Chapter 1014: Ninth Hundred and Eighty-Eighth Chapter: Suppression

Sun Cheng suddenly reached out and grabbed Lockdown's right wrist.

"Crunch!"

Terrifying power erupted with full force, actually producing the sound that only occurs when metal is squeezed by immense force.

Lockdown struggled hard, his expression changing slightly.

He actually hadn't managed to break free!

Just as he was about to exert a bit more strength, Lockdown saw a fist growing larger and larger in his field of vision.

Sun Cheng was putting his full strength into this punch; although Lockdown was fast, the distance between the two was simply too close.

Moreover, although Sun Cheng's speed was inferior to his, as a Polygon Warrior, he had also undergone specialized optimization and upgrades in terms of speed.

Thus, when this full-force punch came crashing over, it took Lockdown less than 0.01 seconds to determine that he could not dodge it completely.

His rich combat experience allowed Lockdown to make the most appropriate choice in the shortest amount of time.

He quickly crossed his arms to block in front of himself.

"Boom!"

Sun Cheng's full-force punch slammed fiercely into Lockdown, returning the anger from being knocked away by him just a moment ago due to a lapse in attention.

The immense force caused Lockdown, who had long since become a Leader-class Warrior, to stagger backward for over ten meters before he could barely stand steady.

And when he stood still, a deeply sunken fist print had appeared right where his arms had been crossed.

"A power-type warrior?"

Lockdown had a very strong grasp of his own chassis; he only needed one glance to figure out the force his arms had just endured.

Such powerful force was something even he found difficult to handle.

As a Leader-class Warrior without his own faction, the reason Lockdown was able to achieve what he had today was entirely due to him risking his life over the past millions of years.

Using the commissions earned from risking his life on the edge of death time and time again, he had accumulated various precious resources that could help his combat power and advancement from one black market after another, which was how he became who he was now.

Because of this, Lockdown also developed a hobby of collecting various precious items and trophies.

However, precisely because he had no faction of his own to support him, everything had to rely on himself.

Although Lockdown had now successfully advanced to a Leader-class Warrior, he had taken many detours, and even chose a shortcut when promoting to Leader-class Warrior.

As he was now, perhaps relying on his rich assassination experience, he had the confidence to assassinate Decepticon and Autobot leaders like Megatron and Optimus Prime.

But that was limited only to assassination!

In a head-on battle, he could temporarily gain the upper hand by relying on his speed advantage, but because of his lack of power, he had no way to contend in a direct fight against Leader-class Warriors who valued comprehensive development like Megatron and Optimus Prime.

Unfortunately, Sun Cheng was clearly also such a Hexagon Warrior.

"Whoosh!"

Lockdown dodged and jumped back, quickly putting distance between himself and Sun Cheng.

From the brief contact, he had already tested some things; what followed would be further testing.

But clearly, Lockdown had underestimated Sun Cheng somewhat.

Although his combat experience was far inferior to Lockdown's, this was his home base, and he was surrounded by a group of loyal subordinates, among whom were many Elite Warriors.

If it really came down to a fight to the death, relying on his years of management here, Sun Cheng even had the confidence to keep Megatron here.

"What a great opportunity; it would be a pity not to use you to practice and familiarize myself with combat between Leader-class Warriors as soon as possible!"

Lockdown had just tested quite a bit of data from him, and likewise, Sun Cheng had discovered many things from him.

Although it was unclear whether Lockdown had used his full strength just now, at least from his current performance, Sun Cheng could roughly guess that there was a certain gap between his power and his own.

In terms of speed, Sun Cheng admitted he was not as fast as Lockdown, but the disparity was not so great that it reached the point of being crushed.

And after more than a year of breaking in, Sun Cheng was now almost completely mastering this chassis.

As he was now, although he was still one final step away from being a true Leader-class Warrior.

But in a contest of chassis, Sun Cheng was not inferior to his opponent.

And although his combat experience was far less rich than Lockdown's, he had armor forged with the Heavenly Pride Hammer.

With the power Lockdown had just displayed, wanting to break the armor on Sun Cheng's body would not be an easy task.

The opponent could not easily kill him, and there was no irreconcilable conflict between the two.

Where else could he find such a good practice partner?

With a thought, Sun Cheng immediately went all out with his firepower.

From the back of his two sides, a launcher rose up on each side and rested on his shoulders.

On each launcher, there were four missiles, each the thickness of an adult human's arm.

This was a type of tracking missile, but the warheads equipped were Paralysis Bombs; it was a type of ultra-small Close-quarters Combat Missile specifically developed by the Decepticon Engineers under Sun Cheng's command.

The power of this thing was not great, but even for an Elite Warrior, if they took one head-on, under the effect of the Paralysis Bomb, their movement speed, power, and perception would all be affected for a duration ranging from several dozen seconds to one or two minutes.

And because the explosion's impact range was very small, the chassis of their own warriors of high rank and above had all undergone anti-electromagnetic treatment.

Once hit by this type of missile, the enemy would be restricted while their side would suffer no losses.

Once the enemy's status was lowered, wouldn't that be a massive increase in their own side's advantage!

Sun Cheng locked onto Lockdown's position tightly, and eight Paralysis Bombs shot out rapidly, all locking onto Lockdown as they flew toward him.

At the same time, he summoned his Shield and Energy Cannon, fired a shot as he raised his hand, and then quickly charged toward Lockdown as well.

Lockdown easily avoided the Energy Cannon, but his expression changed slightly; although he didn't know what these incoming missiles were, it was a fact that he had been locked onto.

The distance between him and Sun Cheng was no more than ten meters, and these incoming missiles were traveling at speeds of over Mach 5; this distance was simply not enough for him to perform more maneuvering.

Just like that, while Lockdown was still calculating in his head, the first two missiles launched were already close at hand.

"This kind of little toy shouldn't be able to cause me much damage!"

Thinking this, his speed immediately dropped a little.

The next moment, Lockdown regretted it.

"Bang!"

The first Electromagnetic Paralysis Bomb struck Lockdown's chassis, and from the point of impact, a numbing sensation rapidly spread, causing his expression to change abruptly.

"Electromagnetic weapon!"

He wanted to immediately trigger the Awakening of the Speed Recharge Device within his body to push his speed to the limit.

Yet, the spot where that Electromagnetic Anesthetic Bomb struck Lockdown's body was very close to the Speed Recharge Device inside him.

Under the influence of the Electromagnetic Anesthetic Bomb, the Speed Recharge Device within his body experienced a brief malfunction.

Then!

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Before Lockdown could complete his acceleration, one Missile after another rapidly struck his body; although the combined damage of these Missiles was negligible to Lockdown.

The natural damage bonus of electromagnetic weapons against Cybertronians still caused his chassis, usually agile, to experience a short period of stiffness and a decline in status.

Then, within his cold gaze, a Shield slammed heavily onto his forehead without hesitation, causing him to stagger and be knocked flat onto the ground.

The next moment, thunderous attacks landed upon his chassis.