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

"He's preparing to evolve!" Cold sweat beaded on Cheng Yuan's forehead. "We must stop him!"

Seppimon's Soul Boomerang, Targetmon's Electric Shoes, and Goldhornmon's Demon Burial—several Champion-level Digimon unleashed their strongest attacks, but all of them vanished without a trace upon contact with the dark energy surrounding Devimon.

Devimon roared deafeningly: "Insufficient data..."

The entire battlefield froze due to the overwhelming dark data and energy emanating from Devimon. The Savagemon and the Monkeymon seemed to be frozen in place, even forgetting to flee.

In the distance, Wang Lin was frantically firing at the Digimon: "Captain Xu! The situation is urgent! Devimon has devoured Giramon and is evolving into its Ultimate form! There are thousands of Digimon on the battlefield, and it might use them all as nourishment!"

Looking at the suppressed Silverhorn Beast, Zhao Lu's eyes were filled with undisguised worry. She suddenly rushed towards the battlefield: "Gear Beast, let's go!"

"Hey! Go deliver... no, wait for me!" Kang Zhaodi paused for a moment, then quickly led the pangolin to chase after them.

Li Yue and Wen Rou exchanged a glance, then mustered their courage and followed. The vines of the Flower Beast and the Baloo Beast swayed in the gale, yet still stretched forward resolutely.

Devimon's enormous, scarlet eyes swept across the battlefield, and wherever his gaze fell, the Digimon trembled involuntarily.

It murmured softly, "The real world... the dark gears... it's time..."

Suddenly, it raised its sharp claws: "You... can disappear now..."

As soon as he finished speaking, two enormous death claws appeared out of thin air and grabbed the nearest Silverhorn Beast and Windstorm Beast.

"Ah!" The Wind Calamity Beast only had time to let out a short scream before it was crushed into data fragments.

The limited dark attribute data of the Galemon was extracted and greedily absorbed by Devimon, while the Digicore and a large amount of residual data were carelessly discarded and rolled on the ground like garbage.

With the Silver Horned Beast's defensive barrier activated to its maximum, Cheng Yuan saw that the Diamond Beast's digital core was beginning to crack due to excessive energy extraction.

The battery is almost completely drained.

The observation window is cracking more and more, and it could shatter completely at any moment.

"Let go of my brother!" The Golden Horn Beast brandished its spiked club and unleashed another lightning-fast [Demon Burial], only to be easily blown away by Devimon's bat wing, like swatting a fly, and crashed heavily a hundred meters away.

Devimon was about to unleash its power to crush Silverhorn in one fell swoop when—

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a deafening sound of trees collapsing came from the distant woods.

Cheng Yuan turned his head and saw a jet-black Tyrannosaurus Rex leaping out of the forest at an astonishing speed and rushing toward the battlefield, with Xu Xin and his squad standing on its back.

Giant Chickenmon and Sunflowermon followed closely behind, while Flymon flew in the air, forming an elite rescue team.

"Super Flame!" DarkGreymon opened its mouth and spat out a blazing fireball, which hit Devimon's arm precisely.

At the same time, the flying insect beast swept past like lightning, its [Final Spike] piercing directly through another Death Claw.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the silver-horned beast broke free from its restraints and rolled to safety with a "gurgle".

"Teacher Xu, Devimon has devoured Giratium and is evolving into its Ultimate form!" Cheng Yuan took out his Digivice and briefly explained the situation to Xu Xin.

“I know, Wang Lin told me when I came.” Xu Xin stood on the shoulder of the galloping Tyrannosaurus Rex, the wind making the hem of his trench coat flutter.

His brow furrowed even more deeply: "It hasn't truly evolved yet; it refuses to form a cocoon! There isn't enough data!"

Xu Xin's voice was exceptionally clear in the Digivice: "We must find a way to keep it here and let it form an evolution cocoon! At most, it will only become a semi-complete form! If we let it escape to another place to absorb enough dark data, it will complete its perfect evolution!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the dark energy around Devimon suddenly contracted, and its wings flapped violently, preparing to take off and fly away.

"It's too late!" Xu Xin made a decisive decision, his voice booming across the battlefield, "All forces, attack! Stop it from completing its evolution!"

Chapter 59 Mo Paopao

DarkTyrannomon raised its head and let out a deafening roar. A dark red energy ball rapidly condensed in its mouth, and the surrounding air distorted due to the high temperature.

The flying insect beast swooped down from the sky like a green lightning bolt, its sharp moonlight darts poised to strike at the edges of its wings.

The giant chicken beast spread its wings, which were three meters wide, and activated the [Petrification Power]. Its feathers instantly hardened into a metallic texture, forming a moving city wall in front of everyone.

Sunflowermon then began to emit a warm golden light, and the healing light fell on its teammates like spring rain.

"A team battle of professional beast tamers!" Cheng Yuan stared intently at the silver-horned beast's observation window, his eyes gleaming.

"Super Flame!"

"End the spiked nail!"

The two attacks struck Devimon simultaneously, but were deflected the moment they came into contact with the dark energy surrounding it.

The Devimon didn't even bother to dodge; it simply waved its bat wings and sent the Flymon flying like a fly.

"Hahaha!" Devimon's voice echoed from the dark cocoon, carrying a piercing metallic quality. "Is that all you've got?"

Xu Xin remained calm, his voice as steady as a rock: "Don't panic! DarkGreymon, continue the main attack! Insectmon, harass and contain! Chickenmon, protect Sunflowermon!"

Sunflowermon's healing light landed precisely on Insectmon, and the dark green insect-type Digimon was instantly fully restored, maneuvering nimbly in the air. Cheng Yuan watched with envy: "This teamwork is amazing!"

The team immediately adjusted their formation, demonstrating astonishing teamwork. DarkGreymon charged up again, this time aiming at Devimon's face. Flymon, meanwhile, launched continuous harassing attacks from various angles, forcing Devimon to spread out its defenses.

The giant chicken beast stepped forward, its petrified feathers withstanding the erosion of dark energy. It tore open the dark barrier with its powerful claws, grabbed the Devilmon's foot, and used its petrified weight to prevent the Devilmon from taking off. When the Devilmon used Dark Wave, the giant chicken beast immediately used its petrified wings to block it. Even though its feathers were corroded, it was not afraid. The healing beam behind it immediately followed.

"Now!" Xu Xin shouted, seizing the opportunity.

"DarkGreymon, now!" Xu Xin shouted, seizing the opportunity. The blue-and-black-striped DarkGreymon leaped into the air, unleashing a [Super Dark Flame] that transformed into a pillar of corrosive fire that struck Devimon directly in the face. The attack finally took effect—Devimon was forced back, the corrosive flames burning on its bat wings, sizzling and emitting a pungent, acrid smell.

"Flying Insect Beast, Poison Needle Storm!" Wang Lin's voice was hoarse. The deep green Flying Insect Beast circled rapidly in the air, and thousands of poison needles rained down like a storm. The Devimon flapped its wings, and the hurricane it created dispersed the poison needles, but some still stuck to its body.

This series of coordinated actions was textbook-perfect; this was the teamwork of professional animal trainers! Cheng Yuan watched with rapt attention.

Devimon's power and abilities at this moment far surpassed those of any other Digimon present, but Xu Xin's team managed to suppress its arrogance.

"Corrosion Special Attack Chip, activated. DarkTyrannomon, Super Corrosion Compressed Cold Flame!" Xu Xin held the Arc Machine in his left hand and the Corrosion Special Attack Enhancement Chip in his right. After inserting it into the Arc Machine's slot, the Arc Machine immediately flashed a dangerous red light, and scorching heat flowed out of the heat dissipation holes. It was obviously operating under overload, and all the squeezed computing power was fed back to DarkTyrannomon.

An eerie blue light emanated from the abdomen of DarkGreymon, a sign that the flames within its body were being compressed to an extreme degree. When this energy finally burst forth, the temperature of the entire battlefield plummeted. The super-corrosive cold flames sprayed onto Devimon, clinging to it like a malignant sore, burning incessantly no matter how much it slapped at it.

"Sizzle—" The right arm of the Devimon gradually melted away in the cold flames, making a tooth-grinding corrosive sound.

At this moment, Xu Xin removed the overheated chip from the arc laser machine's slot. The arc laser machine was so hot that it turned his left hand bright red.

"Roar!!" The demon beast roared, and suddenly several enormous dark gears burst forth from its body. These gears disintegrated in mid-air, turning into countless sharp fragments and corrosive black mist that swept across the battlefield.

"【Dark Fog】!" Devimon spewed out a black fog filled with dark energy, covering a large area of ​​the battlefield. Some Digimon coughed violently, while others began to talk nonsense. Clearly, the black fog was corrosive and deceptive.

When the smoke cleared, the demon beast's figure had vanished, leaving only a slowly healing spatial rift and a scene of utter devastation.

silence.

A deathly silence.

The battlefield, which had just been devastated, was now reduced to the rustling of a gentle breeze through the treetops.

The giant chicken's petrified feathers were scattered all over the ground, the flying insect's wings were covered in wounds, and even the most resilient DarkGreymon was panting heavily.

"They...they escaped?" Cheng Yuan rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

Xu Xin's face was so gloomy it could drip water: "It forcibly interrupted its evolution, tore through space, and escaped back to the real world."

He turned to the Sunflower Beast, who was treating his teammate, and said, "The situation is worse than we thought."

Devimon actually has the ability to forcibly tear apart the barrier of the Digital Space!

This astonishing ability left everyone speechless.

But clearly, this defiant act came at a heavy price—the once abundant dark energy was now dissipating rapidly, like a deflated balloon.

“This guy,” Xu Xin narrowed his eyes, his tone laced with sarcasm, “is better at escaping than at causing destruction.”

"Mo Paopao is confirmed!" Cheng Yuan thought of Mo, who had helped them several times, and still found it hard to believe that it was actually a Devilmon.

"No wonder our pursuit in the real world failed so many times; it turns out Digimon can disguise themselves as humans!" exclaimed the burly tamer of the Giant Chickenmon. "This is serious!"

"This involves too many issues for us to handle," said the Sunflower Beast's tamer, pushing up his glasses. "Let's file a report."

“Its current state is very unstable,” Xu Xin analyzed. “We must find it before it completes its evolution!”

The golden-horned beast and the silver-horned beast had regained their mobility and stood warily to one side.

The Windstorm Beast was crushed, the Demon Beast was devoured, and the Sepikmon and Targetmon stood awkwardly in place—they could hardly get involved in the battle just now.

"What should we do with these Digimon?" Cheng Yuan asked in a low voice.

"Wang Lin, report to the association immediately." Xu Xin's voice left no room for argument. "Mobilize all armed forces in Pengcheng, search the ground three feet deep, and find it!"

Thinking of the injuries Devimon sustained when its evolution was interrupted, the interrupted evolution, and the large amount of data left behind, Xu Xin's brows furrowed even more: "The next time we meet, we might be facing a semi-complete form..."

Cheng Yuan suddenly remembered something and quickly checked on the little dog's condition.

The little guy's sacred halo was dim and lifeless, but fortunately it was not further corrupted by darkness.

"It said it would recall all the Dark Gears..." Cheng Yuan said worriedly, "I wonder... could it be... that there are many Dark Gears in the real world that it can absorb?"

Xu Xin paused for a moment upon hearing this, then said with a serious expression, "To correct you, what we may be facing is a true, fully-formed being."

They cannot leave the digital space immediately, and there is still much cleanup work to be done.

Xu Xin looked around at the four adult-level Digimon present—Gold Horn and Silver Horn were already injured, and the two monkeys were almost exhausted.

"What are your plans?" Xu Xin asked bluntly.

Target Beast scratched its newly acquired AJ sneakers: "We want to stay in Green Fruit Mountain."

The Sepikmon's mask glowed slightly in agreement.

The golden unicorn patted its silver unicorn brother's knee: "Let's go back to Gold and Silver Lake, and I promise we won't cause any more trouble."

"No way." Xu Xin refused decisively.

The golden-horned beast was instantly enraged, and its spiked club crackled with electricity.

However, the professional tamers' Digimon all stepped forward at the same time, and the threat they posed was self-evident.

“This digital space is too small; it can’t accommodate so many mature stages,” Xu Xin explained calmly.

The golden-horned beast's eyes darted around: "If possible, I hope to leave this digital space with my brother and venture out into the outside world to challenge more powerful beings!"

Xu Xin remained silent, seemingly deep in thought.

Seeing that he remained silent, the golden-horned beast sneered, "Do you intend to kill us?"

Xu Xin suddenly revealed a mysterious smile: "There is a place... a place with countless powerful Digimon, a vast area that can never be fully explored." He paused deliberately, "provided you are strong enough to survive."

"Where?" The golden-horned beast's eyes lit up.

“Dark area!” Xu Xin uttered these four words softly, and the surrounding air seemed to freeze for a moment.

Chapter 60 Taking Stock of the Harvest

"A dark area?!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of several professional animal trainers became rather unnatural.

Their gazes toward the golden-horned siblings unconsciously carried a hint of pity.

Wang Lin muttered to herself, "These two mountain kings are fine running rampant in Savage Valley, but once they go to the Dark Area..." She shook her head and didn't finish her sentence.

The golden horned beast seemed oblivious to the tamers' expressions and readily agreed, "Alright! My brother and I were just about to go and see for ourselves."

Cheng Yuan, watching from the side, clearly saw that the golden-horned beast wasn't unaware of it; rather, it simply had no choice.

The silver-horned beasts would only foolishly follow their sister, but the group of professional animal trainers in front of them clearly wouldn't give them a second option.

Xu Xin raised an eyebrow: "The Beast Tamer Association has a base in the Dark Area, which will provide you with basic assistance."

He gave the silver-horned beast, which was over ten meters tall, a meaningful look. "You've been following me all this way. If you manage to slip away right under my nose... that's your skill."

"Hahaha, how could that be!" The golden-horned beast chuckled dryly, rubbing its hands together. "My brother and I are the most trustworthy of all!"

Cheng Yuan thought to himself: These siblings must have guessed that the Dark Zone wasn't a good place. But right now, they either had to go to the Dark Zone to try their luck, or they would die here on the spot—any fool would know which to choose: self-preservation.

Next, Cheng Yuan and the others went to take stock of the spoils of war.

This digital space race war ended in victory for the Monkeymon, thanks to the mediation of professional tamers.

However, the Beast Tamer Association clearly wouldn't allow one entity to dominate—Xu Xin immediately summoned the Shamanmon of the Savage Beast Battle Group, demanding that these junior leaders integrate the battle groups and return all the cubs and digital eggs.

"From now on, the Association will handle the trade of Digital Eggs with you," Xu Xin announced. "You can exchange them using Digital Stones, Wood, and Ore." A glint of light flashed in his eyes. "The Association will also send humans to 'teach' you cultural knowledge."

Cheng Yuan almost burst out laughing—this was exactly how trade and cultural exchanges between humans and wild beast tribes were established in the digital space, and these "volunteer teachers" would most likely be animal trainers who hadn't yet found partners.

In this way, the partnership between humans and wild beasts was officially established.

Having lost their backer, how dare the shaman beast and the wild beast have any objections?