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

"What is he going to do?!" the audience exclaimed.

The dragon leader's fists clenched involuntarily, his heart pounding. This experiment… he had tried it on Digimon before, but ultimately failed. Could it be that Cheng Yuanmon…?

What a bold and ingenious idea!

"Start!" Cheng Yuan shouted in a low voice.

"boom--!!!"

A violent burst of fire energy raged outwards, engulfing the entire venue in a blazing red light. The air seemed to ignite, and waves of heat rolled in. The audience retreated hastily, some even being thrown to the ground by the shockwave.

The three examiners stared intently at the device, watching as the armor gradually deformed and compressed under the impact of energy, until finally—

"Crack!"

The device opened, and a digital egg with burning flame patterns lay quietly inside! The spirit of courage was integrated into the digital egg, and the emblem representing courage appeared on the surface of the digital egg.

"This...this is impossible!" the Flame Beast cried out in disbelief.

Flame Wizardmon's pupils contracted sharply: "He actually compressed his armor... into a Digi-Egg?!"

The dragon leader's breath almost stopped, his eyes flashing with disbelief.

Cheng Yuan slowly raised his head, a confident smile appearing on his lips.

"Three examiners, now my work is truly complete. It is called—Courage Digital Spirit Evolution Armor Egg!"

"Evolution?" Upon hearing this keyword, the three examiners' expressions changed drastically.

Chapter 100: The Source Beast is Going to Defy the Heavens! (Please Subscribe)

Five animal trainers from the real world stood below the stage, looking completely bewildered.

"Evolution? What's going on?" Xu Bing stared at Cheng Yuan on the stage and murmured to himself.

The others exchanged bewildered glances, completely unable to comprehend what was happening before their eyes. Armored eggs? Evolution? This was entirely beyond their comprehension.

At this moment, Cheng Yuan stood on the stage, facing the shocked gazes of the audience, smiled slightly, and said loudly, "Since everyone is not quite convinced, why not invite a lucky audience member to experience this new work!"

He raised the flame-patterned armored egg in his hand, his voice rising a few decibels: "As long as you can resonate with this armored egg, you can trigger evolution! I need a brave Ancient Species Rookie Digimon to cooperate with me in completing this experiment."

"This armored egg can allow a Rookie-level Digimon to evolve into at least Champion-level Digimon! I call this form—Armored Digimon!"

"What?! Armored Eggs can allow growth-stage evolution?!"

"Mature combat power?! How is that possible?!"

"Is this a scam? I've never heard of this technology before!"

The discussion was lively, and even the three examiners looked incredulous.

A look of shock flashed in the dragon leader's eyes, the Flame Wizard Beast gripped its staff tightly, and the flames around the Flame Beast surged violently, clearly indicating its intense emotions.

Xu Bing and the other five animal trainers were completely stunned.

"If... if this is true..." Xu Bing murmured, "then wouldn't those Digimon stuck in the Rookie stage in the real world be able to quickly form a core fighting force...?"

"The ever-increasing pressure from the Dark Zone will be greatly relieved, and there may even be an opportunity to launch a counterattack!" Another beast tamer, Cheng Yi, said in a trembling voice.

However, despite the sensation, not a single Digimon dared to step forward and try.

Cheng Yuan looked around and sighed, "What, nobody dares to try?"

He raised his hand and casually pointed to the Digimon below the stage: "Then I'll just point to one at random, and whoever is pointed to will come up."

However, wherever his finger pointed, the Digimon immediately retreated, some even hiding behind their companions.

"..." Cheng Yuan's lips twitched. "Cowards! Forget it, it's hard for people like you to resonate with the Courage Armor Egg."

He shook his head helplessly and muttered to himself, "Does this really mean I and the little dog beast have to be guinea pigs?"

He did have a backup plan—to channel the energy of the Armored Egg into a blank storage chip, then activate it via the Arc Light Machine, allowing Puppymon to attempt evolution. According to his memory, Puppymon would likely evolve into Lynxmon, but since he'd never actually done it before, if it couldn't revert after evolving, Angewomon's dream would be shattered, which would be a huge loss.

While he hesitated, the Digimon below the stage were still whispering among themselves.

"It's too dangerous. What if the evolution fails?"

"Who knows if there will be any side effects..."

Listening to these discussions, Cheng Yuan couldn't help but sneer: "No wonder they were overwhelmed by beast-type Digimon. The younger generation doesn't even have the courage to become stronger."

These words were like a slap in the face, making many Digimon look ashamed.

However, at this moment—

"I...I'll do it!"

A slightly timid voice rang out.

The entire place fell silent instantly, and everyone's eyes turned to the source of the sound—a bug-like creature was struggling to lift its forelimbs and squeeze out of the crowd.

"Insect Beast?!" someone in the audience exclaimed.

"Isn't he that coward from Forgefire Village?"

"He usually doesn't even dare to participate in battles, but now he dares to stand up?"

The Insect Beast lowered its head, but its eyes were unusually determined. It climbed onto the stage, stood in front of Cheng Yuan, took a deep breath, and said, "I...I also want to become stronger! I want to be like the Sword Beast, protecting my friends!"

Cheng Yuan was slightly taken aback, then smiled: "Good, that's courageous."

He turned to look at the Dragon Leader, after all, the Courageous Digital Spirit was an asset of Forgefire Village and a shareholder of this Armored Egg.

The dragon leader took a deep breath and nodded solemnly.

It also wants to witness this moment that could change the landscape of the digital world!

Without further hesitation, Cheng Yuan placed the Courage Armor Egg on the ground and took a few steps back.

"Insect Beast, touch it."

Bugmon took a deep breath, slowly crawled towards the armored egg, stretched out its forelimb, and gently touched it—

"Om-!"

In an instant, the armored egg burst forth with a blazing red light, the flame patterns flowing like a living thing, and a surge of energy swept across the entire area!

The Insect Beast's body was enveloped in flames, and the metallic hexagons with flame patterns rapidly combined and condensed into an evolutionary cocoon, completely enveloping it. The flames surged and energy surged, illuminating the entire factory in a crimson glow.

"Evolution... has really begun?!" Xu Bing's eyes widened, her voice trembling.

"Snap—"

Suddenly, a crack appeared on the surface of the energy cocoon, and then a brand new Digimon emerged from it!

Its body is long and slender, covered with metal armor with flame patterns, its arms are as sharp as dragon claws, and its back extends with insect-like wings. Its overall shape is somewhere between an insect and a dragon, exuding a powerful aura of maturity!

Cheng Yuan immediately turned on the arc laser scanner—

Shadow Dragon Beast

[Free Species, Insect Humanoid, Fire Element]

[Armored Body - Mature Stage]

[Skills: Flash Blast (fires from both arm armors), Spiral Impact, Mental Interference]

[Description: It has an insect-humanoid appearance, a body shape similar to a dragon, and has insect-like limb structures and some dragon features. It is skilled in manipulating fire and fighting, and evolves through the "Digital Spirit of Courage" power armor.]

The entire room fell silent.

The next second, a deafening cheer erupted!

"It really evolved?!"

"A leap from the growth stage directly to the mature combat power stage?!"

"Not afraid of absorbing data mutations, not afraid of excessive data replication leading to premature data aging!"

"Cheng Yuan Beast is simply defying the heavens!"

The Shadow Dragon Beast slowly moved its body, feeling the new power, its eyes filled with disbelief.

Just then, a ball of green light suddenly flew out from its body and entered Cheng Yuan's body!

Cheng Yuan was taken aback, and then felt a warm energy flowing through his body.

"This is... the Light of Evolution?!" He was shocked.

Could it be that he found a new path of evolution, and the Digital World rewarded him with this power?

He immediately realized—he had to bring this light back to the Ancient Beast!

The five animal trainers, including Xu Bing, were completely stunned.

"If this technology could be popularized..." Xu Bing murmured, "all those Digimon in the real world that cannot evolve could break through their limitations!"

"Perhaps the sword of Damocles hanging over the Dark Area can be put on hold for a while!" said Digital Doctor Cui Zhuo, pushing up his glasses.

"This is a technology that can change the international financial and military landscape to some extent!" said Ma Yunlin from Tencent's strategy department.

The leadership of the humanoid Digimon was extremely excited.

"Armor forging, digital spirit, energy infusion devices... these technologies are readily available!" Flame Wizardmon whispered.

"As long as we have enough Digital Spirits, we can mass-produce them!" Flamemon excitedly waved its fist.

Leader Long took a deep breath and looked at Cheng Yuan with great satisfaction: "This kid... has really ushered in a new era."

Cheng Yuan's work has completely exceeded the scope of the initial assessment.

When the dragon leader personally handed him the advanced blacksmith certificate and included 5 evolution resource packs—5 rock berries—Cheng Yuan was still a little bewildered.

"It's generous, but unfortunately there are no holy or light-type resources..." he muttered to himself.

After all, since Jeanne d'Arc's death, they had completely lost contact with the angels of Sky City.

However, the effect of this "muscle flexing" far exceeded expectations.

In the afternoon, Cheng Yuan received a notification from the Humanoid Alliance—a gigantic Bardora Beast had landed at the settlement.

This is the fastest and highest-capacity flying Digimon in the Humanoid Alliance, specifically designed to escort important personnel.

Its mission is to lead Cheng Yuan and other outstanding blacksmiths to the Activation Volcano for deeper cultivation, to try to fight against the AncientGreymon's Dragon Might, and to comprehend the Digimon Spirit of Courage!

This Bardora will escort you throughout the journey.

Chapter 101 The Ultimate Form to Activate the Volcano

In the first anime series in the Digital World, Birdramon was always regarded as a pure means of transportation, with its highest attribute value being "passenger capacity".

But at this moment, Cheng Yuan lay on its broad, hot back, feeling the howling wind, and felt that this experience was more exciting than any airplane in the real world.

"Hold on tight!" Birdramon roared, its wings flapping violently as it burst through the clouds. Cheng Yuan held the puppy beast tightly with one arm and gripped Birdramon's feathers with the other, while Gearmon held him firmly at his feet with its mechanical claws.

"Goodbye, Script Forest!" Cheng Yuan looked up at the azure sky and yawned contentedly.

Since he demonstrated his incredible skill in the blacksmithing exam—capable of evolving Rookie-level Digimon into Armored Digimon—the entire Humanoid Digimon League has been in an uproar.

In the past two days, leaders of various races have been visiting almost every moment, bringing all kinds of rare materials, energy crystals, and even ancestral armor blueprints, all in an effort to establish a relationship with this "Legendary Blacksmith of Light".

Cheng Yuan knew perfectly well that these Digimon were only after his technological potential. In the real world, these gifts would be incredibly expensive, but in this time-space secret realm, since he would be leaving in five days anyway, he decided to accept them all.

I received so many gifts that my hands were sore, but luckily I had that blank storage chip. I inserted it into the arc light machine and scanned it, and all the gifts were instantly digitized and stored in the chip, with plenty of space to spare.

"Little Dogmon, Gearmon, let's go!"

The Activated Volcano, an active volcano standing in the southern part of the ancient Digital Continent, is one of the most dangerous areas on the entire continent.

The ever-flowing lava has dyed the mountain a dark red, and the air is filled with the pungent smell of sulfur, so much so that even the most heat-resistant Digimon dare not approach it easily.

After the long war between light and darkness ended, most of the surviving Ultimate-level Digimon chose to live in seclusion.

AncientGreymon, one of the strongest beings outside the Light and Dark sequences, chose to slumber in this active volcano.

Legend has it that each of its breaths causes the earth's veins to tremble, and the dragon's might it exudes during its slumber forms an invisible barrier, turning the entire area within a hundred miles of the volcano into a forbidden zone for life. Even powerful Ultimate-level Digimon instinctively tremble when they approach this place.

The Bardora landed at the foot of the mountain outside the volcano, its blazing wings creating a wave of heat.

Besides Cheng Yuan and his two Digimon, there are also eight Digimon blacksmiths on this trip who have the opportunity to come to the Activation Volcano for further training, and Cheng Yuan is not the only one.

"Masters, I'll stop here." The deep voice of the Birdra Beast rang out. "If we fly any further, the Dragon's Might will send me crashing."

Cheng Yuan jumped off its back, feeling a scorching heat emanating from the rocks the moment his feet touched the ground. Looking up, he saw a massive volcano in the distance glowing red, like a sleeping behemoth breathing, poised to erupt at any moment. Moreover, the surrounding environment was harsh; the high-temperature magma and volcanic ash posed a threat to the Digimon's survival, and the volcano contained extremely violent fire energy.