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

Tailmon's Holy Ring lit up, and a Holy Light Bullet accurately hit Ghostmon behind Gargomon, successfully rescuing Gargomon from its predicament.

Gargomon immediately swung its Gatling gun, chasing Minotaurmon around.

This action caught Deathmon's attention. Its empty eye sockets turned towards Gatomon, and the eerie blue flames flickered slightly.

Jade Rabbit immediately stepped forward, blocking Deathmon's line of sight, as if to say, "Your opponent is here." The air between the two Ultimate-level Digimon seemed to freeze.

"Adaptation domain? What does that have to do with the spiritual domain?"

Looking at the Digimon of the pioneering group who were not getting any benefits due to their numbers and ecological limitations, Cheng Yuan suddenly remembered his research topic on the Digimon Spirit with Zhou Mo.

"Principal, I have a trick up my sleeve, let me try it!" He pulled out the arc laser machine.

"Huh? How come you have an arc light machine? Isn't that something only professional beast tamers..."

Before the principal could finish speaking, he encapsulated the Light Digital Spirit Seed into a blank chip, then, with the arc light machine in his left hand and the chip in his right, he completed the chip insertion.

In an instant, the arc laser machine became extremely hot, and Cheng Yuan felt as if he were holding a red-hot branding iron, but he gritted his teeth and persevered.

"Buzz—"

A pure white light spread out from the arc light machine, rippling outwards like waves on water. A radius of one hundred meters was enveloped in a white halo.

Where the halo covered, the oppressive feeling of being shrouded in darkness for Vaccine, Holy, and Light Digimon instantly disappeared, replaced by a warm power that gave them a slight boost to their attack and recovery.

"My God... this is... the Domain of Light? The domain adapted by Virus Buster Digimon?" a professional tamer exclaimed in shock.

What has changed the digital ecosystem?

The white light continued to spread, eventually forming a spherical field with a diameter of 100 meters.

Within this area, the Digimon of the pioneering team seemed to regain a battle aura boost, their attacks became more ferocious, and their wounds began to heal faster.

Garugmon seized the opportunity and sent Minotaur flying with a "Dada Uppercut";

Leomon's "Lion King Maru" unleashed a dazzling blade of light, forcing back several Ghost Beasts.

The Assault Dragon's "Plasma Shockwave" completely cleared out an area.

"Well done, Cheng Yuan!" Li Xiaochun's voice came through the arc laser communication channel. "Keep this up your game!"

Cheng Yuan nodded, but fine beads of sweat had already seeped from his forehead.

Maintaining the domain of light consumed far more of his mental energy than he had imagined; he felt as if his brain was being frantically drained by the arc light machine.

Gatomon looked at him with concern, while its Holy Ring flashed, summoning Holy Light Bullets to begin tracking enemies and relieving some of the pressure on the battlefield.

"Hold on..." Cheng Yuan gritted his teeth, "We can definitely do it..."

The animal trainers realized that the changes in the ecological field were due to Cheng Yuan, perhaps some kind of groundbreaking technology.

Just then, something unexpected happened.

The Death Beast suddenly raised its scythe, and several jet-black beams of light descended from the sky. The Jade Rabbit Beast seemed to teleport, shattering each jet of purple-black light.

However, the area of ​​100 meters was too large, and a purplish-black beam of light still struck the edge of the light domain directly.

The area shook violently, and Cheng Yuan felt as if his head had been hit by a heavy hammer, a wave of dizziness washing over him.

"Cheng Yuan!" Gatomon cried out in surprise.

Chapter 123 The Law of Leomon's Bento Box?

【Death Beast】

[Virus Type - Ghost Type - Dark Theme]

【Complete body】

[Skills: Soul Severance, Death Sentence, Demon Star]

[Description: A Grim Reaper-like Digimon possessing a giant chain scythe, belonging to the high-level Ghost Digimon category. Those possessed by Deathmon ultimately face complete death, and it can foresee their impending demise. It is said that the cloak covering its body leads to another dimension of the Digital World.]

Cheng Yuan's Domain of Light shone like a miniature sun, radiating dazzling light in the dim digital space. This sudden divine power immediately attracted the attention of all the Digimon, especially the Deathmon hovering in mid-air.

"hiss--"

The Death Beast let out a piercing screech, its black cloak billowed without wind, and the giant scythe in its hand glowed with a ghostly blue light, its blade wreathed in black mist formed from death data.

The Jade Rabbit seized the opportunity, its two palms transforming into a sacred axe that cleaved towards the Death God Beast.

"Shh!"

As the axe blade sliced ​​through, a large section of the Death Beast's cloak was sheared off. What was chilling was that what was revealed beneath the cloak was not a solid object, but a distorted void, as if connected to some unknown dimension.

"Meditation heals!"

The Jade Rabbit turned and waved its hand, sending a golden ball of light precisely landing on Cheng Yuan. The warm, divine energy instantly healed all his injuries.

Cheng Yuan looked at his body, which had been restored to its original state, in surprise, and then looked at the Jade Rabbit Beasts—as expected of the Holy-type Perfect Forms, each one of them was a powerful healer who could both fight and heal.

"If Gatomon could learn this move..." Cheng Yuan subconsciously looked at his partner.

Cheng Yuan glanced at Gatomon with a melancholy look. Gatomon saw his resentful gaze and sensed that he was up to no good again. He was initially worried about Cheng Yuan's injuries, but his worries vanished instantly. He quickly cast a Holy Barrier on Cheng Yuan and then charged into the battlefield without looking back, with eight Holy Light Bullets swirling around him.

"boom!"

At this moment, the Jade Rabbit Beast moved swiftly and stealthily, its treasure axe flying in its hand, and the [Ten Thousand Axe Slash] drew dozens of golden trajectories on the battlefield.

The Jade Rabbit Beast was over two meters tall, with slender and long arms, and its sharp axe blade was imbued with golden, sacred power.

The Demonmon that stood in front of Deathmon didn't even have time to scream before it was cleaved into data fragments and vanished. The Champion-level Demonmon was as fragile as paper in the face of the Ultimate-level Jade Rabbitmon's signature move.

"呲-"

The axe blade, still powerful, pierced through the ferocious beast, leaving a deep wound on the right shoulder of the Death Beast.

Blood, like black mist, seeped from the wound, but Deathmon seemed to feel no pain. It extended its bone claws and absorbed the dissipated data fragments of Demonmon into its body. Replenished by the data of a lower-level Digimon of the same type, the wound began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Clang!"

Then, he abruptly pulled back the Grim Reaper's scythe, deftly flipped his body, swung the giant scythe in a circle, gathered its kinetic energy, and slashed directly at the Jade Rabbit Beast.

The Grim Reaper's scythe and the Jade Rabbit Beast's giant axe collided violently, the powers of darkness and holiness annihilating each other and unleashing a tremendous shockwave. Cheng Yuan had to raise his arm to block the flying energy fragments.

"Leomon, go!"

A deep voice suddenly sounded beside me.

Cheng Yuan turned his head and saw a young man dressed in a professional beast tamer uniform. The arc light machine in his hand had a special chip inserted in it, which was emitting a dazzling golden light.

Leomon, who was using the Beast King Fist to repel a Will-o'-the-Wisp Beast, suddenly had his Lion King Maru automatically unsheathed from his waist.

With the support of the energy chip, this demonic sword, possessing its own will, unleashed unprecedented power, unleashing a series of powerful slashes.

Each slash was accompanied by a dazzling golden blade light. Leomon swung his Lion King Maru demon sword repeatedly, each strike unleashing a golden blade light that bombarded the surrounding ugly ghost Digimon.

"Roar!"

Lionmon moved with impunity, and wherever the golden blade passed, Ghostfire Beast and Fierce Ghost Beast were reduced to data dust.

With the blessing of the Light Domain, and the restraining power of Virus and Dark types, it can almost defeat a Champion-level Ghost Digimon with just one or two strikes.

Within minutes, nearly ten adult-level ghost Digimon fell to its blade, but the energy consumption was outrageous.

Before long, the lion beast felt completely drained, its movements became sluggish, and its breathing became heavy: "Shen Bing, there are too many of them, and the energy is being used up too quickly. I can't swing my sword anymore. I need to replenish my energy, otherwise..."

Shen Bing gritted his teeth. His achievements were remarkable, but the cost was also enormous. The Lion King Maru of Leomon greatly reduced the pressure on the adult-level defense line, but it could not be sustained.

The young professional beast tamer Shen Bing quickly replaced the recovery chip to speed up the lion beast's recovery. However, the energy recovery speed of the recovery chip could not keep up with the lion beast's rate of energy consumption.

Shen Bing's Arc Light Machine trembled intermittently, constantly reminding him that his Digimon's energy was about to run out, clearly due to excessive energy data usage.

"Hold on, Lion Beast!" Shen Bing's voice was urgent. "The Pengcheng reclamation team is on their way, you..."

Before he could finish speaking, a sudden change occurred.

Just then, a dark magic circle suddenly appeared on the ground beneath the lion beast's feet.

The complex runes flickered with an ominous red light, and a thick black pillar of light shot into the sky from the center of the array, completely engulfing the lion beast.

Within the pillar of light, a black skeleton slowly emerged, its arms, composed of data skeletons, tightly embracing the lion beast, attempting to drag it into the depths of the magic circle.

[Death Announcement]!

It turned out to be the Death Beast, which used a Fierce Ghost Beast to block the Jade Rabbit Beast's attack, buying time to unleash its skill. It then summoned the [Death Declaration] skill to attack the nearly exhausted Lion Beast, giving it no chance to breathe and killing it directly.

This could be described as trading one's life for another with a Ghost Beast, but there are plenty of Ghost Beasts in this space, and Ghost-type Digimon are not as strong as other Digimon in direct combat. This kind of life-for-life tactic is incredibly profitable.

The lion beast let out a painful howl as half of its body was swallowed by a dark magic circle.

"Lion Beast! No!" Shen Bing roared in anguish, trying to rush forward, but was held back by the other beast tamers.

"Calm down, Shen Bing, going over there like this will only get you killed!"

"I can't watch my lion die!"

Upon seeing this, the Jade Rabbit Beast wielded a magic axe, which precisely severed the black skull's arms.

At the same time, Gatomon's Holy Light Bullets rushed towards the magic circle, disrupting its links and successfully interrupting Deathmon's [Death Sentence].

But it was too late. Leomon had already lost its lower body, and half of its body data had disappeared. Without timely and intensive treatment, it would probably die soon.

However, in such an environment, deep healing is impossible, and the Jade Rabbit's [Meditation Healing] requires the Jade Rabbit to meditate in advance to recover its cooldown. Normally, it meditates in a non-combat state, and since the skill has already been used on Cheng Yuan, it cannot be recovered in a short time.

Cheng Yuan was also dumbfounded. Was this Death Beast really that cunning?

Holy crap.

Jade Rabbit Beast used its [Meditation Healing] on me, leaving Jade Rabbit Beast without any skills to heal Leo Beast, who was in dire straits? And now Leo Beast is about to meet his end again? Did I unintentionally become the cause of Leo Beast's tragedy?

Huh? Why did I use the word "again"?

It's true what they say, fate is a cycle, and no one escapes the wrath of heaven.

"Don't be sad, Shen Bing. It is an honor for a Digimon to die before its tamer, but a disgrace for a Digimon to die alongside its tamer. You must live on!" Leomon said weakly.

"No, Lion Beast, I still want to fight alongside you!" Shen Bing knelt on the ground.

Wait, no, wait a minute!

Cheng Yuan felt a chill run down his spine and was deeply moved when he heard their conversation.

But if you start getting sentimental so early, how am I supposed to show off in front of others?

"Cough, cough!"

Cheng Yuan coughed twice at an inopportune moment and abruptly said, "Senior professional lion beast tamer, your lion beast is about to meet its end. If you don't want to die and aren't afraid of death, try this!?"

Chapter 124 Armor Evolution - Loaded Leomon

"Is this a question of being afraid of death or not? The lion beast is about to die..." Shen Bing couldn't help but complain in his heart, but Cheng Yuan's words rekindled his hope.

"You are... that champion from Pengcheng No. 1 High School!" Shen Bing raised his head, a glimmer of hope flashing in his eyes. "Do you have any good ideas to save my lion beast?"

Cheng Yuan shook his head slightly: "I dare not say it's a good idea, but it's a last resort. I originally prepared this for Big Guy's pangolin, but I don't know if it will work, since we haven't tried it yet."

Cheng Yuan took out a digital egg, which was yellowish-brown in color and covered with mysterious purple digital emblems. There was also a tiny drill-shaped protrusion at the top, which emitted a soft light in the dim digital space.

"This is a Knowledge Digimon Armor Egg, possessing the 'Earth' attribute," Cheng Yuan explained. "This Knowledge Digimon can enable Ancient Species descendant Digimon to undergo Armor Evolution, thereby gaining the ability to manipulate the earth. Leomon might be worth a try."

"It can make Digimon armor evolve!?" The tamers present were extremely surprised, and Shen Bing, while surprised, showed a hint of hesitation.

But upon seeing this, Li Xiaochun, the beast tamer of the Twelve Earthly Branches, made a connection and immediately said, "What are we waiting for? Hurry up and use it to save the lion beast!"

As the "Rabbit" of the twelve Earthly Branches, she keenly sensed the unique energy fluctuations contained within the armored egg. These energy fluctuations were remarkably similar to some experimental technology she had recently witnessed at headquarters.

Those were techniques that several excellent beast tamers risked their lives to bring back from the Digital Spacetime Secret Realm, but they have never been able to successfully replicate them.

"Ah, yes sir!" Shen Bing snapped out of his daze, took the armored egg, and followed Cheng Yuan's instructions to scan and encapsulate it into a blank chip. Then he solemnly inserted the chip into the arc laser machine.

Suddenly, the battlefield changed dramatically, and everyone's expression changed.

In an instant, the entire battlefield fell silent.

A yellowish-brown light burst forth from the arc light machine, surging towards the dying lion beast like a tidal wave.

Within the light, the data runes representing knowledge flowed like living things, quickly covering the lion beast's wrecked body.

Countless hexagons formed from earth-elemental energy pieced together to form an evolution cocoon, enveloping Leomon. Clanging sounds emanated from within the cocoon, suggesting a violent transformation was taking place.

"Roar--!"

A deafening lion's roar echoed across the battlefield. When the light faded, a brand new Digimon appeared before everyone.