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

Dark Seed: "???"

An astonishing change occurred—the dark seed rapidly took root and sprouted in his left hand, its deep green vines twining upwards, culminating in a black bud about to bloom. The flower emitted an eerie light and trembled slightly as if it were alive.

Is this the Flower of Darkness?

Dark Flower: "???"

"This is... the Flower of Darkness?" Cheng Yuan murmured to himself, a resolute light flashing in his eyes. In the Yellow Springs region, a land ruled by darkness, perhaps only by fighting darkness with darkness could one find a glimmer of hope.

Chapter 132 Evolution! BlackGatomon!

The system's ability to add points silenced the remaining consciousness within the Dark Flower.

Cheng Yuan thought for a moment, then retrieved the Seed of Light, took out the blank chip, and encapsulated the Flower of Darkness into the chip.

Just as he was considering whether to test the chip's performance, the entire stone house suddenly began to shake violently. Accompanied by a booming sound that grew louder as it approached, the ground undulated like waves. Cheng Yuan immediately realized that something enormous was approaching the settlement.

The faces of the people discussing matters in the hall changed drastically, and they all rushed out of the room.

Cheng Yuan watched them walk out of the hall, and then walked out with a similarly solemn expression.

Outside the hall, several managers of the gathering place were solemnly directing dozens of young men and women to surge up the thick stone wall, their Dragon Machines glowing with a murky light.

Although everyone looked tense, they remained calm and composed, showing no signs of panic, as if they had experienced this many times before.

Cheng Yuan looked up toward the source of the sound, but his view was blocked by a towering stone wall. The tremors of the ground grew more and more violent, and he made a quick decision, leading the little dog beast to a taller stone house.

"Sacred Barrier!"

At Cheng Yuan's command, the sacred ring on the puppy's tail flashed, and a semi-transparent energy ramp instantly formed. Cheng Yuan nimbly climbed onto the roof and finally saw the scene in the distance clearly—

Outside the settlement, sand and stones flew everywhere, and a black sandstorm blotted out the sun.

Wherever it went, the hard rocks were eroded with honeycomb-like marks.

These dust storms were blocked within 200 meters of the gathering area, as if there was an invisible barrier.

Cheng Yuan knew that it must be a protective barrier built by the settlement.

At the boundary between the black sandstorm and the barrier, a series of heavy objects crashed down. Although they were far apart, their astonishing force was still evident. A huge beast's claw print tore the barrier apart.

The sandstorm was briefly dispersed by the strong wind, revealing the attacker's true form. Cheng Yuan gasped – it was a giant, upright, tortoise-shaped Digimon, nearly thirty meters tall, with multiple high-speed rotating drills mounted on its carapace.

With each step it took, the ground trembled violently. Even more terrifying, six sand dragon beasts followed behind this behemoth!

"It's the Primal Jawed Beast! The overlord of the Dark Desert!"

How did it end up here?

"In the past, at most only sand dragons would attack!"

Panic-stricken screams rose and fell. Cheng Yuan quickly activated the system scan function:

[Original Jawed Beast]

[Virus Species, Ore Type, Soil Type]

【Complete body】

[Skills: Triple Destruction Drill, Spiral Armor Launch]

[Description: Ruler of the desert, its back armor is forged from a special alloy and mineral data. Its drill can easily penetrate the hardest rock layers, and its movement triggers powerful earthquakes.]

Women are organizing children to evacuate to air-raid shelters, while animal trainers are on high alert.

At this moment, the Jawed Giant and the Sand Dragon were less than two hundred meters away from the stone wall, and the vibrations from their landings were clearly audible.

When the behemoth closed to within a hundred meters, the tall, fair-skinned Deputy Commander Zhou gave the order: "Attack!"

In an instant, flames, beams of light, and wind blades poured down like a torrential rain.

The cunning Sand Dragon immediately hid behind the original Jawed Beast, using the giant beast as a mobile fortress.

The dense attacks landed on the Jawed Beast's carapace, only causing a burst of sand and gravel to fly, failing to even penetrate the outer layer of armor.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Enraged, the beast's four eyes flashed with blood-red light, and with a "bang," the spiral-shaped drill-like spikes on its carapace shot out like missiles, striking the stone wall.

The stone wall was instantly pierced, and the explosion from the drill blasted three huge gaps in the thick wall. The tamers and Digimon standing on top fell to the ground, their fates unknown.

The other tamers had no time to care about their lives. Under the loud command of Deputy Commander Zhou, another batch of colorful skills were unleashed, and the sand dragons hid behind the original jawed beasts.

"Aim at its legs!" Deputy Regiment Commander Zhou shouted hoarsely.

The second wave of attacks came in quick succession, but the original Jawed Beast had already retracted its limbs into its indestructible carapace.

Wang Zheng, riding a Black Garurumon, led his vanguard in an attempt to break through the city walls for close combat, but they were forced back by the Sand Dragon Beast's "Earth Thorns"—countless sandstone spikes rose from the ground, forming a deadly thicket of thorns, forcing them to retreat in frustration.

The Digimon tamers present were all Mature Digimon, and all of them had been corrupted by the Dark Virus, which reduced their combat power. Against the fully-powered Digimon at their peak, the difference in strength could not be compensated for by sheer numbers.

"The only one who can rival him is probably Commander Feng, but..."

At this moment, those around heard Commander Feng sigh: "Wang Zheng, you lead everyone to retreat, leave the gathering place, and go to the temporary shelter."

The young people were moved to tears; this place of survival, which they had worked so hard to build, was about to be destroyed.

"It's all my fault! It's all my fault!" Wang Zheng cried.

Amidst everyone's confusion, Wang Zheng pulled out three earthen-yellow Digimon Crystals. "I took these from the Sand Dragon Beast's lair..."

Commander Feng gave a wry smile. Then he said, "Among the Digimon signed this time, there are babies from the Sanddramon line, right?"

Wang Zheng looked up in surprise: "Yes, four."

Commander Feng: "Train them well and take them with you."

Wang Zheng: Commander Feng, you...

The Cyclops Beast burst out of the murky data orb and landed in front of the city wall, staring at the enemy.

Commander Feng's right palm emitted a dark green light.

The one-eyed dragon beast turned and glanced at Commander Feng, then nodded firmly.

"Perhaps after this, you will never wake up again... But... a spirit of despair! Can you survive against all odds? Evolve! Cyclops Beast."

A dark green light, like flames, enveloped the Cyclops, causing its body to twist and swell. The rotting flesh on its back peeled away, revealing stark white bones, and a terrifying red light burst forth from its single eye. The flesh and blood of its already exceptionally thick arm peeled away, and sharp, enormous red bone claws extended from its fingertips.

Zombie Tyrannosaurus

[Virus type? Undead? Dark theme]

【Complete Form (Desperate Spirit Evolution)】

[Skills: Zero Cruise Missile, Cursed Breath, Bone Armor Charge, Desperate Bone Claw]

[Description: An immortal Digimon evolved from Cyclopsmon due to a mental mutation caused by despair. Its body consists only of a broken skeleton and rotting flesh, with an organic missile launcher mounted on its spine. Completely devoid of reason, it acts solely on its killing instincts, spreading a deadly virus when it attacks. Its very existence is a distortion of the evolutionary laws of the Digital World.]

The evolved Zombiemon let out a heart-wrenching roar and pounced on the original Jawmon without hesitation. This was the last obsession that Cyclopsmon had for its evolved form.

The collision of the two giant beasts triggered a powerful shockwave, which forced the surrounding sand dragons back several steps.

The original Jawed Beast and the Zombiemon were entangled together, while the Sand Dragon Beast and a large number of Sand Lizard Beasts took the opportunity to break through the stone wall and attack the gathering place.

"Get out of here!" Commander Feng roared at Wang Zheng, who was standing there dumbfounded. "Take this opportunity to evacuate!"

A sand dragon chases after a group of children who are retreating.

Cheng Yuan leaped off the roof and landed not far from the Sand Dragon Beast.

"Go, you little beast, let's save them!"

He took out the Dark Flower chip and inserted it into the Arc Light Machine—

"Evolve, little puppy!"

A black stream of data surged out, enveloping the Puppymon and condensing into a black cocoon of evolution in the air. Before Sanddramon could release Earth Thorn, a tiny black shadow rushed toward Sanddramon at lightning speed.

BlackGatomon

[Virus type? Monster type? Dark theme]

[Maturity Stage]

[Skills: Dark Claws, Shadow Strike, Dark Bubble]

[Description: A viral variant of Tailmon, a child of evil, it roams and lives in the chilling darkness. Its entire body is black, with a dark red glow in its eyes. It once inhabited dark regions, possessing a cunning and highly aggressive nature. It excels at using shadows for ambushes, and its claws can tear through defenses made of light energy.]

Chapter 133 Mutual Destruction

"Whoosh-"

A dark afterimage flashed past, and the Sand Dragon Beast's pupils contracted sharply. Before it could even activate [Earth Thorns], the dark figure was already upon it.

【Claws of the Night】!

BlackGatomon's claws gleamed with a dark purple light as they precisely sliced ​​across Sanddramon's vulnerable belly.

The attack was as fast as lightning, yet it possessed a chilling precision—as if BlackGatomon was born knowing how to hunt these predators.

"Hiss—" The Sand Dragon Beast let out a painful hiss as its abdominal scales were torn apart, and data streams gushed out like blood.

BlackGatomon landed lightly, the Flame Ring and Holy Ring on its left ear shimmering slightly, but the most eye-catching feature was the Shadow Ring on its tail—the Holy Ring and Shadow Ring had swapped positions!

BlackGatomon's golden pupils became cold and proud, no longer like the bright blue and gentle eyes of Puppymon or Gatomon.

It gave its opponent no chance to breathe, and its figure once again transformed into a black shadow as it pounced out.

[Shadow Strike]!

This time, BlackGatomon climbed directly onto Sanddramon's back, its claws digging deep into the gaps in the scales on its neck. Sanddramon thrashed about frantically, trying to shake off its persistent predator, but BlackGatomon remained motionless, like a persistent leech.

"boom!"

Sanddramon crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of black dust. BlackGatomon gracefully leaped off its back, the Shadow Ring on its tail glowing faintly.

"Wow, that's amazing..." The rescued children stared wide-eyed at the completely black cat-shaped Digimon in disbelief.

They had never seen such a clean and decisive battle—even Champion-level Digimon would find it difficult to defeat a Sanddramon so easily, even among the Beast Tamers of the Underworld.

Moreover, compared to those corrupted and mutated Digimon, this cat-shaped Digimon is simply too beautiful.

Cheng Yuan strode forward and habitually reached out to pat the head of the black Gatomon, but the little guy dodged away immediately!

Cheng Yuan was shocked. Looking at BlackGatomon's cold and arrogant eyes, he thought, "You're no longer that cute little thing."

BlackGato's eyes flashed red as it glanced at Cheng Yuan. Cheng Yuan knew that it was the arrogant look one gives their human.

"Ahem... BlackGatomon, go help the others." Cheng Yuan's words caused BlackGatomon to turn its gaze to another battlefield, its figure disappearing back into the shadows.

......

"Awooo—"

BlackGarurumon let out a painful howl. Its hind legs had just been trapped by Sanddramon's [Quicksand Abyss], and it was now being attacked by three Sand Lizardmon.

Wang Zheng gritted his teeth as the Tyrannosaurus Rex kept flashing—he knew his partner was nearing his limit.

"Hold on!" Wang Zheng shouted. "Don't worry about me, take care of that sand dragon beast first!"

BlackGarurumon barely dodged a Sand Lizardmon's [Sand Claw], but was struck in the waist by another's tail. It staggered a few steps, and the [Fox Flame] it was gathering in its mouth was also interrupted.

At this critical moment, a dark figure silently appeared at the edge of the battlefield.

Cat's Eye!

BlackGatomon's pupils suddenly turned an eerie red. The three Sand Lizardmon froze, their eyes also glowing red. The next moment, they turned and pounced madly on their leader—the Sanddramon!

"What?" Wang Zheng stared in shock at the scene. The Sand Dragon Beast was clearly caught off guard by this sudden betrayal and was hastily entangled by its own subordinates.

BlackGarurumon seized the opportunity, enduring the pain as it leaped up, its Ice Claw aimed straight for Sanddramon's eye—its most vulnerable spot.

"Pfft!"

The sharp claws pierced deep, instantly freezing the entire eyeball, and the Sand Dragon Beast let out a shrill scream.

BlackGarurumon didn't stop, and then slammed a heavy headbutt into the forehead of its opponent, SandGarurumon.

The massive body of the Sand Dragon Beast crashed to the ground, dissipating into data fragments.

Wang Zheng then noticed the dark figure not far away—a black cat-shaped Digimon he had never seen before.

It wears two red and gold earrings on its left ear and a black pinky ring on its tail.