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

[Coronavirus shockwave].

A high-temperature laser beam, as thick as a human body, shot out from the magic mirror and accurately hit the shield of the bumblebee beast.

The energy shield lit up for a moment, then began to crack from the center, the cracks quickly spreading across the entire shield surface.

The Bumblebee was propelled backward by the shockwave for more than ten meters. When it regained its footing, half of its shield was already shattered.

The two bumblebees clearly realized that fighting alone was not an advantage, so they began to move closer together, trying to defend back to back.

But Cheng Yuan didn't give them a chance. The Black Hawk Beast swooped down, pulled up, and swooped down again, its talons and laser eyes striking in turn, forcing the one on the right to retreat continuously, separating it from its companion.

The Flame Dragon Beast seized the opportunity and flapped its wings fiercely.

【Flame Storm】.

A raging inferno erupted from its body, whipping up a fiery tornado carrying lava fragments that swallowed the giant bumblebee on its left whole.

The fire tornado was too wide for the bumblebee to dodge in time, and it could only raise its tattered shield to take the hit. Three seconds later, the shield shattered completely, flames poured into its body, and its armor began to disintegrate from the joints.

Cheng Yuan seized the opportunity, and the Black Hawk Beast crashed directly into the Bumblebee Beast on the right.

The claws arrived first, but were blocked by the spear; the Evil Eye Laser followed closely behind, grazing its shoulder and piercing through a wing.

The bumblebee's body was knocked off balance. It tried to regain its footing, but Cheng Yuan's next attack was already underway.

The Blackhawk's bone-crushing teeth bit into its gun-wielding arm, and with a forceful tug, the entire mechanical arm severed from its shoulder.

Bumblebee, having lost its weapon, finally retreated.

They did not linger in battle; their flapping wings were running at full power as they dragged their battered bodies into the depths of the flower field.

The remaining wasp-like creatures followed it away, disappearing into the pink fluorescent horizon like a blown-away golden cloud.

The Flame Dragon Beast watched the rapidly receding black shadows, then folded its wings and hovered in the air.

Cheng Yuan shouted at the retreating swarm of bees, "We, the Sea Heart Tower, will never let you outsider insects get away with this! Just wait for the wrath of the Sea Heart Tower! Remember, we are the Dark Sea Heart Tower! Are you afraid?"

Flame Dragon Beast: "..." Even now, you still haven't forgotten to frame me...

"Don't look at me like that!" Cheng Yuan said. "I'm just trying to avoid making enemies for Honest City."

He glanced down at the Basti Beast still busily working on the ground, and at the Red Spider, who stared in astonishment with its mouth agape.

“Let’s go down,” Cheng Yuan said.

Black Hawk Beast and Flame Dragon Beast swooped down and landed one after the other.

Cheng Yuan had already deactivated his Black Hawk Beast form while still in the air. The dark particles re-condensed, transforming back into the Death Armor of the Dark Beast.

Flame Dragon Beast also disintegrated into flame particles, and when it landed, it had already taken the form of Fire God Princess Beast.

Red Spider stood beside a bunch of golden phantom bees, clutching a living space device in her hand, watching Cheng Yuan transform from an eagle back into humanoid armor, and then watching the Fire God Beast transform from a dragon back into that fierce woman, without blinking once throughout the entire process.

"You..." she began, her voice slightly hoarse, "...you are also..."

"Also what?" Cheng Yuan asked.

Red Spider paused for a moment, as if organizing his thoughts.

"The Thunder Light Tower, which is adjacent to the Spider Silk Tower, is also inhabited by the Thunder Light Beast, which, like you, possesses ancient power and can freely switch between human and beast forms."

Cheng Yuan was collecting the remains of the wasp-like beasts on the ground into his data space when he heard the words "Lightning Tower," and his fingers paused for a moment.

He looked up at the red spider: "Thunder Beast?"

Cheng Yuan remained silent for a few seconds.

Cheng Yuan keenly sensed that this Thunder Tower, and the name "Thunder Beast," were probably inextricably linked to the soul of the Thunder Warrior.

This is valuable intelligence; we've finally obtained a sliver of possible information about the Soul of the Thunder Warrior.

“Where is that lightning tower?” he asked.

Red Spider thought for a moment: "It's in the northwest of the Spider Tower, separated by two wastelands and an underground river, about three or four hundred kilometers away as the crow flies."

Is it strong?

“Strong,” Red Spider said. “It is the master of the Lightning Tower and is said to possess the power of an Ultimate level being.”

Cheng Yuan asked for some more details and noted them down. But he didn't ask any further questions.

Red Spider and he weren't close enough to open up to each other, so the fact that she was willing to say so much was already a way of returning the favor.

But now is not the time.

After all, each Dark Tower represents an Ultimate-level power. Add to that the apparent unity among the Dark Towers and the potentially stronger forces behind them, and overthrowing a Dark Tower requires more than just facing one Dark Tower force or one Ultimate-level power.

If each Dark Tower had been fought alone, all these years would have been enough for the Four Divine Beasts to join forces and take down each tower one by one. Why has there been no progress all these years?

Because the Dark Tower, together with the ultimate entities nearby and behind it, will suppress human power, it has a numerical advantage.

Although Cheng Yuan wanted to extract more in-depth information from Red Spider.

However, the current Red Spider and his allies do not trust each other enough to reveal all their cards. They need to build a deeper level of cooperation and trust before the other party will disclose more information.

After all, beneath her innocent-looking exterior lies the Spider Queen.

"Alright." Cheng Yuan dusted off his hands. "Have you finished collecting the Illusion Bee Beasts?"

Basdim stood up and flashed the silver disc, indicating that the living space was 98% full.

"That's about enough. There's still enough space for about ten more," she said. "What's next?"

Cheng Yuan nodded and turned to Red Spider: "Alright, our mission is complete. Now we need to go back. What are you planning to do?"

Red Spider paused for a moment, her expression shifting from surprise to a bewildered panic.

"Are you leaving so soon? Didn't you promise to protect me?"

"Please, we only agreed to let you come along and help you block some enemies." Cheng Yuan shrugged. "Who wants to be your bodyguard? There's no benefit to it, and you'll only attract a bunch of enemies."

Red Spider opened her mouth, wanting to refute, but couldn't find a suitable reason. Throughout the journey, Cheng Yuan hadn't said he would escort her long-term; he had only said to follow along for now.

“But what about me…” Her voice trailed off, as if she were talking to herself, “Without you, I’ll be taken back. And then I’ll soon have to accept the fate of being parasitized.”

After watching for a while, Bastimon spoke up: "Red Spider, why don't you come with us to Honesty City to hide for a while? We'll send you back once you've recovered."

“But…” Red Spider hesitated. She had heard that Honesty City was a human city, and that human tamers would “enslave” Digimon and use them as tools, which made her a little scared.

Cheng Yuan glanced at her.

"If I were to cut you down with a single sword strike right here, you wouldn't be able to resist, would you?"

Red Spider was startled by this and instinctively took a half step back.

“But I didn’t do that,” he said. “Because human tamers and Digimon are truly sincere with each other. In this broken world, we help each other and hope to build a digital community that humans and Digimon protect together.”

"What? What did you say, 'we human beast tamers'..." Red Spider was dumbfounded.

Cheng Yuan said, "If this dispels your doubts, I can tell you that the one who has been protecting you all along is actually a human animal trainer."

He paused for a moment, then raised his hand and placed it on the Dark Beast's mask. The metal mask made a slight "click" sound and bounced to the sides, revealing the face beneath.

It turned out to be a young human, and rather sunny and handsome at that.

Chapter 644 The Digital World's "Spiritual Energy Revival"

Red Spider looked at Cheng Yuan, her eyes, which were no different from those of a human girl, revealing a serious expression.

"I'm saying, you're not going to take me hostage, are you?"

Cheng Yuan paused for a moment, then laughed out loud. Hong Zhu could tell there was no malice in his laughter.

“No,” he said. “How much ransom do you think you’re worth? Do you think the Spider Tower would hand over the Spider Tower for you?”

Red Spider thought for a moment, then shook his head.

"That settles it then." Cheng Yuan shrugged. "I brought you back simply to avoid trouble. Once you feel safe, you can leave whenever you want, and I won't stop you."

Red Spider stared at him for a long time, as if trying to determine how much truth was in his words.

“Okay,” she said. “I’ll go with you.”

Cheng Yuan nodded without saying anything more. He turned and gestured to the group: "Let's go, let's retreat."

They left the sea of ​​flowers and returned to the Poisonous Ridge.

Wukong Beast had been squatting on the trunk of a dead tree at the edge of Poison Ridge, a blade of grass dangling from its mouth. Seeing Cheng Yuan emerge, it leaped down, and its previously invisible Somersault Cloud appeared in the jungle.

"Is it sorcery? You know sorcery?"

Wukong Beast looked at it, why did it look so surprised?

Red Spider said, "Unlike skills, which are almost all innate and engraved in the digital core, sorcery can be learned and passed down."

Wukong replied with a casual "Oh," as if it were no big deal.

Wukong leaped onto the front of the somersault cloud, his golden cudgel resting on his knees, without even lifting his eyelids.

Red Spider always felt that there was something about this monkey that she couldn't quite understand.

"All done?" Wukong asked.

Cheng Yuan weighed the living space device in his hand: "It's done, let's go back."

Wukongmon nodded, and Cheng Yuan called for Vulcanmon, Bastimon, and Red Spider to come up. Red Spider hesitated for a moment, then followed and stepped onto the cloud.

The figures of Pigsy Beast, Sandy Beast, Little Demon Beast, and Marine Angel Beast appeared on the Somersault Cloud.

Red Spider was startled and looked at Cheng Yuan, realizing that he had so many partners hiding.

The somersault cloud ascended into the sky at a very high speed.

The wind swept past the somersault cloud, making a low whistling sound. The sea of ​​flowers and the poisonous ridge rapidly shrank, turning into a blurry patch of pink and green on the ground.

Red Spider sat on the edge of the cloud, looked down for a while, and suddenly asked, "Aren't we supposed to walk back the way we came?"

"When we came, we were afraid of disturbing the local fully-fledged lords and preventing us from doing our business," Cheng Yuan said. "Now that we've finished our business, what are we afraid of?"

Wukong Beast chimed in, "That's right, unless they can catch up with my Somersault Cloud."

As soon as he finished speaking, the somersault cloud suddenly accelerated.

Red Spider felt like someone had given him a push from behind.

She clung tightly to the somersault cloud, afraid of falling off.

"That speed..." Red Spider muttered to himself.

Cheng Yuan didn't respond; he was keeping an eye on what was happening behind him.

Sure enough, the commotion caused by the Somersault Cloud attracted a group of pursuers from the Poison Ridge.

Several flying insect-type Digimon took off and followed at a distance of several kilometers, neither getting closer nor giving up.

Cheng Yuan didn't let the Wukong Beast speed up to shake them off. He commanded the Wukong Beast to change direction, deviating from its original direction of Honest City and turning towards the direction of Sea Heart Tower.

Red Spider noticed.

"Wait, why are we heading towards the Heart of the Sea Tower? Isn't Honesty City to the left?"

Cheng Yuan remained unfazed: "I like taking the long way around."

Red Spider glanced at him, then at the several fully-formed insectoids following far behind, and didn't ask any further questions, but she had probably already guessed some of what was going on.

The Somersault Cloud suddenly descended at the boundary between the territories of the Sea Heart Tower and the Spider Silk Tower.

The Wukong Beasts timed their cloud gathering perfectly; the clouds quickly dissipated from their physical form, and their figures silently disappeared into a dense, dark forest.

They had just concealed themselves when they heard the sound of wings flapping overhead.

The fully-formed insects swept past the spot where the cloud disappeared, circled twice, and, finding no target, continued flying towards the Sea Heart Tower.

Red Spider crouched behind the aerial roots of a giant tree, watching the departing figures, and finally couldn't hold back any longer: "You... are you trying to bring disaster to the Heart of the Sea Tower?"

The Fire God Princess Beast reached out and covered her mouth.

Cheng Yuan raised a finger and gestured for silence through his mask.

Red Spider stopped struggling and waited until the auras of those insect-type Ultimate Forms completely disappeared from her perception range before Fire God Princess Beast released her grip.

"After causing such a commotion in the Dark Flower Sea, and then deliberately flying over the nests of several fully-formed lords on the way back, provoking them all the way, it turns out you wanted to lure them to the Heart of the Sea Tower." When Red Spider said this, there was no accusatory tone in his voice; it was more like he was reiterating something he had just figured out.

Cheng Yuan smiled and said, "You probably don't care about these things, do you?"

Red Spider sighed: "Those lords weren't very familiar with me to begin with; they were all subordinates of my sisters."