Chapter 574: Raising the Stakes

"Speed it up, end the battle!"

With this thought in mind, Sun Cheng remained calm and composed.

As if he truly had no way to deal with the Giant Scorpion Monster hidden underground, he collected all the remains of the long-range sniper-type Combat Robots that Scorponok had taken out into his Spherical Space, then immediately walked back toward the battlefield.

Because he had discovered the "Space Bridge" technology mastered by Jetfire while repeatedly probing his memories, Sun Cheng no longer hid the existence of his Spherical Space, even though he had not yet learned it himself.

The reason Sun Cheng deliberately used this ability in front of Scorponok now was, to put it bluntly, to cast bait and fish.

Sure enough, Scorponok, who had been lurking underground, had actually been spying on him the entire time.

With its meticulous mind, it had actually noticed long ago that Sun Cheng had discovered it.

However, relying on its high level of skill and bold nature, Scorponok continued to lurk underground, waiting to find an opportunity to see if it could launch a sneak attack to inflict heavy damage on him, or collect some more useful intelligence.

Now that Sun Cheng had revealed this trick, it immediately captivated Scorponok.

Seeing him walk toward the main battlefield, Scorponok also continued to lurk deep underground, following him as he hurried toward the battlefield.

After receiving Sun Cheng's order, Fore-runner and Thunder began to show no mercy to Ransack.

Each of them possessed the ability to fight Ransack independently, though they were slightly lacking.

Both Fore-runner and Thunder noticed their own lack of combat experience, so after confirming that the situation was in their favor, they settled their minds and patiently used Ransack to hone their combat techniques.

As for Scavenger, this guy had traded intelligence on Starscream and the Decepticon Legion to Sun Cheng over the past few months in exchange for quite a few good things, and his strength had steadily reached the level of an Advanced Warrior, a world of difference from the ordinary Decepticon Cannon Fodder.

Now that he was forced to turn against his former master, Starscream, Scavenger clearly dared not complain to Sun Cheng about anything.

These Decepticons who had followed them became the targets for him to vent his anger.

When Sun Cheng flew back and landed, he saw him use an extremely cruel method to cut a Decepticon Cannon Fodder's chassis in half, then use his weapon to hack off both of the opponent's arms and head.

"What a nasty-tempered guy!"

Sun Cheng cursed inwardly, but he didn't bother with him.

Raising his Plasma Cannon, he fired one shot each at the last two Decepticon Cannon Fodder who had already finished off all the Combat Robots, detonating the Spark in their chests; now, the only one left fighting was Ransack.

Ransack had already discovered the shift in the situation; he tried to break free from the siege of Thunder and Fore-runner, and he had indeed almost succeeded.

Unfortunately, Scavenger, that nasty-tempered guy, didn't even need Sun Cheng to ask; he voluntarily joined the battle to besiege him.

About two minutes later, accompanied by a roar.

A sharp battle blade successfully pierced through Ransack's chest; after his Spark was destroyed and extinguished, he struggled with all his might for a few seconds, then crashed heavily to the ground.

"Clean up the battlefield!"

Sun Cheng noticed that Scorponok was still lurking underground, just motionless.

After giving the order to clean up the battlefield to Fore-runner, Thunder, and the others, his old subordinates immediately understood and began to clean up the battlefield.

They first moved the remains of Dirge and Ransack in front of Sun Cheng, then spent more than half an hour piling up the remains of all those Cannon Fodder Decepticon Warriors, and finally gathered the damaged chassis of those Combat Robots into one place.

This was a habit Sun Cheng and his team had developed a long time ago; when Base No. 2 was first built, resources were not as abundant as they were now, and recycling these things could save a lot of material consumption.

Moreover, the Decepticon Engineers under his command also needed more research materials to continue researching and verifying topics such as Decepticon cultivation and Spark manufacturing.

Ignoring Scorponok, who was still lurking in secret underground, Sun Cheng first collected the remains of Dirge and Ransack into his Spherical Space.

Immediately after, he also collected all the robot remains that Fore-runner, Thunder, and the others had gathered together.

Finally, Sun Cheng walked toward the corpses of those Decepticon Cannon Fodder.

This time, he did not collect all the corpses, leaving one behind, and at the same time hid an Electromagnetic Bomb at the site of its remains.

After setting the timer, Sun Cheng quietly notified his subordinates; Scavenger, who lacked flight capabilities, knew he was going to set a trap and left knowingly.

Sun Cheng, Fore-runner, and Thunder stayed behind, and after confirming that Scorponok was still hiding underground, they timed it perfectly; just as the Electromagnetic Bomb was about to explode, they all transformed into flight mode and flew toward the sky at high speed.

A few seconds later, the curious Scorponok was just preparing to crawl out to inspect the Decepticon corpse that had been left behind, and then continue to track Sun Cheng and the others.

Just at this moment, the Electromagnetic Bomb exploded.

"Boom!"

The violent electromagnetic waves instantly enveloped the entire surrounding area of several hundred meters.

"Serves you right!"

Several kilometers away, Sun Cheng and his team hovered in the air, feeling the suddenly chaotic electromagnetic waves in the air, but there was no emotional fluctuation in his heart.

"Master, do you need me to go and check?"

Fore-runner asked.

"No need, let's go!"

Sun Cheng did not let Fore-runner go to check if Scorponok had been heavily damaged; his trick wasn't particularly clever, it was nothing more than a gamble that the opponent would definitely be interested in why he had left behind a Decepticon corpse.

He had seen in Blackout's memories that the Giant Scorpion Monster—Scorponok—was a very confident and bold Decepticon who had once cooperated with Blackout to attack many Autobot Warriors.

That was why Sun Cheng gambled that the opponent was very confident in its own tracking ability and would not track them immediately, but would first investigate what was wrong with the Decepticon corpse he had left behind.

Although he wasn't sure if he had bet correctly, Sun Cheng didn't care.

After severely cutting down this batch of Decepticons who dared to target him, he believed that whether the mastermind was Starscream or Soundwave, they shouldn't have the energy to deal with him for a short time.

The Autobots had already picked up Sam, and after falling out with the United States government, with no more constraints, they should soon begin searching for the legendary holy artifact—the 【Matrix of Leadership】.

By then, the Decepticon Legion would definitely have an even more intense conflict with the Autobots.

Sun Cheng had already decided to multiply the chips he had previously invested in the Autobots several times over.

He was about to provide more supplies and Energy Liquid to the Autobots, giving the Autobots, who had lost many warriors in the Mariana Trench Battle, more confidence to fight the Decepticons again.