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Chapter 557 Etemon: How did it become an Ultimate level?!

The light did not explode; instead, it expanded, contracted, and reconstructed at an incredible speed.

A massive, almost tangible stream of data poured out from the center of the ball of light, weaving in the air into an incredibly complex golden framework.

Muscles, nerves, shell... everything is being generated and covered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

That overwhelming aura even caused the gorilla beast's descent to pause.

A shiver, born of a data-driven instinct, surged wildly from the depths of his core program.

"This...what is this..."

With the gorilla's exclamation, a gigantic claw, covered in brilliant golden armor and beyond imagination, swung towards him with an almost nonchalant gesture, completely disproportionate to its size.

Then, the giant claw's palm merely touched his body lightly.

boom--! ! !
A deafening roar, as if the heavens and earth were collapsing, exploded in everyone's ears.

Like a golf ball hit at high speed, the gorilla flew backward at ten times the speed it had come from, tracing a horrific parabola in the air before crashing heavily into the beach hundreds of meters away.

Boom!

The entire coastline shook violently, and a huge crater was smashed into the beach, sending sand waves soaring into the sky and then falling like a torrential rain.

On the stage truck, the thunderous cheers from the Bokumon and Gashimon came to an abrupt halt. Their mouths were agape, their glow sticks frozen in mid-air, and the fervent expressions on their faces froze instantly, like a videotape that had been paused.

On the beach, Taichi, Yamato, Sora... all the children, along with their partners who had just been fighting hard, Greymon and Garurumon, all stared blankly upwards, their gazes piercing through the swirling sand.

The light dissipated.

A colossal, sacred, and majestic figure stood there silently.

Its main body still retains the shape of an insect, but its entire body is covered by a magnificent and heavy golden carapace, which gleams with a metallic luster in the sunlight.

Its iconic giant horn, now even more majestic, resembled a holy lance pointing towards the heavens.

Its four pairs of translucent wings on its back vibrated slightly, each flap generating a visible arc of electricity.

Ultimate form, HerculesKabuterimon.

“Cough…Puff!”

In the sandpit, the gorilla beast struggled to its feet in a disheveled state. It spat out a mouthful of sand mixed with data fragments, feeling as if all the bones in its body had been disassembled and reassembled.

He ripped off his cracked sunglasses and stared incredulously at the golden beetle in the distance.

impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
How could a mere growth stage possibly... how could it possibly evolve directly to this level?!

They even skipped the final stage! This completely violates the ironclad rules of evolution in the Digital World!
"Hallucination...it must be an illusion!"

The gorilla's eyes were bloodshot. He couldn't accept his crushing defeat, and he couldn't accept that a guy who appeared out of nowhere possessed power far exceeding his own.

As the King of Digimon, he absolutely cannot allow it!
"Go to hell! You bastard!"

The gorilla beast let out a hysterical roar, and suddenly opened its hands, and one after another, jet-black "Dark Necromancer Orbs" that exuded an ominous aura of data corruption were frantically condensed and shot out from its palms!
call out!call out!call out!call out!
Dozens of black spheres lined up in a row, like a devastating meteor shower, carrying terrifying power capable of erasing all data, and bombarded Hercules Beetlemon on the giant ship.

However, this ultimate move is enough to make any fully-fledged being terrified.

Hercules Beetlemon simply stood there calmly, without even moving an inch.

The jet-black energy spheres crashed one after another into its golden armor, and then... like mud balls hitting the strongest city wall.

"Pfft...pfft...pfft..."

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a series of insignificant, soft sounds, like bubbles bursting. The dark energy, powerful enough to distort data structures, was completely neutralized and annihilated by the holy power flowing over the golden shell the moment it came into contact with it, without even causing a ripple.

This...how is this possible? !
The gorilla's expression changed from a frenzied, savage look to utter blankness.

My ultimate move... it doesn't even count as tickling the opponent?

In that instant of his daze, Hercules moved.

Its four enormous wings suddenly spread open, accompanied by a whistling sound that tore through the sky, and its massive, mountain-like body vanished from its spot in an instant.

The next moment, it appeared in front of the ape-like beast.

The golden figure blocked out the sunlight, casting a huge shadow that completely enveloped the ape-beast.

The ape-like beast could even see its own tiny and terrified reflection in the huge mask of the other beast, which shimmered with compound eyes.

too fast……

So fast that even thinking can't keep up!
"Giga-scale shockwave."

A deep and authoritative voice rang out.

At the tip of the enormous golden horn atop Hercules Beetle's head, a mass of destructive, high-density plasma energy began to gather.

The shadow of death enveloped the ape-beast more completely than ever before.

"Do not--!!!"

With his final, desperate roar, a thick, crimson beam of energy, powerful enough to pierce the heavens and earth, shot out from the tip of the horn, instantly engulfing everything he had.

When the light faded, only a bottomless, enormous crater remained, its edges crystalline and vitrified.

Etemon, the Nightmare Legion executive who called himself the "King of Digimon," was completely erased from this world without leaving even a trace of data.

On the deck, Koushiro calmly raised a blank disk, pointing it in the direction where the energy dissipated.

A barely perceptible stream of data was forcibly pulled from the void and sucked into the disk.

Seeing their king instantly killed, the Berkumon and Gazhimon dared not linger for even a moment. They let out a strange cry, dropped everything they were carrying, and scrambled to drive the magnificent stage truck into the depths of the jungle, wishing they could grow more legs.

After a moment of deathly silence, cheers of relief erupted on the beach. "Koushiro!"

"What's wrong with you?!"

Taiyi, Ahe, and the others could no longer contain themselves. They waved and shouted loudly in the direction of the giant ship, their faces filled with shock, confusion, and ecstasy.

Agumon curiously joined in, circling the now-degenerated Tentomon twice, and asked with some curiosity:
"Beetle Beast, what happened to you? How did you suddenly become so powerful?"

"I...I don't know either,"

The beetle-like beast shook its head; it couldn't explain what was going on either.

"It felt like all of Koushiro's power suddenly surged in, and then... and then it turned out like that."

"It's the new type of terminal I made that's working."

Izzy walked over and showed everyone the pure white Digivice.

I call it the "Digital Soul Driver".

It can more efficiently convert my will, that is, my [Digital Soul], into energy for Digimon evolution.

"As long as you can cultivate a deeper trust and connection with your partners, when strong emotions and will erupt, your divine plan can also guide them to complete a higher level of evolution."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over Taiyi, Ahe, and the others, before speaking.

"That……"

Taiichi looked at the sacred plan in his hands, and hope ignited in his eyes.
"We can also evolve Agumon into its Ultimate form?"

"That's true in theory, but right now the most important thing is to find your 'badge' first."

Koushiro nodded in reply.

With that, Koushiro took out his laptop and asked everyone to bring out their respective Divine Plans.

"Bring the sacred plan closer to my computer."

Although puzzled, everyone did as instructed. Koushiro typed rapidly on the keyboard, and streams of blue data flowed from his computer, connecting to each of the Divine Projects. A rapidly scrolling progress bar appeared on each of the children's device screens.

“I’m performing a… well, you can think of it as a ‘system update’ for your sacred plan.”

Koushiro explained,

"Based on some of the information provided by Elder Xuannei, I have added some new functions to them."

Now, your divine plan can respond to badges that match your own characteristics, providing cues and indicating their approximate location as you approach them.

"Really?!"

Meimei exclaimed in surprise.

"I'll try!"

Taiyi eagerly raised his sacred plan.

The update progress bar on the device screen had just finished, the screen flickered briefly, and then returned to normal.

But then, an orange dot lit up in the center of the screen and emitted a soft "beep" sound, while an arrow pointed in a direction inland.

"There's a reaction!"

Taiichi exclaimed in surprise, "And it's nearby! Not far from here!"

This discovery excited everyone.

"Great! Then we've decided on our next destination!"

Ahe said.

"However, it's getting late."

The old man glanced at the setting sun, adjusted his glasses, and...

"Let's set up camp here for the night, rest well, and set off again tomorrow to search for Taiyi's badge."

His proposal was unanimously approved.

And so, the group returned to the beach on the landing craft and, with the help of the guardian beasts, began to clean the area, set up tents, and cook, working busily and in an orderly manner.

Koushiro returned alone to the laboratory deep inside the giant ship.

He inserted the disk containing Etemon's data into the computer's read slot and began to analyze the information left behind by this "King of Digimon".

He wanted to know the Nightmare Legion's internal structure, their troop deployment, and... their true purpose.

Complex code scrolled rapidly across the screen like a waterfall, cracking the encrypted data packets layer by layer.

Suddenly, his fingers stopped.

On the screen, he successfully deciphered a core folder that had been repeatedly encrypted, and its contents were revealed.

Those were not military deployment maps, but rather fragmented communication records and operational instructions.

When Koushiro pieced together the fragmented information and saw its contents, his pupils suddenly contracted.

[Opening the door to the real world... Coordinates... Tokyo...]

Lord Vampire Beast has assembled the main force, and the advance team has already departed...

[Target... the eighth child...]

Myotismon... has already assembled a force and headed to the human world?
(End of this chapter)