Chapter 100: The Infernal Giant Raven Beast (Third Update)
After landing, the little Crow Beast struggled weakly to move aside, fearful of disturbing its master. But it no longer had any strength; it could feel its life force rapidly ebbing away.
“Caw.”
A faint groan escaped its lips, its eyes filled with longing as they gazed at Zhou Jie. Ever since the lady master had died, its master’s personality had changed drastically. It didn’t understand why—wasn’t it still here?
But soon after, it too would be gone.
“Fool,” Zhou Jie said coldly, looking down at the little Crow Beast lying on the ground without a trace of emotion. “You want to protect me? Look at how weak and pitiful you are. What right do you have to protect me?”
“However, I can give you one chance.”
Speaking thus, Zhou Jie pulled from his body a small, exquisite box. Inside lay a fragment of the Revelation Beast’s dark gene. This piece was much smaller than the one previously used by the Black Tyrannosaurus Beast—a discarded product, deemed inferior.
Crash!
The box fell to the floor, and the dark gene fragment slipped out.
“Eat this, and you will gain the power to protect me!”
“Caw.”
The little Crow Beast’s gaze locked onto the dark gene fragment of the Revelation Beast, drawing it toward its body.
“No! Stop it, quickly!” Zhao Jie’s expression shifted as he shouted to the Lady Beast beside him.
In truth, before Zhao Jie could finish speaking, the Lady Beast had already launched her attack. After enduring the Revelation Beast’s power for so long, the moment she saw the box, she struck immediately!
The Sacred Arrow erupted forth, a golden lightning bolt shooting directly at the little Crow Beast.
Boom!
The Light of Evolution blossomed, an invincible domain enveloping the little Crow Beast. The Sacred Arrow shattered on impact, scattering into energy fragments.
“Roar!!!”
A piercing scream burst from the little Crow Beast’s throat. At the same time, the Evolutionary Mark on Zhou Jie’s brow floated up and merged into the Light of Evolution.
Rumble!
Dark energy condensed into droplets, falling within the laboratory.
Sizzle.
The flames previously conjured by the Black Tyrannosaurus Beast were quickly extinguished upon contact with these droplets. From the Light of Evolution, a powerful, malevolent force emanated.
Whoosh!
Two enormous black wings unfolded from the Light of Evolution, engulfed in pitch-black flames.
The Light of Evolution gradually faded, revealing before them a colossal giant Crow Beast even larger than before.
“Chirp.”
The little Crow Beast had evolved into its perfect form: the Infernal Giant Crow Beast.
The temperature in the laboratory rose steadily with its appearance, an oppressive aura radiating from the Infernal Giant Crow Beast.
Rumble…
With a sweep of its wings, a fiery whirlwind was unleashed, aimed directly at Zhao Jie and the Lady Beast.
The fiery vortex carried intense heat; wherever it passed, the metal floor melted into liquid, absorbed into the whirlwind.
“This isn’t good!” The Lady Beast sensed something was wrong the moment the Infernal Giant Crow Beast appeared.
As the fiery whirlwind erupted, she snatched Zhao Jie up and retreated toward the lab’s exit.
Rumble rumble…
The pitch-black demonic flames stretched outward, shaking the entire laboratory until it teetered on collapse.
Bang!
The laboratory ultimately crumbled, and the Infernal Giant Crow Beast soared out with Zhou Jie upon its back.
As a perfect form as well, its speed far surpassed that of the Lady Beast.
Within mere breaths, the Infernal Giant Crow Beast appeared behind the Lady Beast.
“Kill them! Kill them! Infernal Giant Crow Beast, kill them for me!” Zhou Jie shouted madly from atop its back, his eyes filled with venomous hatred as he glared at Zhao Jie and the Lady Beast.
“Caw!” The Infernal Giant Crow Beast emitted a dissatisfied cry; its consciousness was fading.
If one could observe its soul, they would see that vast amounts of dark power had enveloped all but its head, continually expanding. Losing its mind was only a matter of time.
Whoosh!
Flames poured from its mouth toward the Lady Beast like a cascading lava waterfall.
Bang.
The Lady Beast’s wings flapped rapidly, leaving only afterimages that were swallowed by the flames.
Clearly, she had not been fleeing at full strength.
“You want to catch me? Keep practicing for another hundred years!”
Boom, boom!
Explosions echoed throughout the experimental base.
Soon, the Lady Beast and the Infernal Giant Crow Beast burst out of the base, one following the other.
The warm sun had just risen from behind the clouds, golden rays bathing the earth and the two perfect form Digimon alike.
Buzz…
A golden glow radiated from the Lady Beast’s body. Through the sun, she could restore her sacred power.
This was good news, though if she were to battle the Infernal Giant Crow Beast in earnest, this regeneration would hardly be enough.
Within a ten-mile radius, there was not a single human presence.
Clearly, Zhou Jie had not placed the experimental base here without reason.
Boom!
Thick smoke billowed from the base as the mountain itself fractured. Soon, this experimental base would be reduced to ruins.
Logically, the nearby digital sanctuary should have detected something amiss long ago, yet no Digimon had appeared here until now.
Could it be that this digital sanctuary had, like the base, fallen under Zhou Jie’s control?
Whoosh!
The Lady Beast set Zhao Jie down gently and took to the sky again, her gaze fixed fiercely on the arrogant Infernal Giant Crow Beast.
Its dark power now surpassed even that of the Black Tyrannosaurus Beast, and this was a perfect form. Alone, she was unsure if she could prevail.
“Escape for now. The Black Tyrannosaurus Beast should have emerged already. When your promised reinforcements arrive, we’ll find another way to save it,” she transmitted her thoughts to Zhao Jie on the ground.
“Heh…”
Elsewhere, Zhou Jie landed and stared malevolently at Zhao Jie. A sharp dagger had appeared in his hand without anyone noticing.
He could accept his own death, but Zhao Jie must not survive.
To borrow an old phrase: he knew too much.