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

[Skills: Tomb Lament, Soul Hunt, Metal Phantom]

[Description: A mechanically modified version of Deathmon, combining the eeriness of the Ghost type with the precision of the Machine type. Its Quantum Scythe can cut through space, and its armor is made of a special alloy, providing enhanced defense.]

Three against two! Plus a fully mature Goatmon! The six Digimon faced off on the battlefield, and the surging energy caused the entire Digital Space to tremble unstablely.

Jade Rabbit Beast is a veteran Ultimate-level Beast, and it also has the advantages of being a Vaccine-type and Holy-type Beast, so it is not afraid of any Ultimate-level Beast on the opposing side. However, in a three-on-three battle, and with one of its own being a non-Ultimate-level Beast...

"Roar--!"

The goat-beast struck first, the bell around its neck ringing out with a clear sound, and an invisible sound wave spread out—[Mysterious Bell]!

This unique ultrasonic attack instantly slowed down Qiongqi Beast and MetalGreymon, putting them into a brief state of confusion. It was effective even against nearby Ultimate-level monsters.

Jade Rabbit Beast and Loaded Lion Beast also seized the opportunity to launch a fierce attack.

The Jade Rabbit Beast wielded its twin axes, engaging in a fierce battle with the Death God Beast, their golden and black energies colliding continuously.

The shield carrying the lion beast's mane clashed violently with the Qiongqi beast's yin wind, sparks flying everywhere;

The treasure axe and the Lion King Pill intertwined to form a dense attack net, forcing the Death God Beast and the Qiongqi Beast to retreat repeatedly.

Goatmon then confronted Metal Deathmon, its horn-charge imbued with holy power and the collision of the Death Scythe sparking dazzling sparks that illuminated the entire battlefield.

"That kid Cheng Yuan..." Shen Bing murmured, watching the goat-beast's "Horn Charge" barely withstand the energy scythe of the divine beast's attack. "Did he save the galaxy in his past life? How come he has all sorts of good things?"

"Too powerful..." Cheng Yuan gripped the goat beast's fur tightly, feeling the energy storm rushing towards him.

As an armored form evolved from the Digimon of Hope, Goatmon not only possesses powerful barrier abilities, but its Mystic Bell can also disrupt the enemy's nervous system, making it both offensive and supportive.

However, the opponent is the Ultimate-level MetalDeathmon. Even though MetalDeathmon may be a newly promoted Ultimate-level Digimon among the three Digimon that use scythes, it seems to be able to handle the Champion-level Goatmon with ease.

However, their good fortune didn't last long. As the battle continued, the pressure on the Champion-level defenses increased. There were simply too many Ghost Digimon, and soon several broke through the lines and began attacking the Tamers behind them.

"Protect the animal trainer!" Li Xiaochun shouted sternly.

Cheng Yuan saw a ferocious beast stealthily approaching a female animal trainer, who was completely focused on directing her partner and unaware of the danger.

"Watch out!" Cheng Yuan shouted a warning, but his sacred barrier was shattered by another ferocious beast, its sharp claws aimed straight for his throat—

"Get out of my way!" The goat beast suddenly lowered its head, using its hard horns to block the attack. At the same time, it pushed off with its hind hooves, using [Horn Strike Charge] to send the attacker flying dozens of meters away.

"Get on my back!" the goat-beast said in a deep voice.

Cheng Yuan understood and quickly climbed to the back of its neck. This was the safest spot, surrounded by a mysterious protective rune barrier.

"Hold on! Support is on its way!" Li Xiaochun's voice came through the communicator. But Cheng Yuan could hear the uncertainty in her voice—the three-minute deadline was approaching, and the pioneering team was still nowhere to be seen.

Worse still, Goatmon and Leomon's Armor Evolution time is running out. Goatmon, in particular, faces a much higher-level opponent like Metal Deathmon, which consumes too much energy and data.

Cheng Yuan could clearly feel that the energy transmitted through the arc light machine was rapidly decreasing.

"If only my arc laser machine were a bit more powerful..." Cheng Yuan clenched his fist in frustration.

If a more advanced Arc Light Machine were available, he would use the Light Domain and even combine more different tactical chips to provide more energy support for the Goat Beast.

At this critical moment, dozens of digital lights suddenly shone from the rift in the digital space!

"The pioneering team has arrived!" someone shouted excitedly.

Cheng Yuan squinted, recognizing the newcomers' uniforms—the combat uniforms of a regular land reclamation team. To his even greater surprise, a familiar figure was spotted in the leading squad: Old Xu!

The DarkGreymon, whose strength had reached the threshold of Perfect level and was just waiting to evolve, roared and charged into the battlefield amidst a cluster of data light. Behind it were several Digimon from Xu Xin's team—Insectmon, Giant Chickenmon, and Sunflowermon.

In addition, many Champion-level Digimon from the pioneering groups also made their appearance, while three groups of data orbs representing Ultimate-level Digimon burst forth with intense energy.

"Cheng Yuan?" Xu Xin recognized his junior riding on the goat beast at a glance, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes. "You kid... hey, watch out!"

The Ghost Legion seemed to realize that the situation had reversed and suddenly launched a frenzied counterattack.

The Death Beast flashed and appeared directly on the back of the Goat Beast, its scythe aimed straight at Cheng Yuan!

"Crack—" The sacred barrier shattered in response.

The goat beast turned its head in time and blocked the attack with its horn. One of the goat horns, which was full of divine power, was cut off, and the rust of death continued to spread from the horn to its root.

When the Death Beast's plan failed, the cloak covering its body suddenly unfolded, revealing the distorted void inside—which turned out to be a small black hole!

"Baa—!" the goat-beast roared, its bell on its head shaking violently as it unleashed the strongest ultrasonic wave of the [Mystic Bell]. The sound wave collided violently with the energy of the black hole, causing space to distort and tear...

"Cheng Yuan!" The goat beast activated its sacred barrier to its maximum power to protect Cheng Yuan. At the same time, the shadow ring hanging on the goat beast's left ear also lit up, merging with the sacred power to form a protective shield, protecting the members from the crushing force of space. However, the spatial energy still engulfed them all...

In his last moments before losing consciousness, Cheng Yuan seemed to hear Xu Xin's shouts and Li Xiaochun's shocked whisper: "That's... a dimensional portal!"

……

Cheng Yuan felt as if he had been floating in a void for a very long time.

As consciousness gradually returned, the first thing he felt was the warmth of the fur—he was leaning against the chest of the goat beast.

He struggled to open his eyes, his vision filled with a blurry gray-blue.

"Cough...cough cough..." Cheng Yuan coughed violently, his throat filled with the taste of blood.

He tried to move his fingers to make sure he was still alive.

"Cheng Yuan...you're awake?" A weak but familiar voice came from below.

Cheng Yuan then discovered the goat beast with one horn missing and carefully held it in his arms.

He struggled to sit up and looked around—it seemed to be a huge mine, with walls covered in glowing blue crystals that provided faint illumination to the dark space.

"Are you alright, Dilu... Goatmon?" Cheng Yuan's voice was hoarse. "It seems we've been teleported somewhere?"

The goat did not answer immediately.

Cheng Yuan noticed that its black fur was fading at a visible rate, and the originally shining metallic luster of the sacred bell and rune collar had become dull and lifeless.

"I...can't hold on any longer..." The goat-beast's voice grew weaker and weaker, "Energy and data consumption is excessive..."

Before he could finish speaking, the goat-beast's body was suddenly enveloped in a burst of white light.

Cheng Yuan watched helplessly as it began to shrink and deform—its horns contracted, its body dissolved, and finally it turned into a ball of light that landed in his arms.

"Gitomon?" Cheng Yuan looked at the little creature curled up in his palm in disbelief.

No, it's not Gatomon.

It was a smaller, fluffy white puppy Digimon, still wearing the familiar fire and shadow rings on its ears, but the holy ring on its tail was dull and lifeless.

【Little Dog Beast】

[Vaccine Type - Sacred Beast Type]

[Growth Period]

[Status: Growth regression caused by overdraft of divine energy]

"Woo..." The little beast weakly opened its eyes, its azure pupils filled with exhaustion. "Cheng Yuan... I think... I've regressed..."

Cheng Yuan hugged it tenderly, saying, "Don't worry, you'll be fine after a rest. I'll get the data back up for you soon!"

Over the past month, thanks to the promotion by the music company he collaborated with Yun Yao, the digital "growth anthem" "butterfly" and the "evolution anthem" "Brave Heart" subscriptions have brought him considerable income, with a total of 400 million yuan deposited into his bank account in the past month.

Although he couldn't see his wealth points during the system upgrade hibernation period, he estimated that his wealth points would catch up after the system upgrade was completed.

He also reconstructed the remaining Digimon songs and gave them to Yun Yao and the studio, pooling their resources to explore whether other songs might also have special effects. Although there was no clear feedback yet, Yun Yao felt a surge of emotion and asserted that these songs definitely had a special effect on Digimon.

He instinctively tried to use the system to view the detailed data, but found that the system interface was still grayed out.

and many more...

Cheng Yuan suddenly remembered something and hurriedly brought up the system status bar—

System upgrade completion rate: 100%

[Status: Pending Wake-up]

[Tip: Say the wake word to activate the new feature]

"One month...exactly one month!" Cheng Yuan almost jumped for joy. Ever since obtaining the underlying principles of digital technology from the Ancient Beast, the system had entered a 30-day upgrade phase, and now it was finally complete!

"System, start!" Cheng Yuan commanded impatiently.

[Ding! Digimon Raising System 2.0 successfully launched]

[Host detected in an abnormal space, scanning the environment...]

[Spatial Environment: Underworld Region]

[An abnormal state of your partner Digimon has been detected. Analyzing...]

A series of notification sounds rang in Cheng Yuan's mind, and the long-unseen system interface reopened, more complex and sophisticated than before. The most eye-catching additions were the new "morphology point allocation" and "evolutionary tree simulation" functions.

"Let's check on the puppy beast's condition first." Cheng Yuan opened the status bar.

[Puppy Beast (Degenerate State)]

[Growth Stage: Growth Period (Temporary Degeneration)]

[Attributes: Light 17188 / Holy 6560 / Dark 5220 / Fire 5000]

[Form Stats: Beast Type 280 / Dragon Type 190 / Angel Type 120 / Fallen Angel Type 100]

[Status Analysis: Temporary regression due to depletion of divine energy; expected recovery to the growth stage within 24 hours. Full recovery to maturity requires a significant replenishment of light and divine energy.]

Upon seeing this analysis, Cheng Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. It was only a temporary energy depletion, not a permanent degradation.

Therefore, he set his sights on the new features "morphology points" and "evolutionary tree simulation"!

Chapter 126 New Feature - Evolution Tree

"Woof..." The little dog curled up in Cheng Yuan's arms, its wet nose rubbing against his wrist. "Cheng Yuan, am I really useless? I just evolved and I've already regressed..."

Cheng Yuan looked at the fluffy little guy in his arms and couldn't help but rub its ears: "Who said you're useless? If it weren't for that headbutt you gave us just now, we'd be accessories on the Death Beast's scythe right now!"

“But…” the little beast said, its ears drooping and the holy ring on its tail dimming. “I’m so weak now that I can’t even unleash a holy light blast.”

"Silly boy." Cheng Yuan gently flicked its nose. "You've protected me so many times, it's time for me to protect you."

"No!" The little dog suddenly perked up its ears, its bright blue eyes widening. "You are my tamer, it's my responsibility to protect you!"

Cheng Yuan was amused by its serious expression: "Alright, alright, then we'll protect each other, okay?"

[Ding! Bond value fluctuation detected. Main attribute +50]

Light +50, Holy +50, Dark +50, Fire +50

The long-awaited system notification sound made Cheng Yuan's lips curl into a wide smile.

Cheng Yuan brought up the system interface, and the brand-new UI made his eyes light up - the original simple interface with only text has now become a three-dimensional interface like a holographic projection in the void, with various functional modules floating on both sides of his field of vision.

Cheng Yuan checked each of the functional modules.

[Digimon Scan] allows you to check for abnormal statuses of Digimon by consuming wealth points.

He first opened the [Digimon Scan] function and scanned the puppymon:

[Puppy Beast (Degenerate State)]

[Growth Stage: Growth Period (Temporary Degeneration)]

[Status Analysis: The depletion of Divine and Light energies has led to a temporary decline. It is expected that the patient will recover to the peak of the growth stage within 24 hours. A large amount of Light and Divine energy will be needed to fully recover to the mature stage.]

"Looks like there's no major problem." Cheng Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and then opened [Attribute Points].

When the new interface popped up, he almost threw the little dog beast in his arms out of his arms—

[Elemental attribute points: 1 point = 100 wealth points]

[Status Points: 1 point = 10000 Wealth Points]

"System, are you robbing me?!" Cheng Yuan wailed in anguish. "Form value is 100 times more expensive than element value?"

But Cheng Yuan's eyes lit up. With the upgrade of the stat-adding function, stats could be added based on the form. Would it be possible to control the evolution forms of Gatomon in the future, such as humanoid, dragon, or fallen angel forms?

The little dog tilted its head and looked at him: "Cheng Yuan, who are you talking to?"

"A heartless merchant." Cheng Yuan gritted his teeth and closed the interface, then clicked on the [Evolutionary Tree Simulation] that he was most looking forward to.

The moment the light curtain unfolded, countless golden lines intertwined in the void, constructing a complex three-dimensional network.

"Holy crap! This is amazing!" Cheng Yuan's eyes lit up as he looked at the three options in front of him:

【Little Dog Beast】

[Standard Evolution Chain, costs 1 Wealth Points/chain]