Chapter 66: The Cataclysm That Drags Saints into the Water! Jiang Wang Peeks into the Ultimate Cause and Effect! [10W/7]
"Tai!"
Agumon could feel the two flames burning hotter and more fiercely inside his chest!
Tai could likewise sense the fighting passion coming from his companion.
The next moment!
The Digivice in Tai's hand began to roar!
The light of digivolution flashed, and the earth trembled!
The angry Greymon whipped its tail, violently striking the ground.
The surrounding Digimon fled in panic.
Magnamon retreated step after step in the face of the enraged Greymon.
The combat power of the two sides was simply not on the same level.
...
Jiang Wang walked through the Digital World, holding the huge head of a Digimon in his hand.
That was the deceased Titamon.
Not long after leaving Mount Olympus, he had run into this Titamon, which had been clamoring to storm Mount Olympus and wipe out the Twelve Gods.
Seeing Jiang Wang coming down from the mountain, Titamon had drawn its weapon without a word, intending to cut him down.
Unwilling to increase his karmic burden through casual slaughter, Jiang Wang had no choice but to backhand and slay it.
To Jiang Wang's surprise... killing a Digimon actually did not generate karmic retribution.
What concept was this?
Killing a thousand or one hundred thousand Digimon in the Digital World would not incur any karma at all.
Unlike the Primordial World.
Even a great demon eating a human would have to bear karma.
Taking a life was a massive karmic burden.
Back then, the Demon Clan and the Witch Clan dealt ruthless blows to the Human Clan.
In the end, they suffered a backlash.
The Demon Clan shrank back into West Bullified Continent, only to be captured as mounts by immortals and deities all over the heavens.
The Witch Clan had it even worse, barely surviving in East God Victorious Continent and a few other regions.
As for the Digital World, Jiang Wang could not understand it.
What on earth was the unified will of the Digital World thinking?
This was practically encouraging powerful Digimon to slaughter weak ones, ideally with the strongest single entity butchering all other Digimon.
Unable to comprehend this logic, Jiang Wang continued on his way.
With every step he took, he connected his own data with the Digital World.
Because he actively adapted to the rules of this world, Jiang Wang currently possessed a data-based body, making it very easy to link his personal data with the Digital World.
His sole purpose in doing so was to experience the "Dao" of the "Digital World," but unfortunately, the Digital World seemed a bit "hollow."
Incomplete rules were the biggest problem.
If Jiang Wang were to embark on this Dao, he would most likely face a situation where his Dao Fruit was incomplete.
An incomplete Dao Fruit stops one at the Daluo realm!
Jiang Wang's plan for the future was not limited to just the Daluo Golden Immortal.
The Daluo Golden Immortal was merely a stepping stone! He wanted to attain the Dao! Even if he could not become a Saint, he would become the number one person beneath the Saints!
Of course, if he could become a Saint, Jiang Wang would naturally be willing as well.
Regrettably, when the Dao Ancestor distributed the Primordial Purple Qi in the Zixiao Palace back then, he gave the final streak of purple qi to Daoist Hongyun.
That same Daoist Hongyun was subsequently ambushed and killed by the three mighty beings: Emperor Jun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng.
As a result, the Grandmist Purple Qi that the three mighty beings had yearned for simply vanished.
Throughout the entire Lich War, the Demon and Witch clans expended a massive amount of energy searching for this streak of purple qi, yet yielded no news.
From then on, the last streak of purple qi between heaven and earth lost its trace.
There were minor rumors in the Heavenly Court that it was not as if no one knew the whereabouts of the Grandmist Purple Qi.
Currently, at least nine mighty beings knew the location of the final strand of Grandmist Purple Qi.
However, no one dared to seek out these nine mighty beings to ask clearly.
Because...
The Grandmist Purple Qi was the foundation of a Saint.
When the Dao Ancestor preached the Dao back then, he prepared six praying mats.
The Three Pure Ones occupied three mats.
Nüwa occupied one mat.
The remaining two were taken by the two Saints of the Western Teaching.
Yet!
The Dao Ancestor produced seven streaks of Grandmist Purple Qi.
Six were distributed, leaving the final one, which made everyone in Zixiao Palace extremely envious.
After all, purple qi was the root of a Saint; which of the mighty beings who entered Zixiao Palace at that time did not want to become a Saint?
Every mighty being was guessing to whom the Dao Ancestor would give the purple qi.
In the end, the Dao Ancestor bestowed this purple qi upon Daoist Hongyun.
Daoist Hongyun lacked sufficient strength; he was caught by a few ruthless demons of the Demon Clan and beaten until he was reduced to ashes.
Who knew if he even managed to make a trip through the cycle of reincarnation.
Yet from then on, the Grandmist Purple Qi lost its trace, and despite the Demon Clan mobilizing all their might to search the Primordial World, they still failed to find the Grandmist Purple Qi.
Ultimately, the Lich Clan war broke out.
The quest to find the Grandmist Purple Qi was thus delayed.
By now, the whereabouts of the purple qi were known to no one.
Yet... this lack of knowledge only applied to the "common masses"; in truth, at least nine mighty beings knew where the purple qi was.
The seven present-day Saints definitely knew.
Even with heavenly secrets obscured, they could deduce a thing or two.
The eighth was that Saint who had always lived in the Chaos and had almost never visited the Primordial World.
However, that one was too special; even though Jiang Wang knew of his existence, he had no way to seek his help.
This ninth one...
Was actually the one Jiang Wang was confident he could ask for help.
This ninth one was none other than the Human Sovereign Fuxi.
Human Sovereign Fuxi had a special identity; in his past life, he was a Demon Sage, but due to Nüwa creating the human race, for reasons unknown, he reincarnated as a human and achieved the status of a generation of Human Sovereign.
Neither Sage Fuxi nor Human Sovereign Fuxi was a Saint.
Yet he truly knew the whereabouts of the purple qi, because his divination arts had already reached the realm of a Saint.
Even Saints would likely fall slightly short compared to him.
These nine were the entities who knew the whereabouts of the Grandmist Purple Qi.
This was also why, up until now, everyone knew the purple qi still existed, yet no one went looking for it anymore.
Who would dare question a Saint about the whereabouts of the purple qi?
As for Human Sovereign Fuxi... as the first emperor of the human race—the current protagonist of heaven and earth—coupled with his relationship with Nüwa, if he didn't speak up, no one would ask; doing so would show no respect to the Human Sovereign and the Saints.
Jiang Wang knew that given his current status and realm, thinking about these things was still a bit too early.
After all, he was currently only a Celestial Immortal, still a long way from reaching the realm of a Saint.
Having this thought was actually part of his scheme to figure out how to establish a connection with Human Sovereign Fuxi as early as possible.
Even setting aside the purple qi, just look at Human Sovereign Fuxi's divination arts—how many immortals and deities begged him in hopes of getting a single reading.
Lost in thought, Jiang Wang arrived at his destination.
At the center where numerous digital worlds merged, he discovered a seal.
Inside the seal was a bird.
He did not recognize this bird; the Digimon he knew before transmigrating were the more common kinds.
He had truly never seen this bird-type Digimon before.
"I, Chronomon, let me out! I shall grant you everything!"
So said the bird within the seal.
Jiang Wang, wrapped in his robe, curled his lips. Were all Digimon of such an arrogant disposition?
Compared to Agumon, these Mega-level Digimon were truly annoying.
However, Jiang Wang finally understood why the Digital World lacked "karmic relationships."
Chronomon was entangled with countless threads of "cause."
This giant bird turned out to be the "Cause of All Fruits" of the Digital World.
No wonder there was no karmic retribution.
So the "Cause of All Fruits" had been sealed away!
With the "cause" gone, how could there be any "fruit"?
"How about this, come with me, and I'll let you out?"
Jiang Wang ignored Chronomon's arrogance and examined the place that sealed it.
This place did not look like the handiwork of the Digital World. He wondered who had sealed Chronomon here back then, causing the Digital World to lose its "cause" and turn into a place where one could constantly grow stronger simply by fighting.
Chronomon fell silent.
After a moment, it suddenly burst into manic laughter.
...
While Jiang Wang was reasoning with Chronomon, Agumon was currently receiving wave after wave of challenges.
More and more Digimon kept coming after them.
Chosen Children, dark forces from various worlds, or powerful Digimon groups...
An increasing number of Digimon set their sights on Tai and the other children.
Right now, apart from Tai, none of the other children possessed any combat capability.
Therefore, rather than saying they were targeting the first generation of Chosen Children, it was more accurate to say they were targeting Tai and Agumon themselves.
"MetalGreymon! Can we still fight?" Tai gripped his Digivice, the courage in his eyes turning almost tangible.
Amidst the continuous battles, Agumon's digivolution speed was lightning fast.
The activated War God's Heart was exerting its power continuously.
From initially being unable to beat Magnamon, to savagely beating Magnamon.
From initially being suppressed and beaten by several Ultimate-level Digimon, to utterly annihilating those very same Ultimate-level Digimon.
Though Tai and MetalGreymon looked battered and bruised, the chat group members watching the livestream were thoroughly thrilled.
Waste Prophet: "Watching this battle is way too satisfying! Agumon, Agumon, you must have been lying to us when you said you were being hunted down, right? You're clearly spawn-killing the enemies here."
Snake Queen: "I don't feel like the War God's Heart brought about this world fusion; rather, Agumon, you yourself seem a bit abnormal. No matter how strong the War God's Heart is, it shouldn't allow your strength to skyrocket to this extent!"
Lin, My Lin: "This combat power... it's numbed my brain. This Sharingan of mine... I might as well not have it."
Wuhun Palace Golden Generation: "There's no need for that. After all, your Sharingan has spatial powers and is still very useful."
Lin, My Lin: "Thanks for the compliment."
Ye Little Blackened: "The War God's Heart... come to think of it, can my Primordial Chaos Body be sold for money too? If I sell my physique and trade it for another, would that work out?"
Snake Queen: "Isn't that physique of yours pretty good? Why would you want to sell it?"
Waste Prophet: "Exactly, you're not Agumon. That War God's Heart of his only served as a catalyst; the truly strong part is still himself."
Wandering Earth: "Where is my teacher? Where is my teacher?"
Old Celestial Master: "Hansu is like a newborn child, clinging to the Immortal Lord every single day."
Wandering Earth: "That's my teacher, if I don't cling to him, who will?"
Waste Prophet: "Who was calling herself 'this old lady' back then?"
Wandering Earth: "Dark history! Seal it away!"
Little Spider: "Ooh, are there another twelve Digimon coming to challenge MetalGreymon now? Twelve coming all at once this time? That's outrageous."
In the livestream video:
The Olympus Twelve Gods appeared from unknown origins.
They descended onto the battlefield, facing MetalGreymon, as Jupitermon delivered the final verdict.
"Are you the final villain? Please accept our judgment."
The battle between MetalGreymon and the Olympus Twelve Gods gave the few group members watching a tiny, micro-dose of shock.
Though powerhouses like Saitama and Medusa might only feel ripples in their hearts.
Yet for group members like Qin Wuxu, Hu Liena, Zhang Zhiwei, Pak, and Obito, the combat of the Digimon was simply too unimaginable.
Especially MetalGreymon, possessing the War God's Heart, fighting like an absolute maniac.
The Giga Destroyer on its chest fired recklessly without regard for its own life.
Its left arm, forged from Chrome Digizoid, launched surprise attacks against the Olympus Twelve Gods from time to time.
Marsmon, the War God, was batted deep into the depths of the earth by a single claw strike from MetalGreymon, causing the surrounding land to fracture entirely.
Melvamon was struck square by a Giga Destroyer, blasted straight up into the air, followed by a deafening roar.
Amidst a massive explosion, Melvamon, one of the Twelve Gods, dropped out of the sky like a tattered rag.
MetalGreymon grew more valiant with every battle.
A group of children standing in the distance looked at MetalGreymon—who was single-handedly fighting twelve Ultimates—with mutual dismay.
"Ruki, are you still going?" Takato stared at the back of the girl ahead of him, curiously asking, "Didn't you always say you wanted to go and fight them?"
Makino Ruki turned around and gave Takato a side-eye.
"After the world fusion, Renamon can indeed digivolve one more time. But even under the same Ultimate-level conditions, do you think Renamon would be a match for that MetalGreymon?"
Takato gave an embarrassed laugh.
Let alone Ultimate level, even Mega-level entities probably couldn't get any advantage in front of that MetalGreymon, right?
That guy... was simply a monster.
He beat Piedmon into a literal clown.
He used MetalSeadramon as a skipping rope.
While trading blows head-on with Machinedramon, he effortlessly reduced Machinedramon's two Infinity Cannons into scrap metal.
...
And then there were the powerful Digimon that followed.
Almost not a single Mega-level entity could last more than a few moves under WarGreymon's hands.
Either they were killed outright, or through a prolonged stalemate, they were defeated inexplicably.
Takato reckoned that even if his Guilmon evolved into a Mega-level Digimon, it might not necessarily be a match for MetalGreymon.
"Big bro, what do you think?" Agumon S, with a red belt wrapped around his arm, looked with envy at MetalGreymon in the distance fighting twelve foes at once.
Daimon Masaru hesitated for a moment: "To be honest, Agumon, this is the first time I've lost confidence in my fists!"
Chat Group:
Waste Prophet: "Are there really this many good things in our store? Agumon just casually exchanged for a War God's Heart and suddenly became this fierce? I refuse to accept this!"
Wuhun Palace Golden Generation: "By comparison, the most expensive 'Heavenly Flame' that Medusa exchanged for doesn't seem to have brought her any substantive changes yet."
Lin, My Lin: "I have a hunch a quarrel is about to start."
Snake Queen: "Heh, I'm not that childish. Unlike Agumon, the essence of life on his side differs from ours! Have you ever seen world rules where one grows stronger simply by fighting and killing enemies? Anyway, relying on fighting and killing won't work if you want to grow stronger in my world."
Just as the group members were discussing animatedly, Dunn, the captain of the Nighthawk squad on a mission, fell into a slight daze.
Did these people from other worlds not have any work of their own to do? Ever since they joined the chat group, all they ever did was chat and stream.
How he envied them.
Dunn couldn't help but sigh.
Noticing that the captain seemed out of state today, a nearby member of the Nighthawk squad asked worriedly, "Captain, what's wrong with you today? You've been somewhat absent-minded all day."
Dunn shook his head: "It's nothing, just suddenly felt a bit envious."
The team member scratched his head in confusion.
Seeing that the captain clearly didn't want to elaborate, he didn't dare ask any further.
Agumon's livestream continued.
After this whole stream, the former Agumon could no longer be called just Agumon.
Now, he should be addressed as MetalGreymon!
MetalGreymon swept across the battlefield, and five of the Olympus Twelve Gods had already been beaten to the point of losing their combat capability.
Jupitermon unleashed his ultimate power; amidst the roaring thunder, thousands of lightning bolts descended from the sky, aiming straight for MetalGreymon.
MetalGreymon showed not the slightest hint of fear toward the lightning.
He roared toward the sky, the Giga Destroyer on his chest firing continuously, and for a moment, the midair became a scene of countless exploding shells.
Shells of all sizes collided with the lightning, blooming one beautiful mushroom cloud after another.
MetalGreymon was still growing stronger!
Still growing stronger, MetalGreymon displayed tenacious vitality in the face of the remaining Olympian gods.
Time and time again, his full-body armor was shattered to pieces, yet time and time again, he stood back up, roaring as he charged at the enemy.
What was willpower?
This was willpower!
Lin, My Lin: "Agumon really goes all out. Who is he doing this for? For that human kid named Tai behind him?"
Waste Prophet: "He's doing it for Tai, and also to atone for his sins! I reckon this guy still firmly believes to this day that the world fusion was triggered by himself, and that he's the culprit who caused Tai and the others to be hunted down, right?"
Wuhun Palace Golden Generation: "Huh? Isn't it because of Tai? Immortal Lord said as much before."
Waste Prophet: "You must have misread! Didn't Immortal Lord say in the chat group not long after he went over there? This matter has nothing to do with the items redeemed from the shop using points."
Snake Queen: "@Wuhun Palace Golden Generation, your IQ is worrying. If it really had anything to do with the chat group points shop, then let me ask you, why are the Old Celestial Master and I completely fine?"
Wuhun Palace Golden Generation: "..."
Lin, My Lin: "That light on MetalGreymon... is he going to evolve again? I really don't want to say anything anymore, but why does it feel like getting stronger is exceptionally easy for him? Within this short span of time, he's already evolved three times, right? Each time stronger than the last."
Waste Prophet: "Comparing people to others is infuriating; let's not even think about comparing ourselves to Digimon. Their world's rules are just like that, you can't compare."
Little Spider: "Ooh, does this evolution look super cool or what?! MetalGreymon's great sword actually turned into a gauntlet, so handsome!"
In the video, brilliant light burst forth from MetalGreymon's body.
Jupitermon and Junomon tried their utmost to stop his evolution.
They knew that once MetalGreymon completed his evolution, they would be completely outmatched.
Yet... they no longer had the strength to stop him.
At the center of the world's convergence, where all causes and effects gathered, Jiang Wang—who was warmly communicating with Chronomon, the Cause of All Things—paused.
The world will was calling out to him.
"What? Agumon evolved into WarGreymon already?"
"Stop fighting! I concede, alright?"
Chronomon's current condition was extremely miserable.
It had been living quite comfortably inside its seal.
Though its body was restricted and it could neither move at will nor do other things, essentially it was still quite free.
Due to the world convergence, the sealed space holding it had expanded slightly compared to before.
Compared to the previous sealing space, its range of activity was now larger; not only was the activity range larger, but its inherent authority had also increased.
To describe it in a single phrase, as the entity originally sealed right at the center point of all digital worlds, causing the Digital World to lose its karma.
However, after the fusion of the digital worlds, the different digital worlds overlapped with its sealing space, to the extent that its current location could practically overlook the vast lands of the Digital World!
As a result, the "karmic relationships" of the Digital World had returned.
If it were willing to break the seal, it could instantly bring all karma back into the Digital World.
At that time, if the Digital World wanted to upgrade through combat and slaughter like it was doing now, the difficulty would increase immensely.
Back when it was sealed, Chronomon had always wanted to get out of the seal.
Because as the primordial god, it should rightfully rule over the Digital World.
Yet in reality, the Digital World did not need such a god.
Facts proved that the Digital World operated just fine without Chronomon, and not only did it operate fine, but the Digimon themselves also adapted very well to this living condition.
To the extent that even though there were rumors in the Digital World that the "original cause" was sealed somewhere, not a single Digimon was willing to come rescue this "cause."
The reason was simply that everyone had gotten used to it.
With the digital worlds finally merging and the seal loosening slightly, Chronomon thought it had a chance to get out, and wanted to quickly find a way to leave this crappy sealing space and retake dominion over the Digital World.
As soon as it had this thought, however, it ran into Jiang Wang.
Jiang Wang wore a cyan robe, his entire person hidden beneath it, making his interior completely invisible.
At least, to other Digimon.
Other Digimon naturally had no way to see what was inside Jiang Wang, but Chronomon could see clearly.
It was the "cause" of everything in the Digital World; arguably, the birth of the Digital World was bound to have a massive connection with Chronomon.
Yet now, it couldn't see this trace of "cause" on Jiang Wang at all.
In other words, the mysterious Digimon before its eyes had no connection whatsoever with it, Chronomon!
"Who are you?" Chronomon asked repeatedly.
It couldn't believe that in the entire Digital World, there still existed a Digimon that had no connection to Chronomon. This violated not only the rules of the Digital World but its own cognition.
The answer it received was a fist the size of a sandbag.
Jiang Wang completely ignored such questions. Chronomon was ultimately not the Digital World; even though the Digital World was born because of it, that didn't mean the Digital World was it.
Much like the Primordial Great God Pangu.
Grand Father Pangu created heaven and earth, transforming his body into all things.
It could be said that all living beings in the Primordial World, as long as they were native-born creatures of the Primordial Land, were related to Pangu.
Could this mean Pangu was the Primordial World?
Obviously not.
Pangu was Pangu, and the Primordial World was the Primordial World! The Primordial World was governed by the Heavenly Dao!
After the Primordial World shattered and the Heavenly Dao went into seclusion, the Six Realms were managed by the supreme Grand Heavenly Lord, with various Saints responsible for supervision.
Chronomon was the same.
It probably came from a world that appeared earlier than the Digital World, and because of its existence, countless digital worlds across various timelines were born, but the controller of the Digital World was not it.
The biggest difference between it and Great God Pangu was that after discovering his failure to attain the Dao through sheer force, Great God Pangu quite calmly chose to give up attaining the Dao, instead leaving behind the final spark for the new world so that all living things could be born and multiply.
Whereas Chronomon simply wanted to retake ruling power and dominate the Digital World.
Not to say its actions were wrong; it was just that Jiang Wang had now taken a fancy to the "Primal Cause" upon it.
Thus, he definitely could not let it break the seal and leave.
"I won't beat you." Jiang Wang smiled at Chronomon, his voice not loud, yet it made Chronomon shiver involuntarily.
The mysterious Digimon before it had just been smiling like that while beating it up mercilessly.
"What... what do you want to do?"
Chronomon racked its brains but couldn't understand why, as fellow Mega-level Digimon, this opposite Digimon could defeat it so easily.
Even in terms of raw strength, it might not be considered the strongest Digimon in the Digital World, but mastering time and karma, it was definitely not weak. Wanting to win against it was one thing, but wanting to beat it this effortlessly—even if the ten strongest Digimon were piled together, it would be impossible.
"Be my pet."
Jiang Wang smiled.
It was his first time encountering a living entity on whose body only "cause" existed.
The shattered Primordial World placed even greater emphasis on the relationship of "cause and effect."
"Cause and effect" in simple terms—for instance, when Jiang Wang captured the dragon maiden Yancai earlier, he had a brief discourse on the Dao with Lu Dongbin, and the two mutually bore each other's karma.
If this strand of karma continued to deepen, both parties would have to face this karma cautiously.
If one party committed some offense or became embroiled in some tribulation, the other party, even without participating in it, could potentially be implicated.
Good fortune was the same way. If one party stumbled upon some favorable destiny, correspondingly, the other party might also be influenced by that destiny.
However, in the Primordial World, the concept of "karma" was truly too mysterious. Let alone Jiang Wang who was merely a small Celestial Immortal, even the current Saints did not dare claim they had completely figured out the relative influences brought by "karma."
Otherwise, the Saints wouldn't have ordered their disciples to stay behind closed doors and avoid coming out during the Investiture of the Gods tribulation.
Still, a tribulation was a tribulation; even the Saints were ultimately dragged into the water layer by layer by karma.
It could be said that the Investiture of the Gods tribulation was one of the very few tribulations that dragged all the Saints of the Primordial World into the water.
Therefore, even as a Celestial Immortal, Jiang Wang very much wanted to study the composition of "Chronomon."
Though the worlds were different, "karma" ought to be the same, presumably.
Hearing that it was to become a pet, Chronomon immediately became unhappy, indignantly protesting, "A pet? You want to make the great Chronomon a pet?!"
"Unwilling?"
Jiang Wang had not suffered any reduction in strength due to the exclusion of the Digital World's will when entering the Digital World.
On the contrary, the will of the Digital World warmly welcomed Jiang Wang, which was why he could walk in the Digital World in the guise of a Digimon.
Otherwise, normally speaking, going from one world to another—unless you could break through the barriers of the world, or shatter the world wall—meant you were nothing.
Even a crossing dragon, upon encountering a local snake, had to lower its head by three points.
With no such concerns, Jiang Wang, acting as a Celestial Immortal, crushed Chronomon in combat power without any problem.
It hadn't even figured out its own authority yet, holding merely the identity of the "Primal Cause."
Seeing Jiang Wang's expression that said "if you're unwilling I'll beat you," Chronomon immediately cowered.
"W-willing."
Seeing Chronomon submit, Jiang Wang produced a small pouch, waved his hand, and sucked it right inside.
Having captured Chronomon as a pet, Jiang Wang leisurely headed toward the direction indicated by the world will.
There would be the endpoint of his trip to the Digital World.
A WarGreymon standing nearly sixty meters tall stood quietly upon the earth.
The ground was cheering for his birth.
The earth split apart, and scorching magma surged upward.
Except for Tai, who stood on WarGreymon's shoulder, the rest of the children had long been teleported very far away by the world will just as MetalGreymon was about to evolve into WarGreymon, preventing them from coming to harm.
The world will was not Homeostasis, nor was it Yggdrasil.
Strictly speaking, the unified will of the Digital World was more like a temporary "coalition."
The primary purpose of this "coalition" was to protect the Digital World from being violated by unknown forces.
Coincidentally, prior to this, the Digital World lacked the capability to resist those unknown forces.
This point was also what Jiang Wang could understand the least.
What unknown threat could possibly threaten the entire Digital World?
Moreover, why was a WarGreymon needed to solve a problem that top-tier Megas, including Alphamon, were unable to resolve?
In the evolutionary lineage of the Digital World, WarGreymon was not considered a first-tier Digimon at all, ranking at best in the second or third tier.
Compared to top-tier frontline Digimon, he fell far short.
Especially his ultimate evolution, Omnimon, which was the true ultimate form of Agumon.
Yet from the unified will's implication between the lines earlier, this unknown threat could only be solved by WarGreymon!
While feeling deeply speechless, Jiang Wang was also curious about what kind of level a WarGreymon enhanced by the War God's Heart actually possessed to receive such favor.
If the chat group shop's effects were truly this good, he might spend points on a few small trinkets to try out later.
On the already chaotic battlefield, WarGreymon looked down upon all enemies around him with an invincible posture. Whether it was Chosen Children from other worlds or extremely powerful Digimon factions, under WarGreymon's gaze, they all averted their eyes one by one.
Who would dare provoke such a supremely powerful Digimon!
Heaven knew why a WarGreymon could be this strong! It was simply incomprehensible.
"Now, please tell me, why are you hunting us down!" WarGreymon roared toward the sky.
All the humiliation and grievances of these past few days were vented all at once.
As for what grievances a guy who had been cutting through everything like vegetables and constantly evolving could possibly have, the group members watching the livestream couldn't understand.
"Are we still not going up?"
Deep within the clouds, the Thirteen Royal Knights silently watched the WarGreymon below.
Magnamon spoke up first.
In the Digital World, there was a distinction between Magnamon and Magnamon.
Like the Magnamon that Motomiya Daisuke's Veemon evolved into through the Digi-Egg of Miracles, it wasn't a true Magnamon in the real sense.
Strictly speaking, that Magnamon's level should be "Armor body," with strength similar to Champion, perhaps slightly stronger, perhaps weaker, undetermined.
However, the Royal Knight Magnamon was a genuine Mega-level entity, and its combat power was not something an Armor body could compare to.
Even among the Royal Knights, he was a knight with decent strength, though the main reason still lay in his overwhelmingly strong defense; the lower-ranked knights who couldn't beat him were usually worn to death by him.
Gallantmon chuckled heartily and glanced at Magnamon: "Is Little Gold so confident now? What, are you going to rely on your invincible turtle-shell大法 again to wear that WarGreymon to death?"
Hearing Gallantmon's teasing, the other knights chuckled to a greater or lesser degree.
They were all knights; they hadn't suffered losses under Magnamon just once or twice.
Magnamon felt a bit embarrassed by Gallantmon's words: "My defense is probably not worth mentioning in front of this WarGreymon. Speaking of defense, MetalSeadramon and I have similar defenses, but didn't he get used like a skipping rope by the previous MetalGreymon?"
Gallantmon shook his head: "So we'd better not court disaster. Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with us, and didn't Yggdrasil issue any commands? We only need to follow Yggdrasil's orders."
Although the Digital World had undergone unification and birthed a unified will, not all Digimon were willing to obey the unified will's words, just like the Royal Knights. The Royal Knights nominally obeyed Yggdrasil, and now that Yggdrasil hadn't spoken, they naturally wouldn't obey instructions from an unfamiliar voice, even if they knew the other party was the unified will.
"Then we're just going to wait idly like this?" asked a giant Digimon looming vaguely deep within the clouds, puzzled. "Don't you fellows want to see where his limit is?"
"Want to, but also don't want to." Alphamon, holding the Seiken Gradalpha, was extremely hesitant.
Alphamon, cloaked in a deep-blue cape, was much more direct: "Charge together or take turns? LordKnightmon, you go first?"
The other knights turned to look at the giant Digimon looming vaguely in the clouds.
The giant Digimon flapped its wings, instantly stirring up violent gales that scattered the white clouds covering its body.
The colossal Digimon revealed its appearance.
This was a knight-type Digimon far more gargantuan than any other knight, known by the name Examon, also universally recognized as the strongest dragon-type Digimon among all dragon-type Digimon in the Digital World.
Though in Examon's own cognition, it was a knight-type Digimon rather than a dragon-type one, it couldn't stop all dragon-type Digimon from thinking otherwise, so the title of Dragon Emperor fell to it.
The Dragon Emperor flapped its wings and said helplessly, "Fine, then I'll take the vanguard. If you fellows see me losing the upper hand, you must support me in time; somehow I feel I'm not a match for this WarGreymon."
With that, Examon flapped its wings and descended from the sky.
Its descent caused large swathes of clouds to disperse.
Jiang Wang was leisurely making his way forward; by now, he had completely abandoned the "Dao" that might exist in the Digital World.
Firstly, the tier of the Digital World was too low, incomparable to the shattered Primordial World, and essentially it was still a "cyclic" world.
Meaning no matter how this world developed, when it developed to a certain degree and the world itself could no longer support more life forms, it would trigger self-destruction.
After self-destruction, the world would be reborn, and all Digimon would be reborn as well.
Starting anew through reincarnation.
To Jiang Wang, this was simply a journey without an endpoint. To take the "Dao" of such a world and treat it as his own Dao to steadfastly follow—he truly feared that sooner or later, he too would fall into the bizarre loop of self-destruction and rebirth.
"Huh? What is that?"
Just as Jiang Wang was about to reach his destination, a huge object falling from the sky caught his attention.
Simultaneously, it captured the attention of everyone in the livestream group.
Waste Prophet: "@I Am Not A War God, WarGreymon, watch out! Examon has arrived! The Royal Knights must be nearby."
Lin, My Lin: "I thought WarGreymon was already massive enough, but I never expected to see a Digimon even bigger than him."
Snake Queen: "What's the background of this Examon? Judging by its title, it seems to be a powerhouse?"
Wuhun Palace Golden Generation: "Powerhouses bearing dragon-tier titles never seem simple."
Old Celestial Master: "Is it this old man's illusion? Why does it feel like dragons exist in every world?"
Little Spider: "Old Celestial Master, that is definitely your illusion. There are no dragons in my world!"
Ye Little Blackened: "Speaking of dragons, when I was carried away by the bronze coffin, I even saw dragons! But unfortunately, what I saw were the corpses of nine dragons, not real dragons, and I haven't seen a single living dragon to this day."
Waste Prophet: "Rest assured, you'll be able to see as many dragons as you want in the future."
Mosquito's Nemesis: "Dragon-level monster?"
Waste Prophet: "Teacher Saitama, please don't speak! Emotionless fellow, can a Dragon-level monster survive a single punch from you?"
Mosquito's Nemesis: "They're too weak."
Snake Queen: "The monsters in your world actually don't besiege you? Unacceptable!"
Lin, My Lin: "Wait a minute, look behind Examon—what kind of Digimon is that?"
Waste Prophet: "Let me check... Huh, there really is a Digimon there. Let me look it up."
Qin Wuxu called herself a prophet, which actually made a bit of sense.
Because in a sense, her memory capacity was much stronger than an ordinary person's!
This "much stronger" wasn't just a tiny bit, but a massive amount—so much so that she could actively categorize and file away her memories, pulling them out whenever needed.
Could a normal person reach this degree?
Anyone who could do such a thing was simply not normal.
Soon, Qin Wuxu flipped to the corresponding memory.
It was fortunate that her childhood memories were rich; otherwise, she might not have recognized so many Digimon.
Waste Prophet: "Found it. It looks kind of like Wisemon, or maybe AncientWisemon, but I feel like it's not quite the same. Neither Wisemon nor AncientWisemon is wrapped in a cyan robe like this Digimon. How strange, what kind of Digimon is this?"
Snake Queen: "As expected of the waste prophet."
Wuhun Palace Golden Generation: "The prophet gets her face slapped more and more often now."
Wandering Earth: "When will I get to see my teacher? He hasn't appeared in a long time."
Lin, My Lin: "Is there any possibility that Immortal Lord simply doesn't want to show his face, which is why he hasn't appeared? Also, honestly, Big Sister Hansu, are you secretly curious about what good thing Immortal Lord prepared for you?"