Agumon who wants to become Omegamon

He will kill the mad Spiral Beast in honor of his past friendship with the Giant Hard Needle Beast.

The two fought to a frenzied degree, their blades clashing repeatedly with the Holy Lance and Holy Shield, battling from the center of the ruins all the way to the outer perimeter. Even the retreat speed of the Priest Beast and the others could not keep up with their movement.

At this moment, they could hardly see anyone else but each other.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, Spiralmon roared again, and the powerful sound waves vibrated the air, transforming into an invisible attack like an air cannon, slashing across the ground towards Crimson Knightmon.

But for an attack of this magnitude, Gallantmon didn't even bother raising its shield; it simply stood upright and took the hit head-on.

The seemingly menacing air cannon could only flutter the red cape of Crimson Knightmon.

Of course, even the most irrational Spiral Beast knew that such a simple attack wouldn't harm its opponent. So, the blades on its arms spun rapidly once more, forming a hurricane, which then merged into a devastating natural disaster—a tornado.

This is the Spiral Hell!

Facing the attack from the heavily injured Golden Swiftmon, Gallantmon's eyes revealed a solemn expression. He then raised the Holy Shield 'Aquis' in front of him, aiming it at the oncoming tornado and Spiralmon that was unleashing its attack.

Suddenly, a blinding white light covered the Holy Shield, and then triangular patterns around the central 'Digital Crisis' on the shield surface lit up one by one, like a countdown, accompanied by a terrifying energy gathering.

'Royal Shot,' executed with the Holy Lance, is Gallantmon's ultimate attack used to pierce through enemies. This move is more focused on penetrating power to pierce through the enemy.

The moves performed with the Holy Shield tend to focus on purification and energy bombardment.

then……

"_-【Final Elysium】!" After the 'Digital Crisis' light was lit, Gallantmon calmly released its attack.

A tornado, a natural disaster, collided directly with a beam of light that purified everything. After a brief stalemate, the tornado was purified, leaving a straight passage.

Even as Spiral Beast repeatedly increased its energy, it couldn't change the fact that the tornado had dissipated, nor could it change its fate of being hit.

In fact, it's not that Spiralmon's 'Spiral Hell' is inferior to Gallantmon's 'Elysium,' but rather that their destructive directions are different, leading to different results.

The 'Spiral Hell,' which unleashes natural disasters and tornadoes, tends to cause widespread destruction, while the 'Elysium' is more focused on single-target damage by concentrating energy into a single entity.

The two were evenly matched in terms of energy output, but Spiralmon lost in the clash of moves.

Thus, Spiralmon faced his inevitable defeat.

Boom!

The beam of light that purified everything struck the Spiral Beast and exploded. The textured scales on its body finally began to fall off, and its entire aura was defeated.

Without a doubt, the outcome is already decided.

Chapter Seventy-Nine: Defeat and Escape

"This is the final blow, Grimm's Gearmon." Gallantmon silently gazed at Spiralmon, his heart inevitably stirred. In the early days of the Digital World, aside from ScienceDragonmon, who had a tamer, Grimm's Gearmon was the first Digimon to accept and help them.

This same bold and warlike man has now met his end in such a manner.

What a pity!

To avoid causing more innocent killings, and to send his friend off on his final journey.

"Goodbye, my friend," Crimson Knightmon said softly.

With his right hand raised high, the Holy Lance began to coil around the tip of the spear, slowly gathering and expanding until finally a blue-white energy ball gathered at the top of the Holy Lance without being released.

"Thank you, Great Hardened Gearmon." Matsuda Takato, inside Crimson Knightmon, said with a complex yet resolute expression.

"Royal Gunfire!"

A blue and white spear suddenly thrust forward with immense penetrating power. Once hit by this attack, even the strongest body would be pierced through.

The premise is that this move can hit.

A suffocating feeling, like being squeezed in the deep sea, gripped his heart. The Spiral Beast's scarlet eyes suddenly narrowed. He struggled to support his injured body and controlled his nine spiral tails, which had become heavy, as he slammed them against the ground.

Using this reaction force, it shot straight away like a cannonball detached from the barrel, thus narrowly avoiding Crimson Knightmon's fatal blow.

Of course, in order to avoid this fatal blow, all five tails of Spiralmon within Gallantmon's attack range were broken.

The pain of losing a tail is like the pain of ten fingers connected to the heart.

Spiralmon instinctively wanted to howl, but it suppressed it with immense willpower. This wasn't Spiralmon's return to reason, but rather Gallantmon's renewed pursuit. The biting chill that swept over it made Spiralmon dare not stop its advance.

"what?"

Crimson Knightmon watched in astonishment as Spiralmon dodged its fatal blow.

Considering that he and Matsuda Keito had already begun recounting their feelings about the death of the giant hard-haired beast, one can imagine how certain they were of their attack.

However, even with this undeniable fact, Spiral Beast managed to seize a sliver of hope and escape by cutting off its tail.

This made even Gallantmon admire Spiralmon's ruthlessness and decisiveness.

Of course, their determination to kill Spiral Beast became even stronger.

Without hesitation, Gallantmon gave chase.

Spiralmon, which could only rival Gallantmon in its prime and pursue victory, is now injured and low in energy, so it is naturally no match for Gallantmon.

After being caught up by Gallantmon and engaging in several close-quarters battles, it was repeatedly defeated.

Only when Spiralmon is at its peak, wielding bladed arms and possessing a nimble nine-tailed form, does it have the ability to engage in close combat with Gallantmon.

Now, with its nine tails broken in five places and its blade damaged, Spiralmon has lost the ability to engage in close combat with Gallantmon. Even if Gallantmon stands still, it is uncertain whether its broken blades and weakened four tails can break through the armor's defense.

"Roar roar roar—!!!"

Seemingly driven to the brink of despair, its beastly instincts began to retaliate, and Spiralmon launched a relentless counterattack against Crimson Knightmon with a suicidal ferocity.

Even though Spiralmon's desperate last-ditch attack was largely ineffective, it still inevitably disrupted Gallantmon's offensive rhythm.

Just then, the priest beast, riding the barrier, led the beast tamers to the outer perimeter.

Because Spiralmon and Gallantmon moved so fast, they fought from the center to the outer perimeter, and it wasn't until now that the tamers saw them.

At that very moment, the will to survive drove Spiralmon to act instinctively, and he launched an attack on Priestmon and the others.

The broken blade spun, unleashing a hurricane—this was the Spiral Beast's [Spiral Hell]!

However, the Spiral Beast, already severely injured, could no longer unleash the devastating power of a tornado, a natural disaster.

Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse; even a hurricane unleashed with just one hand still has the ability to tear apart the priest beast's barrier and harm the beast tamers.

Gallantmon made this judgment, and his gaze turned cold. Was Spiralmon instinctively forcing him to make this choice?

To kill oneself, or to save the animal tamers...

For Gallantmon, this is simply a multiple-choice question!

boom!

Crimson Knight Beast stomped through the earth with a crash, leaving behind a spiderweb-like trail of broken pieces.

He suddenly charged to the front of the priest beast's barrier, raising his holy shield to easily block the hurricane.

Before Gallantmon could mount a proper counterattack, Spiralmon immediately followed up with its remaining four tails, lashing out like whips, tearing through the air and creating a sonic boom.

Gallantmon's solution was simple: just cut off all of its tails.

Although it was easy to deal with, Crimson Knightmon's gaze towards Spiralmon gradually turned cold.

In his mind, the Great Hard Bristlebone is someone who seeks to fight against the strong, constantly challenges the strong to hone themselves, and possesses the heart of a strongman.

Instead of this cowardly creature that has stooped to attacking the weak in order to survive.

"Let me end your suffering," Crimson Knightmon said, preparing to attack.

However, it was discovered that Spiralmon, taking advantage of the moment its tail was severed, used Gallantmon's power and its own exceptional jumping ability to leap away in an instant.

It quickly turned into a small black dot in Crimson Knightmon's sight.

"Don't even think about escaping!" the Crimson Knight Beast roared, then took off in pursuit.

However, since both of them run on the ground, Gallantmon's speed is far inferior to Spiralmon's jumping start, so he quickly lost track of Spiralmon.

The Spiral Beast successfully escaped from his grasp.

"..."

Crimson Knightmon remained silent. At that moment, he suddenly thought that if he could fly, he would definitely not let Spiralmon escape.

But why can't he fly...?

"Don't be discouraged, Gallantmon," Takato Matsuda comforted him. "We've already defeated Grimm's Grimm. Even if he wants to come back, it will definitely take him a long time."

"Sigh." Crimson Knightmon sighed, "Takato, don't forget how Grimm's power came about in the first place."

“It’s the remains of those Digimon, and the data of Parasites…” Matsuda Takato said, then gradually fell silent.

“That’s right. The reason why Grimm was able to evolve to the Ultimate level is because Parasitemon unleashed its full potential and absorbed the data of hundreds of corpses and Parasitemon. Although I have severely injured it at the moment, there is no guarantee that it will not absorb the corpses of Digimon and recover itself.”

“We’ve let a powerful enemy escape,” Gallantmon continued to sigh. “And I have a feeling he’ll find me again, stronger than ever, and start our third battle.”

Chapter 80 Sakuyamon - Shrine Maiden Mode (Two-in-One)

Crimson Knightmon stared in the direction Spiralmon had disappeared, gazing into the distance where no one could be seen.

Golden light flashed, Gallantmon's body disintegrated into data, and Takato Matsuda and Guilmon reappeared.

“We can’t let the giant hard-haired beast escape,” said Matsuda Hiroto. “We must go after it.”

"Hmm." Guilmon nodded. "Gilmon can find its way by following the scent left by Grimm's Spine."

While the two were discussing how to find Spiralmon, Priestmon, riding the barrier, finally caught up with them.

“Takato, Guilmon.” Li Jianliang, holding Terriermon, looked at the two who had already reverted to their Ultimate forms and couldn’t help but ask, “What about Mighty Gearmon…”

Although Li Jianliang didn't finish speaking, his meaning was obvious. He was already being considerate of Scarface and Needle-haired Beast by not asking directly.

“He got away.” Matsuda Hiroto shook his head.

Upon hearing this, the Scarred Needle-haired Beast's hopeful eyes lit up for a moment, but quickly dimmed again.

Even if Spiral Beast didn't die, so what? He was no longer the leader of the Needle Beasts, but a mindless monster who only knew how to kill.

"That's why I've been waiting for you here," Matsuda Hiroto said, then suddenly looked at Scarface Bridgren. "If Giant Bridgren wants to fight, we can defeat him, but if he's determined to escape, I can't catch him."

"So, is there any way to seal off the movements of the Giant Hard Needle-haired Beast, or to keep tracking it?"

The Scarred Needle-haired Beast remained silent for a moment before slowly saying, "I don't know how to seal it, but tracking the leader's movements is possible."

"We hedgehogs can release a special scent that our kind can detect, directing them to find us."

Scarface Beast's expression suddenly became complicated. He twitched his nose and then looked in the distance where Spiral Beast had disappeared.

"After evolving to maturity, or even complete form, it can actively find its opponent without them releasing any special scent."

"Conversely, one can also consciously and actively block it out."

"But the current leader probably doesn't even know how to block it anymore." The Scarred Needle-haired Beast said, a wry smile on its face. "You were the one who taught everyone this method..."

“Needle-haired beast…” Matsuda Takato opened his mouth, wanting to say something comforting, but the words were swallowed back. From his perspective, it seemed that whatever he said would be wrong.

If he were to actually say it, what he would probably mean is this: take me to kill your leader, and don't be sad.

No matter how euphemistically the words are used, the core meaning will not change.

Therefore, he felt it was better for him not to speak.

"Delay will only make things worse. I'll take you there now." Fortunately, Scarface Needlebeast has a pretty good mental fortitude. He doesn't need anyone's comfort. Give him time, and he'll adjust on his own.

“That’s no longer our leader. We can’t let him continue to occupy the leader’s body. Killing him is the best way to give the leader a proper ending.”

As he spoke, an indescribable rage seemed to surge in Scarface's eyes. It was unclear whether he was referring to Parasitemon or Spiralmon, which had now lost all self-awareness.

“Okay.” Matsuda Keito readily agreed.

"You all stay here and go back to the village. I'll take them by myself," Scarface Needlebeast instructed the other Needlebeasts.

"Kenryo and everyone else, let's go back to the village." Matsuda Keito said to his companions from the other side, "Leave the Giant Hard Needlemon to me and Guilmon."

"Okay, be careful." Li Jianliang nodded with satisfaction. His partner, Big-eared Beast, had already fallen unconscious. Even if he tracked down the Giant Hard-haired Beast, he wouldn't be of much help. Rather than becoming a burden, he would rather choose to stay.

The others also knew that they couldn't help in the battle of the Ultimate level and would only be a burden, so they all agreed.

Only Makino Ruki became the exception.