Chapter 115: The First Complete Form

"Hee hee hee~"

The familiar cocoon, the familiar laughter, the familiar power of darkness—it all made Qin Fei feel as if he were living in another lifetime.

"Is... is she here?"

Qin Fei murmured involuntarily, his eyes radiating an expectation he hadn't even realized himself.

In the blink of an eye, eight exquisite spider legs, bright as black gemstones, extended from the cocoon, stretching out with the languid grace of someone waking from a deep sleep.

Elegant movements, a delicate frame, snowy silver hair, and compound eyes on her forehead that resembled gemstone ornaments.

She stole the gaze of every human and beast present.

"What a long-awaited reunion..."

Archnemono-mon arrived at Qin Fei’s side and gently stroked his still-youthful cheek. She looked at him with a seductive gaze, like a lover reunited after a long separation.

"What an unpleasant aura..."

Looking at this completely unfamiliar Digimon, Gatomon felt her internal resistance growing stronger than ever before. She even felt an urge to flee from this half-human, half-spider creature that exuded such elegance and mystery.

However, seeing the possessive look in Archnemono-mon's eyes as she watched Qin Fei, Gatomon stifled her desire to escape. She even approached them without hiding her presence, as if to remind the other that she, too, was there.

"What are you?"

Merukimon finally spoke. Looking at the incredibly beautiful female Digimon he had no memory of, he momentarily halted his attack.

"Me? I am Qin Fei’s partner. Though, I wouldn't mind if you called me a monster."

Archnemono-mon pushed Qin Fei slightly behind her, losing the relaxed ease she had shown when facing Devimon. She could sense that Merukimon was not to be trifled with; in fact, she had no confidence that she could carry Qin Fei away from him.

Yet, she stood before him, saying in a gentle, alluring voice: "My little boy, let me Digivolve once more. I can feel that you possess such power within you."

Qin Fei said hesitantly, "I don't know if I can do it..."

He took out his Digivice iC. It seemed that under the influence of the DigiSoul just moments ago, it had undergone some inexplicable change.

"I believe you can."

Archnemono-mon smiled at Qin Fei, her beautiful eyes emitting a dreamlike glow.

"A desperate struggle."

With a cold snort, Merukimon’s figure vanished from before Qin Fei’s eyes.

"...Behind me!"

The horrifying thought had barely formed when countless spider threads, too thin for the naked eye to see, intercepted Merukimon’s fist. Although it only held him back for a fleeting second.

It seemed he intended to smash both her and Qin Fei into pieces. In that very instant, a slender hand suddenly scooped up Qin Fei, carrying him far away from where Merukimon stood.

"Oh? You covered yourself with a layer of defense in advance? Not bad."

Looking at the insignificant scratch on his hand, Merukimon gained some understanding of the tough, sharp spider silk. Still, he did not take the threads before him seriously.

In a flash, Merukimon’s fist seemed to vanish from Qin Fei’s sight again, and immediately after, the layers of silk laid out by Archnemono-mon were shattered by some force. It was clearly destroyed by the speed of Merukimon, which was impossible to track with the naked eye.

"You are quite impressive, too. Even my six eyes cannot keep up with the movements of your hands."

As she spoke, the "black agate" on Archnemono-mon’s forehead seemed to open and close a few times.

"..."

Not far away, Marcus Damon and the others watched the battle, a sense of powerlessness growing in their hearts. They couldn't even track the movements of the elegant half-human, half-spider Digimon, let alone Merukimon. This left them with no way to intervene.

"Qin Fei, if you can't make me Digivolve, we might both die here, hee hee."

Setting Qin Fei down, Archnemono-mon kept her eyes fixed on Merukimon’s position.

"Let me try..."

Qin Fei suddenly closed his eyes, appearing to enter a meditative state.

The evolution of a Digimon often relies on the spiritual power of its partner, whether it be the Digivices from the first generation or the current DigiSoul. When a human experiences intense emotional fluctuations, their Digimon partner undergoes a transformation. Regardless of whether that change is good or bad, it shows that Digimon can absorb human emotions to strengthen themselves.

Especially for those with a strong and resilient spirit, intense emotional fluctuations generate even greater spiritual power. Therefore, every day after practicing boxing, combat, and yoga, Qin Fei would sit in meditation in the training room, solely to cultivate his DigiSoul and spiritual power.

"Do you intend to say goodbye in such a posture?"

Watching the boy with his eyes closed, Merukimon hesitated. He seemed to be about the same age as Keenan, still a child who hadn't grown up yet. However, thinking of what humans had done to Digimon, Merukimon’s hatred soon regained the upper hand, and he wanted to finish off the strange Digimon behind the boy first.

"No, I think we are going to survive."

At that moment, Qin Fei "woke up." A flash of sorrow passed over his face, as if he had just had a profound dream. Grey DigiSoul began to spread from Qin Fei’s body, then gradually gathered toward his hand.

There, he gripped the Digivice.

In the blink of an eye, after absorbing the power of the DigiSoul, the Digivice iC in his palm began to emit an incredibly scorching energy. It even vibrated incessantly, like a bomb ready to detonate at any moment.

"Hee hee... Hahaha, as expected of my little boy, I knew you could do it."

Archnemono-mon also felt the new power spreading through her body. Listening to the increasingly joyful laughter of the half-human, half-spider creature, a sense of unease suddenly arose in Merukimon’s heart. He could feel the energy within the Digimon before him growing in an explosive manner, faintly emitting an aura that made him feel endangered.

*Must stop her from continuing!*

The sense of crisis in Merukimon’s heart left him with only this thought; an inexplicable feeling of danger surrounded him.

...

"How is this possible!"

On the other side, inside DATS, watching the Digimon energy on the screen surge rapidly once again, everyone jumped up from their chairs. Even Commander Sampson could not maintain his usual stoic expression, staring at the digital fluctuations on the main screen with a distorted, exaggerated look.

"The data is unanalyzable again..."

Miki Kurosaki’s fingers trembled, and she even pressed the wrong keyboard buttons several times.

"The previous one was the same. There have been three instances today of Digimon appearing that we cannot analyze."

Megumi Shirakawa felt she had never had a headache as bad as she did today; she didn't want to be frightened any further.

"Could it be a Mega level again?"

Looking at the digital energy fluctuations, which were no weaker than Merukimon’s, both Sampson and Kudamon felt a sense of unreality.

"Let’s hope it’s just a nightmare..."

...

"Thousand Fist Strike!"

Intimidated by the energy growth of Archnemono-mon, Merukimon finally took action. He gave it his all from the very start. Countless afterimages of fists engulfed the laughing Archnemono-mon, as if intending to crush them both into pulp.

However, before he could strike the figure that caused him such unease, a beautiful, large female hand suddenly extended slowly. As if by coincidence, it caught Merukimon’s lightning-fast fist.