"I will defeat the DigiDestined!"
While Zhou Zhu trembled with dread, Leomon had already started walking toward Tai.
"Pepper Breath!"
Seeing this, Agumon immediately unleashed his special move. Unfortunately, having had nothing to eat, he could barely spit out a tiny flicker of flame.
"Beast King Fist!"
Bang!
With just one blow, Agumon was knocked to the ground!
After all, even among Champion Digimon, Leomon was one of the strongest.
"Agumon!"
Before Tai could go over to help him up, Leomon's massive hand had already closed around his throat!
"Melt Wax!"
Candlemon launched an attack from the side.
"Pummel Whack!"
Seeing Candlemon make a move, Ogremon attacked as well.
Thud!
Using the force of Ogremon's Pummel Whack, Candlemon let himself fall beside Tai.
"Tai!"
Agumon watched helplessly, frantic but unable to do anything!
"It's no use. You no longer have enough strength to digivolve!"
"Do it, Leomon!"
With Tai still completely at his mercy, Devimon ordered Leomon to finish him off.
Shing!
At Devimon's command, Leomon slowly drew the King of Beasts Sword from behind his back with his free hand!
"Ahhh!"
As the King of Beasts Sword drew closer, Tai's voice began to tremble.
Perhaps this was the closest he had come to death since crossing into this world.
"Tai!"
Just then, Sora's voice rang out from above. As her bed flew over Tai's head, she seized the chance to toss his Digivice down in front of him and Leomon!
Of course, it landed in front of Candlemon too. After all, the three were less than a meter apart!
Shiiing!
A brilliant light burst from the Digivice, enveloping both Candlemon and Leomon!
"This is...!!!"
Sensing the enormous volume of data pouring into Candlemon's body, Zhou Zhu was utterly stunned!
He didn't know whether this much data would be enough for Candlemon to digivolve to Ultimate, but it was clearly more than enough for him to reach Champion! Why wasn't Candlemon digivolving?
Forget it. There's no time to worry about that now. I'll soak up as much data as I can first!
Sensing that the data stored inside Candlemon had reached his current limit, Zhou Zhu hurriedly used the unique connection between them to transfer that data into his own body!
This would let Candlemon absorb as much additional data as possible.
Unlike Leomon, Candlemon had Zhou Zhu serving as a portable memory card.
"Ah!!!"
As the Digivice's light faded, Leomon broke free of Devimon's control and regained his senses!
"Destroy evil!"
Now clearheaded, Leomon looked at Tai in front of him. The lifelessness in his eyes was gone, replaced by friendliness.
"What just happened?" Bewildered, Tai picked up the Digivice from the ground, wondering what had happened a moment ago.
"Are you the legendary DigiDestined?"
As Leomon studied Tai, he also noticed the Digivice in his hand.
"..." Faced with Leomon's question, Tai froze, unsure how to answer.
I'm just an ordinary fifth grader. Do you really have to throw in grand words like "legendary"?
"Huh? This is bad!"
Seeing Leomon regain his senses, Devimon immediately realized things had taken a turn for the worse. But he was smart enough not to charge straight at him.
Instead, he turned to deal with the six children in the sky first.
After all, he knew how strong Leomon was. With Leomon on his guard, Devimon wouldn't be able to take him down quickly.
In that case, to keep the six children above from stabbing him in the back while he fought Leomon, he would first get rid of those helpless brats.
Whoosh!
A dazzling gleam flashed over Devimon's claws, and Sora and the others were hurled toward the ground, beds and all!
"Beast King Fist!"
Leomon wasn't about to stand by and watch. He fired his special move straight at Devimon.
"Ah!"
Leomon's interference cut Devimon's attack short. Instead of crashing into the ground, Sora, Matt, and the others were flung off somewhere unknown.
"Devimon, how dare you use such a despicable trick on me! I'll never forgive you!" Leomon held the King of Beasts Sword across his body, a fierce glint in his bestial eyes!
Whoosh!
Clang!
Weapons clashed as Ogremon appeared before Leomon!
"Hehehehehe! Leomon, our destiny is to fight!"
Unlike Leomon, who had been under someone else's control, Ogremon was perfectly clearheaded and willingly served Devimon.
"Children, hurry and go! Leave this to me!"
Looking at Ogremon before him, Leomon quickly changed his strategy.
If it were just Devimon, I could still fight him as long as I stayed careful. But with Ogremon here too, my chances aren't looking good.
Besides... I have the DigiDestined behind me to protect!
"But..."
Hearing Leomon's words, Tai was deeply torn. With his personality, abandoning a companion and running away was simply out of the question.
But... Agumon couldn't help right now.
"Stop hesitating!"
Crash!
Seeing Tai still waver, Leomon shattered the rock beneath him with a single slash!
Tai, Agumon, and Candlemon plummeted toward the sea along with the broken rock.
Tap, tap, tap-splash!
While Devimon and Ogremon were occupied with Leomon and weren't paying attention to him, Zhou Zhu used his physical strength, comparable to that of a Rookie Digimon, to sprint to another cliff and jump decisively into the sea.
"Phew, good thing I learned to swim. Otherwise, I'd be in real trouble right now." Surfacing, Zhou Zhu located Candlemon and quickly swam toward him!
"You are this world's hope! Whatever happens, you must stay alive! Do you understand?" Standing atop the cliff, Leomon turned and shouted down to Tai.
"Trying to escape?"
Ogremon didn't care about any hope for the world. Whatever Leomon supported, he would mindlessly oppose!
Seeing Tai and the others sitting on a fragment of the island, Ogremon leaped up, ready to chase after them!
"Beast King Fist!"
Boom!
As if I'd let you get your way at a time like this!
Leomon unleashed a full-power blow at Ogremon, sending him flying!
"Leomon!"
Watching Leomon fight two opponents alone, Tai could all but picture how it would end for him...
"If fate allows it, we'll meet again!"
No sooner had Leomon spoken than Devimon closed in rapidly from behind, brandishing his Demon Claw!
"Ah!"
Leomon's scream echoed across the island.
"Leomon!!!"
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