Chapter 53: Agumon Digivolves—Greymon! System Update!
The agonizing Cretoxyrhina fled in panic. Having lived its entire life in the ocean and having never witnessed fire before, it had no idea what was happening. Its brain was simply overwhelmed by blind terror, and its survival instinct drove it to urgently put distance between itself and that dinosaur from the land.
"Splash—!"
As the frightened Cretoxyrhina fled in panic, Chu Xu did not continue the pursuit.
With the crisis finally averted, he let out a silent breath of relief and resumed swimming toward the shore.
Before long, Chu Xu safely returned to the coastline. The moment his two feet touched solid ground, a profound sense of security washed over him.
Leaving the coast, Chu Xu returned to a nearby flat area that had served as his temporary shelter for the past few days, making it convenient for him to venture into the sea for hunting every day.
"Begin evolution!"
After a hiatus of over half a year, Chu Xu was finally about to welcome his second evolution!
[Cost: 1,000 evolution points. Evolution officially commences...]
At that moment, the melody of the Digimon evolution theme song—deeply engraved within his DNA—seemed to echo in Chu Xu's ears. Before his eyes, a brilliant beam of light soared into the sky, scattering into countless glittering starlight digital genes within the dark chaos.
As these digital genes integrated into his body and penetrated deep into his soul, Chu Xu's body began to spin in place, undergoing earth-shattering changes!
The most intuitive change was naturally his physique. Originally, Chu Xu had a body length of 5 meters, a height to the top of his head of 2.5 meters, and a weight of 2 tons.
Yet, in this brief span of evolution, Chu Xu's body expanded and elongated at a visible rate. His heart hammered violently as his scales, muscles, bones, internal organs, and other vital structural parts underwent simultaneous transformation.
In the end, Chu Xu's body length settled at 7 meters, his head height reached 3.5 meters, and his weight at least doubled, hitting a full 4 tons!
Such a physique was already equivalent to the standard of a normal, sixteen-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex.
The second major change was concentrated around Chu Xu's head.
The skull, already ferocious and massive, had the skin and scales on its surface highly hardened, forming a layer of bone-like facial armor—resembling the osteoderms of an Ankylosaurus—that wrapped around the upper half of his head. Pitch-black and lustrous, it emitted an indestructible metallic sheen.
In addition, three giant horns similar to those of a Triceratops grew above Chu Xu's eyes and over his nostrils.
The battle-axe-like brow horns flared outward on either side, while a sword-like nasal horn in the front pointed defiantly toward the heavens with a sky-piercing momentum. Like the bony facial mask, it was pitch-black, gleaming, and radiated a chilling light.
Finally came the detailed changes across various parts of his body. His mouth full of banana-shaped teeth grew thicker and larger, the claws on his limbs became sharper, and massive, rock-hard muscles bulged heavily from his limbs, tightly encased in a set of scales with the texture of steel. His entire dinosaur body stood tall and imposing, resembling an iron mountain cast from solid muscle!
"Roar—!!!"
With the evolution complete, Chu Xu felt an unprecedented surge of majestic strength and exhilarating vitality flood his body, prompting him to lift his head and release a roar that carried for a thousand miles!
Agumon evolves into—Greymon!
Why is it always Agumon that completes its first evolution in Digimon?
That is to tell you that no matter what you do, you must always lead the way with courage!
Opening the brand-new data interface, Chu Xu immediately checked his changes—
[Name]: Chu Xu
[Age]: 1 year and 2 months
[Race]: Greymon (Male)
[Growth Stage]: Adolescent
[Four-Dimensional Attributes]: Strength 3,200, Agility 3,000, Constitution 3,500, Spirit 3,300
[Evolution Points]: 5
[Skills]: Neo Flame, Fire Tooth, Prominence Dash, High-Speed Movement
[Ultimate Moves]: Petit Fire, Petit Burst, Mega Flame, Great Horn Strike
[Achievements]: Tyrant's Potential (Intermediate), Psychic Perception (Intermediate), Fluid Armor (Intermediate)
[Next Evolution Form]: MetalGreymon
...
This truly was a transformative rebirth!
His race had progressed from Agumon to Greymon, and his growth stage from juvenile to adolescent.
All four-dimensional attribute values had more than tripled, and when combined, his overall combat power multiplied exponentially!
According to the system's display, the four-dimensional attributes of an adult Tyrannosaurus rex placed its strength and constitution at around 3,000, while its agility and spirit were both very low.
This meant that Chu Xu's current overall combat power already surpassed that of an adult Tyrannosaurus rex!
Furthermore, Agumon's former ultimate move, Petit Fire, had been upgraded to Greymon's ultimate move, Mega Flame. Both its attack power and range had been vastly enhanced, and the ultra-high-temperature flames spewed from his mouth were sufficient to incinerate everything into nothingness.
In addition, a new skill had been added—Great Horn Strike. By using his massive, sturdy brow horns to charge at enemies, its lethality was far more terrifying than a standard charge.
Finally, his three achievements—Tyrant's Potential, Psychic Perception, and Fluid Armor—had also been upgraded from beginner to intermediate.
[Ding! You have successfully completed the second evolution. The system will automatically update, please wait...]
At that moment, an unexpected system prompt sounded.
System update?
Chu Xu waited patiently, and one minute later, the system update was complete.
[System update complete. Evolution point permissions unlocked, and the subspecies interface has been opened. Please review the specific functions on your own.]
Unable to wait, Chu Xu checked out the new functions after the system update.
The first was the evolution point permissions. Previously, the use of evolution points was restricted to converting attribute points, healing points, and serving as catalysts for evolution.
Now, evolution points could also be used to upgrade skill proficiency, with 1 evolution point equating to 1 point of proficiency.
As a result, Chu Xu no longer needed to painstakingly grind skill proficiency every day; having enough evolution points would allow him to directly upgrade his existing intermediate skills to advanced skills.
Lastly was the opening of an entirely new interface.
The Subspecies Interface!
Upon opening it, Chu Xu saw that the information regarding various Greymon subspecies was neatly listed within—
GeoGreymon: One of Greymon's subspecies. Its cranial armor and whole-body parts are as developed as lethal weapons, possessing a more aggressive posture. Costs 1,000 evolution points to acquire the subspecies template;
Greymon (X-Antibody): One of Greymon's subspecies. After fusing with the X-Antibody, its attack power is drastically enhanced. Costs 3,000 evolution points to acquire the subspecies template;
"GeoGreymon! And Greymon X!"
Chu Xu was deeply shocked, quickly grasping their specific uses.
As long as he acquired the respective subspecies template, he could mutate into that subspecies at any time, gaining even more formidable abilities.
Of course, these were merely subspecies templates; Chu Xu's core body remained a Greymon, and his original evolutionary path would not change because of this.
"This is getting interesting!"
The skill power and combat capabilities of these Greymon subspecies were stronger than those of ordinary Greymons. Once he gathered enough evolution points in the future, Chu Xu would certainly claim their subspecies templates for himself.
Putting away the data interface, Chu Xu's mood remained deeply stirred. After more than a year of development and evolution, he was finally capable of standing at the pinnacle of the Late Cretaceous, competing against all other apex predators!
Let the storm rage even more fiercely!