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

"boom--"

The dark energy surrounding the demon beast surged forth like a burst dam, instantly uprooting trees within a hundred meters radius.

The tree trunks that were lifted up were corroded into black data fragments in mid-air, like a strange black storm enveloping the battlefield.

The body of the demon beast has been completely devoured, transforming into countless streams of data that surge within the demon beast's body, reconstructing with its Digicore and gradually merging into a brand new Digicore.

"Hahaha!" Devimon laughed wildly, its bat wings fully unfurled, blotting out the sky. "Finally! Finally, this moment has come! The ancient prophecy of Wichner is about to be fulfilled!"

Through the Silverhorn's observation window, which was now cracked into a spiderweb, Cheng Yuan saw a hideous dark gear emerging from the Devimon's chest, spinning wildly.

The gear's surface was engraved with ancient digital runes, exuding a suffocatingly evil aura.

"That's... the Dark Gear?" Cheng Yuan's pupils contracted sharply. He had seen this thing in the anime before—an evil device that could control other Digimon.

"Woof!" The little dog suddenly curled up in pain, the sacred halo around its neck flashing violently. "It hurts so much..."

Cheng Yuan quickly hugged it: "What's wrong?"

Seeing the little dog beast like this, he immediately thought of the scene in the abandoned factory, where the little dog beast suddenly convulsed.

"It...is calling me..." The little dog beast struggled to raise its head, a glint of black light flashing in its azure eyes.

Cheng Yuan immediately brought up the system interface to check the status of the puppy beast and found that the dark attribute value was soaring at an alarming rate.

[Wealth Points: 291200]

Digimon: Puppymon

[Types: Dragon type 9, Angel type 60, Beast type 90... Fallen Angel type 50]

[Elements: Holy 3635, Light 3560, Dark 3120, Ice 10...]

[Darkness +15]

[Darkness +18]

[Darkness +20]

[Darkness +18]

……

The growth rate of the Dark attribute is unprecedented, breaking records every few seconds.

Cheng Yuan's heart skipped a beat. No wonder Devimon had been following them! It turned out that the Dark Gear had been implanted in the puppymon's body long ago!

He recalled Mo's unusual behavior and the occasional abnormal state of the little dog beast, and everything made sense now.

"Hang in there, Silverhorn!" Cheng Yuan shouted to the struggling little dog while holding it in his arms. At the same time, his fingers flew across the system interface, continuously adding points to the little dog.

Recently, in order to train the puppy beast to become familiar with its own power, Cheng Yuan has not spent too much money on it, except for maintaining the necessary attribute suppression.

He amassed a fortune of 29 yuan through song subscription fees, reselling data cubes, and coaching fees.

Now is the time to put them to good use!

He was glad that he had always maintained a strategy of allocating points to both Holy and Light attributes, and had always suppressed the Dark attribute; otherwise, the little dog beast might have been completely corrupted by the Dark Gear long ago.

Cheng Yuan maintained a faster rate of increase than the Dark attribute, frantically adding Holy and Light attribute points to the puppy beast.

【财富值271200（-20000），神圣系3735（+100），光系3660（+100）】

After its attributes increased, the puppymon seemed to feel a little better, but its dark attribute continued to grow, as if deliberately forced to grow by Devimon. The light of the Holy Ring clashed fiercely with the dark energy within the puppymon's body, causing it to whimper in pain.

The situation on the battlefield can change in an instant.

Devimon's dark energy formed a towering black tornado, forcing all Digimon to retreat. Galemon's evil hurricane was like child's play before this power, instantly torn to shreds.

"What... what kind of power is this?" The golden-horned beast's spiked club clattered to the ground, its long green hair whipping wildly in the wind.

"Waaah... How scary..." The silver-horned beast's voice was choked with sobs, and its massive body trembled.

The demon beast's form began to undergo an astonishing transformation. Its already over four-meter-tall body continued to expand, and the bone spikes on its bat wings became even more ferocious, each one gleaming with a metallic cold light.

"He's preparing to evolve!" Cold sweat beaded on Cheng Yuan's forehead. "We must stop him!"

Seppimon's Soul Boomerang, Targetmon's Electric Shoes, and Goldhornmon's Demon Burial—several Champion-level Digimon unleashed their strongest attacks, but all of them vanished without a trace upon contact with the dark energy surrounding Devimon.

Devimon roared deafeningly, "Insufficient data..."

The entire battlefield froze due to the overwhelming dark data and energy emanating from Devimon. The Savagemon and the Monkeymon seemed to be frozen in place, even forgetting to flee.

In the distance, Wang Lin was frantically firing at the Digimon: "Captain Xu! The situation is urgent! Devimon has devoured Giramon and is evolving into its Ultimate form! There are thousands of Digimon on the battlefield; it might use them all as nourishment!"

Zhao Lu looked at the suppressed Silverhorn Beast, her eyes filled with undisguised worry. Suddenly, she rushed towards the battlefield: "Gear Beast, let's go!"

"Hey! Go deliver... no, wait for me!" Kang Zhaodi paused for a moment, then quickly led the pangolin to chase after them.

Li Yue and Wen Rou exchanged a glance, then mustered their courage and followed. The vines of the Flower Beast and the Baloo Beast swayed in the gale, yet still stretched forward resolutely.

Devimon's enormous, scarlet eyes swept across the battlefield, and wherever his gaze fell, the Digimon trembled involuntarily.

It murmured softly, "The real world... the dark gears... it's time..."

Suddenly, it raised its sharp claws: "You... can disappear now..."

As soon as he finished speaking, two enormous death claws appeared out of thin air and grabbed the nearest Silverhorn Beast and Windstorm Beast.

"Ah!" The Wind Calamity Beast only had time to let out a short scream before it was crushed into data fragments.

The limited dark attribute data of the Galemon was extracted and greedily absorbed by Devimon, while the Digicore and a large amount of residual data were carelessly discarded and rolled on the ground like garbage.

With the Silver Horned Beast's defensive barrier activated to its maximum, Cheng Yuan saw that the Diamond Beast's digital core was beginning to crack due to excessive energy extraction.

The battery is about to be completely drained.

The observation window is cracking more and more, and it could shatter completely at any moment.

"Let go of my brother!" The Golden Horn Beast brandished its spiked club and unleashed another lightning-infused "Demon Burial," only to be easily swatted away by a gentle flap of its bat wing, like a fly being swatted, crashing heavily a hundred meters away.

Just as Devimon was about to unleash its power and crush Silverhorn, at the critical moment—

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a deafening sound of trees collapsing came from the distant woods.

Cheng Yuan turned his head and saw a jet-black Tyrannosaurus Rex leaping out of the forest at an astonishing speed and rushing toward the battlefield, with Xu Xin and his squad standing on its back.

Giant Chickenmon and Sunflowermon followed closely behind, while Flymon flew in the air, forming an elite rescue team.

"Super Flame!" DarkGreymon opened its mouth and spat out a blazing fireball, which hit Devimon's arm precisely.

At the same time, the flying insect beast swept past like lightning, its [Final Spike] piercing directly through another Death Claw.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the silver-horned beast broke free of its restraints and rolled to safety.

"Teacher Xu, Devimon has devoured Giratium and is evolving into its Ultimate form!" Cheng Yuan took out his Digivice and briefly explained the situation to Xu Xin.

"I know, Wang Lin told me when I came." Xu Xin stood on the shoulder of the galloping Tyrannosaurus Rex, the wind making the hem of his trench coat flutter.

His brow furrowed deeper: "It hasn't truly evolved yet; it refuses to form a cocoon! There isn't enough data!"

Xu Xin's voice was exceptionally clear through the Digivice: "We must find a way to keep it here, to let it form an evolutionary cocoon! That way, it will only become a semi-complete form at best! If we let it escape to another place to absorb enough dark data, it will complete its perfect evolution!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the dark energy around Devimon suddenly contracted, and its wings flapped violently, preparing to take off and fly away.

"It's too late!" Xu Xin made a decisive decision, his voice booming across the battlefield, "All forces, attack! Stop it from completing its evolution!"