Chapter 439: First Battle

The Improved Type II 65mm Plasma Cannon, a lethal combat weapon designed and handcrafted by the Workers.

It looks slightly short and thick, but its power is not to be underestimated.

The muzzle consists of three 65mm specialized guide tubes, which can constrain the emitted energy flow and concentrate its blast radius within a certain range; not only is it more powerful than the originally designed 120mm caliber plasma cannon, but the energy consumption is also reduced by nearly thirty percent.

The Destroyer immediately learned of its power.

Although he attempted to break free, his massive frame became the best possible target at this moment.

The distance of only a few dozen meters from the Vanguard was clearly insufficient for him to make further reactions in his bulky state, and the shell had already struck the massive tire located on the upper body of the Destroyer.

"Boom!"

The explosion immediately caused large-scale rupturing and shedding of the jet-black tire exterior, which was made of an unknown material, and the impact of the blast caused the Destroyer's chassis to tilt backward violently.

Seeing that he was about to fall, had he not let out a roar in time and swung his ferocious arms to smash against the ground to one side, using that impact to stabilize his body, he would have truly fallen to the ground.

The Vanguard had just prepared to raise the plasma cannon to fire another shot at him when his detection system suddenly captured a high-speed moving object, and he hurriedly rolled to the side on the spot.

The next moment, accompanied by a "whoosh" sound, a silver-gray metal Long Spear was already embedded in the place where he had originally stood.

Scanning the distant Sideways, who still maintained a throwing posture, with an expressionless face, the Vanguard immediately withdrew his gaze and no longer paid attention to him.

The information about Sideways in the Base database is far less detailed than that of the Destroyer, but while this Decepticon, who is so cautious he seems almost cowardly, may indeed have hidden his true combat strength, one thing has been confirmed: like the vast majority of Decepticons, he is not equipped with any Energy Weapon.

That is enough!

Even if Sideways possesses some long-range attack methods, as long as he has no Energy Weapon, he cannot inflict heavy damage.

This is also the reason why the Vanguard used two of the only four High-explosive Missiles he was equipped with to deal with him right from the start.

Once the fast and agile Sideways is injured, he will no longer be a threat.

All he needs to face next is this big guy.

"You've angered me, you bastard!"

With his chassis hit, the Destroyer was clearly enraged; he swung his left arm, and a massive mountain rock not far away was easily dug out by his shovel bucket and whistled toward the Vanguard like a cannonball.

The Vanguard's expression remained unchanged; four propulsion nozzles emerged from the back of his legs and heels, and even on this mountainous terrain, his overall speed was a few notches faster than before.

After easily avoiding the giant rock thrown by him, he flicked his left arm, and an arm-mounted Close-quarters Combat Missile Launcher equipped on his left arm immediately fired two Micro Combat Missiles, which flew toward the Destroyer's head.

The Destroyer hurriedly raised his right arm, blocking his front with the shovel bucket on his left hand.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

His pair of large shovel buckets are clearly the hardest and sharpest weapons on his body; the Combat Missiles struck the large shovel bucket blocking his head one after another, only producing two dull explosion sounds and shattering the metal paint on the shovel bucket.

However, the Vanguard did not care at all.

The Plasma Cannon on his right hand was raised again, this time aimed at another massive tire on the lower part of the Destroyer.

This big guy's chassis is not the same as ordinary Mechanical Life; he has no upper torso, and the main components of his chassis are a massive head and two giant tires.

It is clear that the Destroyer's Spark is protected within the hard armor of his head, and the combat missiles he fired just now have already proven that the head is his primary defensive area.

However, the Vanguard noticed one point.

The Destroyer has a massive tire of the same size on both the top of his head and his lower body; it is precisely by relying on this special chassis structure that he can easily pass through when encountering terrain that is difficult to traverse by switching the upper and lower tires.

It can be said that it is the two massive tires on the upper and lower sides of the chassis that provide him with relatively flexible movement capabilities.

However, the Vanguard discovered that ever since he struck the massive tire above the head, the Destroyer had never again switched the upper and lower tires to gain flexible movement capabilities on the uneven, rugged mountain terrain.

It seems that because of his previous shot, after the outer layer of the massive tire above the Destroyer's head was blown off, he never switched them again.

There must be something strange!

It was precisely because he noticed this point, and because the opponent's head was truly difficult to hit, that he simply stopped staring at the Destroyer's head and instead aimed the muzzle at the other massive tire on the lower part of the opponent's body.

Aim, lock, fire!

The azure Energy Bullet shot out and accurately struck the lower body of the Destroyer, causing him to let out a deafening scream.

"Crack!"

"Boom!"

The Energy Bullet exploded the moment it hit the tire, immediately blowing the black outer layer into scattered fragments.

It is truly miraculous; the moment he lost the outer layer of the massive tire, the Destroyer's body seemed to lose its balance, and he stumbled violently, nearly falling to the ground.

At the critical moment, he still managed to smash his arms heavily against the ground, relying on the counter-force to stabilize his form.

However, even so, his situation was not optimistic.

Because the Vanguard's discovery was confirmed: after the black outer layer of the massive tire was shattered by the Energy Bullet fired from the plasma cannon, although he could still move, the Destroyer acted as if he had been tethered with dozens of tons of heavy objects, and he could no longer maintain flexible movement on the rugged mountain road as he had before.

And with his speed, which was already far inferior to the Vanguard's, dropping by more than a notch, he completely became a moving target.

The Vanguard's figure shuttled rapidly through the mountains; he did not have many weapons on him that could pose a threat to a behemoth like the Destroyer, so he fired the remaining two High-explosive Missiles hidden under his back armor when he found an opportunity, and the plasma cannon in his hand was constantly raised and fired.

As shell after shell continued to land on the Destroyer, the frequency of this big guy's enraged roars and screams became higher and higher, yet weaker and weaker.

Finally, when both arms he kept raising to protect his head were broken, an Energy Bullet accurately struck the Destroyer's Brain.

Amidst the scattered alloy fragments and sparks, the Destroyer's massive body slammed heavily onto the ground.

The Destroyer is defeated!