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

With the energy supply, a barrier formed on the surface of the Silverhorn, resisting the electric current from the lightning ball.

With the energy supply from the legacy of the Golden Beast, Cheng Yuan controlled the Silver Horned Beast to unleash a [Counterattack Flame Bullet], the scorching fireball forcing the Golden Horned Beast to retreat repeatedly.

"Sister, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." The silver-horned beast's voice was trembling with tears, but its hands moved without slowing down at all.

"You brat!" The golden-horned beast dodged awkwardly, its spiked club carving a deep furrow in the ground. "When did you learn this move?"

The data and energy left behind by King Kong Beast were like a giant battery, continuously powering Silver Horn Beast's "burst" state. Puppy Beast finally caught its breath, lying on the control panel with its tongue lolling out.

"Golden Horn Beast! Don't be fooled by humans!" The Galemon struck back the Sepikmon with its staff, its piercing voice cutting through the battlefield, "Your brother has betrayed us!"

The demon beast charged forward, brandishing its bone club: "Take care of this traitor first!"

"Get out of my way!" The golden-horned beast suddenly turned its spiked club around, blocking the demon beast's path. "It's none of your business to discipline my brother!"

Upon seeing this, the Wind Calamity Beast immediately joined the battle to attack the Silver Horned Beast.

The chaotic battle between the three Champion-level Digimon unleashed a violent energy storm, blowing away the surrounding Wildmon and Monkeymon like fallen leaves.

Seppimon and Targetmon stood frozen in place, completely unable to get involved.

"Why are they fighting amongst themselves?" Target Beast scratched the flame decoration on its head; its newly acquired AJ sneakers were even a little deformed.

As expected of a seasoned, mature beast, the Wind Calamity Beast was ruthless in every move, forcing Cheng Yuan's Silver Horned Beast into a series of defeats.

Seeing his younger brother being bullied, the Golden Horned Beast flew into a rage and unleashed a [Ghost Burial] that sent the Demon Beast flying. He then turned to rescue the Silver Horned Beast.

"Bang!" The demon beast flew into the distant woods like a cannonball.

Meanwhile, in the woods—

"Huh?" A figure wearing a black baseball cap suddenly stopped.

Mo raised his head, his scarlet eyes looking in the direction where the battle had broken out. "What are that annoying kid and his Digimon doing here?"

"And from this direction..." It sensed the energy and data bursting forth from this direction, indicating that a battle was about to erupt.

"Could it be that the evil beasts are also heading that way...?" A sinister smile crept onto Mo's lips as he transformed into a swarm of bats and flew towards the battlefield.

When Mo arrived at the battlefield, a large-scale war had indeed broken out. The Wildmon and the Monkeymon were locked in fierce combat. If it weren't for a group of Wildmon with golden horns remaining inactive, the war among these Rookie Digimon would probably have been one-sided.

In the center of the battlefield, his pupils contracted.

Six Champion-level Digimon were engaged in a chaotic battle, with the armies of Wildmon and Magnemmon locked in fierce combat. But what drew his attention most was the green figure wielding a bone club and launching a frenzied attack.

"A demon beast!" Mo was so excited that his bat wings trembled.

That was the very evil beast he had been searching for. Mo was immediately excited and wished he could run over, grab the evil beast, and devour it whole.

But he quickly calmed down. Rushing in directly was too dangerous; he needed to wait for the right opportunity.

Under the cover of the jungle, Mo silently approached the battlefield.

All the Digimon that tried to attack him were torn to pieces by the suddenly appearing Devimon.

He approached the center of the battlefield as if it were empty.

Just then, the Golden Horned Beast's [Demon Burial] blasted the Demon Beast directly towards the location where Mo was!

Cheng Yuan, inside the Silver Horned Beast, spotted Mo's figure through the observation window. At that moment, the body of the Evil Ghost Beast was about to be smashed towards Mo Fei by the [Ghost Burial].

If that force were to hit an ordinary person, they would either die or be maimed.

"Mo! Watch out!" Cheng Yuan's exclamation came from inside the silver-horned beast. He didn't have time to think, and controlled the silver-horned beast to rush forward, using its massive body to block Mo.

"Boom!" The demon beast crashed heavily into the silver-horned beast, shaking the entire cockpit and causing spiderweb-like cracks to appear in the observation window.

Mo was also a little angry at the big guy that blocked the evil beast from flying over, but he was surprised to find that the person inside was that annoying human, and there was also that little dog beast with the aura of dark gears inside. There was no mistake, they were inside.

"Mo, what are you doing here? Quickly retreat to a safe place!" Cheng Yuan shouted anxiously.

Cheng Yuan's sudden action instantly ignited the fury of Gaaramon and Gyaradosmon. The two Champion-level Digimon attacked simultaneously, unleashing a violent energy storm.

"You're courting death!" The Wind Calamity Beast grinned and brandished its bone staff, unleashing a hurricane of evil winds that transformed into countless blades of wind. The Demon Beast, meanwhile, swung its massive bone club, slamming it down with tremendous force onto the Silver Horned Beast's back.

Cheng Yuan gritted his teeth and used the Silver Horned Beast's massive body to block Mo's path.

The silver heavy armor groaned under the double attack, its armor plates dented and deformed, and blinding sparks of data bursting from the seams.

"Crack!" The observation window suddenly shattered, creating an even larger crack, and a malevolent hurricane poured into the cockpit through the gap.

Cheng Yuan felt a chill on his cheek, and three bloody welts instantly appeared. The data cocoon flickered violently and shrank at a visible speed.

Mo slowly raised his head, revealing a pair of scarlet eyes beneath his black baseball cap. A sinister smile curled at the corner of his lips: "Hmph, trying to save me? Foolish human. Let me show you what terrifying being you think you can save. Feel the taste of despair."

"Thud." The baseball cap fell to the ground.

Mo's skin began to crack, revealing the dark, demonic body beneath. His clothes ripped apart, and a pair of enormous bat wings unfurled with a "whoosh." His body swelled to over four meters tall, and a hideous, evil symbol appeared on his chest.

"I am Devimon of Wichner-Belialburg!" Devimon's voice echoed like a chorus from hell.

Upon seeing its terrifying appearance, Cheng Yuan exclaimed in shock: "Devimon! What have you done to Mo?"

"No, that's not right." Cheng Yuan suddenly realized, "So Mo... is actually Devimon!"

Devimon laughed maniacally. He enjoyed watching humanity's despair, especially this human who had repeatedly defied him.

However, the terrified expression Devimon expected didn't appear. Instead, Cheng Yuan's eyes lit up: "Holy crap, that transformation was so cool! No wonder Devimon listens to you so much!"

Devimon: "..."

Why is this human's reaction different from what I expected?

Shouldn't they be terrified? Desperate?

"Devimon, quickly use Dark Gate to block the hurricane!" Cheng Yuan had studied the skills of this early mini-boss when he watched Digimon back then, and he blurted out one of Devimon's signature moves.

As luck would have it, the moment he shouted it out, Devimon actually raised its hand and waved it. A jet-black energy gate appeared out of thin air, perfectly blocking the evil hurricane unleashed by the Stormmon. The moment the two dark energies collided, a chilling hiss erupted.

"Yes! That's it!" Cheng Yuan excitedly patted the control panel. "Next, use Deathclaw!"

Even more coincidentally, Demonmon was currently in the cooldown period of its skills. A glint flashed in Devimon's eyes, and its right hand instantly transformed into a huge black energy claw, firmly clamping down on Demonmon with lightning speed.

These are two signature moves that appeared in the anime back then, and Cheng Yuan just happened to shout them out, which Devimon used. It was all such a coincidence.

"Great job, Devimon!" Cheng Yuan shouted.

Devimon's veins bulged, wishing he could strangle this noisy guy.

This damned human not only saw through his moves, but also dared to boss him around like a beast tamer? What's worse, he inexplicably used his skill on the spot!

It's as if he's giving orders to me!

"Shut up!" Devimon spat out the two words through clenched teeth, and Death Claw unconsciously increased its pressure, causing Devimon to let out a painful howl.

What he most wanted to strangle right now wasn't the evil beast, but the noisy brat in the cockpit.

Just as Devimon unfurled its Razor Wings, preparing to cleave Silverhorn in two along with its cockpit, a golden lightning bolt ripped across the battlefield at the last moment.

[Demon Burial]!

The golden-horned beast was enveloped in violent electric currents, and its spiked club, carrying destructive energy, slammed down.

"Stay away from my brother!"

The shockwave of [Demon Burial] cracked the ground like a spiderweb, but the dark energy around Devimon surged like a living thing, completely devouring the power of the lightning.

With its left hand, it parried the Golden Horned Beast's fierce attack, while its right hand, with its Death Claw, gripped the Demon Beast tightly. At the same time, it maintained the Dark Gate to resist the Windstorm Beast's evil hurricane, managing to fight three opponents without being at a disadvantage.

"Ants are just ants." The demon's bat wings unfurled in the darkness, its crimson eyes gleaming with contempt. "A few more wouldn't make a difference."

Devimon suddenly unleashed [Dark Wave], sending countless black bats whistling out and blasting away all the surrounding Digimon. The nearby Rookie-level Digimon were instantly killed upon impact, their cores condensing into data packets.

Only the demon beast in his hand was still struggling.

"Finally... finally, this moment has come..." Devimon revealed a ferocious grin, activating [Dark Devour], and countless writhing black tentacles surged forth. Those tentacles, like living creatures, coiled around Devimon's neck, corroding its bluish-green skin into black data.

"Become a part of me!" Devimon's savage laughter echoed across the battlefield.

The demon beast's bone club clattered to the ground, its heart-wrenching howl abruptly ceasing, leaving only the writhing sound of its devouring tentacles.

The demon beast's body could only convulse helplessly, inch by inch sinking into the demon beast's abdominal cavity.

By absorbing this demonic beast, he can complete his evolutionary framework and obtain the key to the path to becoming the Demon King...

Cheng Yuan was thrown back along with the Silverhorn. Knowing that Devimon was no benevolent creature, he exclaimed upon seeing the scene, "Oh no! Stop it! Devimon will evolve after absorbing Demonmon!"

Seppimon and Targetmon immediately launched an attack, but it was too late. Most of Giramon's body had been swallowed by darkness, leaving only its two legs kicking weakly in the air.

Chapter 58 Dark Evolution

"boom--"

The dark energy surrounding the demon beast surged forth like a burst dam, instantly uprooting trees within a hundred meters radius.

The swirling tree trunks were corroded into black data fragments in mid-air, like a strange black storm engulfing the battlefield.

The body of the demon beast has been completely devoured, transforming into countless streams of data that surge within the demon beast's body, reconstructing with its Digicore and gradually merging into a brand new Digicore.

"Hahaha!" The Demon Beast roared with laughter, its bat wings fully unfurled, blotting out the sky. "Finally! Finally, this moment has come! The ancient prophecy of Wichner is about to be fulfilled!"

Through the Silverhorn's observation window, which was now cracked into a spiderweb, Cheng Yuan saw a hideous dark gear emerging from the Devimon's chest, spinning wildly.

The gear's surface was engraved with ancient digital runes, exuding a suffocatingly evil aura.

"That's... the Dark Gear?" Cheng Yuan's pupils contracted sharply. He had seen this thing in the anime before—an evil device that could control other Digimon.

"Woof!" The little beast suddenly curled up in pain, the sacred halo around its neck flashing violently. "It hurts so much..."

Cheng Yuan quickly hugged it: "What's wrong?"

Seeing the little dog beast like this, he immediately thought of the scene in the abandoned factory, where the little dog beast suddenly convulsed.

“It…is calling me…” The little dog beast struggled to raise its head, a glint of black light flashing in its azure eyes.

Cheng Yuan immediately brought up the system interface to check the status of the puppy beast and found that the dark attribute value was soaring at an alarming rate.

[Wealth Points: 291200]

Digimon: Puppymon

[Types: Dragon type 9, Angel type 60, Beast type 90... Fallen Angel type 50]

[Elements: Holy 3635, Light 3560, Dark 3120, Ice 10...]

[Darkness +15]

[Darkness +18]

[Darkness +20]

[Darkness +18]

……

The growth rate of the Dark attribute is unprecedented, breaking records every few seconds.

Cheng Yuan's heart skipped a beat. No wonder Devimon had been following them! It turned out that the Dark Gear had been implanted in the puppymon's body long ago!

He recalled Mo's unusual behavior and the occasional abnormal state of the little dog beast; everything made sense now.

"Hang in there, Silverhorn!" Cheng Yuan shouted to the struggling little dog while holding it in his arms. At the same time, his fingers flew across the system interface, continuously adding points to the little dog.

Recently, in order to train the puppy beast to become familiar with its own power, Cheng Yuan has not spent too much money on it, except for maintaining the necessary attribute suppression.

He amassed a fortune of 29 yuan through song subscription fees, reselling data cubes, and coaching fees.

Now is the time to put them to good use!

He was glad that he had always maintained a strategy of allocating points to both Holy and Light attributes, and had always suppressed the Dark attribute; otherwise, the little dog beast might have been completely corrupted by the Dark Gear long ago.

Cheng Yuan maintained a faster rate of increase than the Dark attribute, frantically adding Holy and Light attribute points to the puppy beast.

【财富值271200（-20000），神圣系3735（+100），光系3660（+100）】

After its attributes increased, the puppymon seemed to feel a little better, but its dark attribute continued to grow, as if deliberately forced to grow by Devimon. The light of the Holy Ring clashed fiercely with the dark energy within the puppymon's body, causing it to whimper in pain.

The situation on the battlefield can change in an instant.

Devimon's dark energy formed a towering black tornado, forcing all Digimon to retreat. Galemon's evil hurricane was like child's play before this power, instantly torn to shreds.

"What... what kind of power is this?" The golden-horned beast's spiked club clattered to the ground, its long green hair whipping wildly in the wind.

"Waaah... How terrifying..." The silver-horned beast's voice was choked with sobs, and its massive body trembled.

The demon beast's form began to undergo an astonishing transformation. Its already over four-meter-tall body continued to expand, and the bone spikes on its bat wings became even more ferocious, each one gleaming with a metallic cold light.