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

Inside an abandoned factory in the western suburbs, Cheng Yuan walked on the ground, which was a mixture of gravel and rust.

Since practicing high-speed crashes here last time, Cheng Yuan has discovered that this area is a natural training ground—the rusty metal frame forms natural obstacles, the empty oil drums can be used as targets, and most importantly, it is secluded enough that it will not harm innocent people.

"Woof!" The little beast suddenly perked up its ears, and the sacred ring around its neck gleamed faintly with golden light. It scanned its surroundings warily, its shiny black nose twitching incessantly.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Yuan squatted down and gently stroked the little guy's head.

The little dog tilted its head in confusion, then finally shook it. It did sense a faint, eerie aura, but it vanished in an instant, making it wonder if it was just its imagination.

Little did they know, this was precisely the brilliance of Devimon's "Soul's Desire" illusion—perfectly concealing dark energy. After all, the level of Champion-level Digimon is far superior to that of Rookie-level Digimon, capable of even deceiving the senses of Holy-type Digimon.

"Let's begin training!" Cheng Yuan took out a drone and FPV goggles from his backpack. "Today we're going to train the Holy Light Bomb to be as agile as a drone!"

As the drone hummed, the training officially began. Cheng Yuan piloted the drone through the abandoned factory, while the little dog tried to mimic its flight path with holy light orbs. At first, the movement of the orbs was clumsy and awkward, but the little dog quickly mastered the knack.

"Beautiful!" Cheng Yuan couldn't help but cheer as he watched the Holy Light Bullet follow the drone in a beautiful serpentine maneuver. "This talent is simply born for flight!" No wonder it's a Digimon that will evolve into Angewomon in the future!

The training was progressing smoothly. The little dog was completely absorbed in the fun of flying the Holy Light Bullets, racing and dodging obstacles with Cheng Yuan's drone. It even tried some simple stunts on its own, although it crashed into walls a few times as a result, but its enthusiasm remained undiminished.

However, this cheer broke the silence of the abandoned factory and awakened the demon beast that was sleeping in the illusion.

In the darkest corner of the factory, a pair of scarlet eyes slowly opened.

The demon emerged from the shadows, its jet-black bat wings silently unfurling. It stared at the man and beast with disgust, its sharp claws digging deep into its palms.

"Noisy ants..." a low growl rumbled from Devimon's throat. It instinctively wanted to tear the human who had disturbed its rest to shreds, but reason quickly prevailed.

Recalling his previous hunting experiences in the human world, especially the large search parties that came after he hunted humans, Devimon suppressed his urge to kill.

It has moved from the city to hunting in remote mountains and forests in order to avoid those annoying "professional animal trainers".

Killing this human would attract the attention of those "professional animal trainers," so he refrained from taking action.

"We can't let a small loss lead to a bigger one..." A cold glint flashed in Devimon's eyes. It silently maintained the illusion of [Soul's Longing], hoping that this noisy duo would leave as soon as possible.

Watching the intimate interaction between humans and Digimon, Devimon felt a surge of inexplicable irritation.

It simply couldn't understand why these promising Digimon would depend on such weak humans.

These past few days, it has been hunted down by the world's beast tamers, especially that Tyrannomon that also possesses dark attributes, which it finds utterly repulsive.

"Why..." Devimon's claws left deep scratches on the metal wall. "Why should Digimon depend on and obey humans?"

A strong sense of hatred surged within it. Had its original world of Wicherny not been devoured by that terrible being, it would not have been forced to smuggle itself into this resource-scarce human world.

Thinking of this, the cheerful scene of a person and a beast in the factory became even more jarring to its eyes.

"Just a little longer..." Devimon forced himself to calm down. Its Dark Gear Project was about to begin, and it absolutely could not expose this base because of a momentary impulse.

Finally, as the sun began to set, Cheng Yuan started packing up the training equipment, seemingly preparing to leave. The Demon Beast secretly breathed a sigh of relief, its crimson eyes narrowing slightly.

"Little Dog Beast, wait a minute, I need to use the restroom." Cheng Yuan wanted to relieve himself, so he walked out of the factory.

At this moment, the puppy beast was immersed in training. It controlled the drone with its paws and manipulated the holy light bullet with its head, engaging in "hand-brain combat." This was a training method that Cheng Yuan came up with on the spot, which could train the puppy beast's ability to multitask.

Seeing Cheng Yuan leave, and with only the little dogmon wearing FPV goggles to cover its eyes, Devimon suddenly thought of an interesting experiment.

A sinister glint flashed in its eyes. Slowly raising its bony hand, it hooked its scarlet middle finger, and a jet-black gear rose slowly from a barrel filled with black oil, revealing its grotesque outline in the illusion.

"Since we can't kill him..." Devimon's lips twisted into a grotesque arc, "Then let's play something fun..."

With a whoosh, the dark gear shot towards the unsuspecting puppy-like beast like an arrow. Only at the very last moment did the puppy-like beast sense the chilling dark energy emanating from it. It frantically removed its FPV goggles, but it was too late—

"Woof!" A mournful howl shattered the factory's silence. The dark gears had already burrowed into the little dog's back and disappeared.

Cheng Yuan, who was relieving himself, was startled by the scream and hurriedly fastened his pants before rushing back. He saw the little beast lying quietly on the ground, its body twitching slightly and its eyes unfocused.

"Little Dog Beast!" Cheng Yuan exclaimed in a panic, picking up his friend. "What happened? We need to get to the Digital Center Hospital right away!"

However, just as Cheng Yuan was about to leave with the little dog, it suddenly opened its eyes. Its gaze returned to clarity, as if the pain it had just endured had never happened.

"Woof?" The little dog tilted its head, looking at its anxious partner with a puzzled expression.

"You...are you alright?" Cheng Yuan checked the little dog over, but found no external injuries. "What happened just now?"

Cheng Yuan frowned and squatted down, carefully checking the little dog's condition. The little guy seemed to have recovered, tilting his head and looking at him innocently with his big, bright blue eyes, his tail wagging gently, seemingly completely unaware of why his owner was so nervous.

"Could it be overtraining?" Cheng Yuan muttered to himself, reaching out to touch the sacred halo around the little dog's neck. The halo still radiated a warm golden light, but Cheng Yuan felt that the light seemed a bit dimmer than usual.

He recalled that Xu Xin had once said that Holy Digimon do indeed experience a brief period of exhaustion when they overuse their power.

"Here, let me give you some attribute boosts." Cheng Yuan saw that the puppy was fine and assumed that it had been using Holy Light Bullet for too long and had exhausted its holy energy, so he gave it some light attribute boosts.

While supplementing attribute data doesn't directly replenish stamina, it does have some effect and can speed up recovery.

The little dog's holy ring shone brighter, and the little guy squinted his eyes comfortably, making a "purring" sound.

However, when Cheng Yuan's gaze inadvertently swept over the value of the Dark attribute, he was stunned for a moment.

The previously stable 130 points of Dark attribute have now skyrocketed to 350!

"What's going on..." Cheng Yuan muttered to himself. He recalled that he had recently used his wealth points to add points to the little dog beast, but he hadn't added them to the dark attribute.

However, he already knew from the time he signed the partnership agreement with the Digimon at the nursery that Puppymon had been infected with a virus and regressed into a DigiEgg. Could this be related?

Cheng Yuan couldn't figure it out, so he thought he might have to take the puppy to ask Zhou Ya, the intermediate-level animal breeder.

Behind them, in the darkest corner of the factory, a pair of scarlet eyes slowly closed. A sinister smile curled at the corner of the demon beast's mouth, and a low, guttural laugh echoed through the empty factory, as cold and sticky as a venomous snake.

"Hehehe... Enjoy the power bestowed by ultimate darkness, little one..." Devimon's figure slowly merged into the shadows. "Soon, you will understand what true darkness is..."