it conserved energy as much as possible, relied on its skills to accumulate injuries through small wounds, and finally delivered the decisive blow.

The eight-legged horse-like beasts shared the same idea. Therefore, neither of them used powerful special moves or finishing moves to defeat their opponents.

Now, the injuries on the Bio-Dark Dragon Beast have accumulated to a certain point, it's time to finish it off!

Crimson Knightmon seized the opportunity, using its Holy Lance "Gram" to deflect BioDarkmon's Giga Assassination Lance aside, while its other hand thrust its Holy Shield "Aegis" forward, directly into BioDarkmon's chest.

Goodbye, Pure Land of Bliss!

The energy beam released from Aegis struck the bio-engineered dark dragon beast without leaking out at all.

The bio-engineered dark dragon beast let out a miserable cry, was blasted away by Elysium, and lost its will.

The last remaining bio-engineered Forget-Me-Not Beast subconsciously swallowed, but still raised its scepter under the command of the metal ring, about to use "Snake Healing" to soothe its companion's injuries.

"Sorry, I can't let you do that."

However, in the next instant, the eight-legged horse beast had already arrived in front of the bio-forget-me-not beast with its superior mobility. The holy crossbow "Flame Kingdom" was pressed against the bio-forget-me-not beast's chest. With a slight smile, a scorching light arrow was fired, knocking the bio-forget-me-not beast back into human form.

Thus, all Digimon Hunters... were wiped out!

Chapter Seventeen, Belphemon

"Useless, useless, useless...!"

As Kurata watched the three hunters retreating steadily on the monitor, his expression gradually turned fearful.

He didn't expect that even after the two modifications, the three of them would still be defeated so easily!

Moreover, it was a complete rout with absolutely no chance of fighting back!

Kurata only had Belphemon left in his hand.

However, Belphemon needs a vast amount of life energy to revive. It would take Belphemon a full thousand years to accumulate this energy on its own. This is why Belphemon sleeps for thousands of years at a time.

Kurata wanted to intervene manually, so he hunted Digimon multiple times. This was both to vent his own resentment and to accumulate life energy for Belphemon.

But who is Belphemon? It is the "Sloth" Demon Lord, one of the Seven Great Demon Lords.

Even such a top-tier ultimate form needs to accumulate energy for a thousand years. Just how enormous is that energy?

The life force that Kurata had gained from his occasional hunts in the Digital World was simply not enough to support Belphemon's revival.

In the original story, Kurata also obtained enough life energy by hunting extensively in the Digital World after exposing himself.

Currently, Kurata's life-giving abilities are far from sufficient to revive Belphemon.

"Damn it... We've failed this time... It's all because of those few good-for-nothings!"

Kurata gritted his teeth in resentment, preparing to run away.

He certainly couldn't stay in the real world; endless imprisonment awaited him.

This is not because he did anything particularly evil, but because he possessed far too much power, while he himself did not have the status or right to hold that power.

Therefore, he could only be imprisoned, have his power exploited by those in power, and ultimately be discarded as garbage.

This is not the life Kurata yearns for.

He hasn't wiped out the Digimon yet. He hasn't ruled the world yet.

With his intelligence, why should he submit to those fat pigs?!

So he had to escape. Escape to the digital world.

He had established a base in the digital world a long time ago.

This wasn't something he foresaw; it was simply a precautionary measure, preparing an escape route.

Now, this escape route will come in handy.

He will slowly accumulate power in that base. He will develop weapons even more terrifying than Gizmon, and he will also awaken Belphemon.

He will sweep everything aside and become the king of the world!

Thinking of the future glory, a lewd smile appeared on Kurata's face.

But Kurata quickly came to his senses and began organizing the data.

The base he initially built was just an empty shell, with very little data. If he didn't bring the corresponding data with him, even if he still had the memories, it would be almost like starting from scratch, which would greatly hinder his research progress.

Moreover, he didn't want to leave this information to the enemy.

Just as Kurata was busily preparing to escape, the eight-legged horse-like beast on the monitor suddenly spoke:

"Kurata, do you think you can escape?"

Kurata paused for a moment while working, then dismissed it as mere trash talk from the enemy and continued transferring the data.

"I know you've been watching this place. I'm not afraid to tell you, you can't escape!"

The eight-legged horse was not afraid to tell Kurata about their plan:

"In the real world, an army has already surrounded this place. In the Digital World, Mercurymon and his forces are waiting for you. Your only way to survive now is to come out and surrender!"

dats's strategy was simple: to crush them with power far exceeding Kurata's.

And this is the most unsolvable open scheme.

Even though the eight-legged horse beast has told Kurata everything, Kurata has no way to do anything about it.

As for that way to survive...

Previously, the Eight-Legged Horsemon, as the representative of the Digital World, had already reached an agreement with the human leadership that Kurata would be handed over to them as payment for assisting in the capture of Kurata.

As for Kurata's research materials, well, that depends on each person's own abilities.

It's easy to imagine what would happen to Kurata if he fell into the hands of those Digimon who hated him to the core.

However, there's no need to tell Kurata about this.