Chapter 764: Rescuing Sentinel Prime (Part 1)

"Devastator!"

Optimus Prime frowned as he looked toward the southwest, though he was not worried about Superion.

The Decepticons' first-generation Giant Combiner—Devastator—was not an invincible existence during the First Civil War, even though it certainly brought endless trouble to the Autobots at the time of its birth.

Shockwave created Devastator, yet he also abandoned it.

Devastator's flaws were very obvious; the fact that its combination was irreversible was enough for that great Scientist to start over, and the later Menasor proved his success.

But that did not mean Devastator was completely without merit. At the very least, after the relevant technology for Devastator fell into the hands of Starscream, this great Scientist, who already held the work of Replica Warrior Cultivation in his hands, gave up on challenging Devastator's irreversibility and instead lowered the requirements for combining Decepticons as much as possible.

Although the cost of this was weakening Devastator's combat power significantly, it also turned this weapon of war into a disposable item.

But the cultivation cost was also lower; one only needed to deploy one or two Devastators on a critical battlefield to achieve the result of turning the tide of the war.

The premise was that it did not encounter Superion.

Known as the strongest second-generation Giant Combiner, Superion could occupy the upper hand most of the time, even when facing the Decepticons' second-generation Giant Combiner—Menasor.

"The breakthrough has been opened by Superion, and the Decepticons are beginning to rout. However, this collapse will not last long; we cannot let their Commander react. All Autobots, assemble, follow me to attack, target the Decepticons' Moon Base!"

Optimus Prime had dealt with the Decepticons for millions of years and naturally knew that the Decepticon Commanders could not sit by and watch these Replica Warriors rout.

They would soon issue orders, forcing these Replica Warriors, who had been frightened by Superion, to continue throwing themselves into the battle.

Therefore, the time left for the Autobots was not sufficient.

After issuing the order, Optimus Prime held his Heavy Sword and charged out in the lead.

War is cruel, and the 【Matrix of Leadership】 is not omnipotent.

The group of Autobots who raided the Moon with him were indeed all excellent Warriors, but when facing a siege by Decepticon Replica Warriors ten times their number, casualties were inevitable.

Seventeen Autobot Warriors had died in the previous battle; some of them had their heads pierced, some had their Sparks torn apart, and some were even cruelly blown into fragments directly.

Even those who were heavily wounded or dying and had been rescued were now all carrying injuries. The energy in the 【Matrix of Leadership】 was already insufficient, and Optimus Prime did not choose to restore them completely to their peak state; restoring them to a lightly wounded state where they could continue to fight was enough. The remaining injuries on their bodies could be easily treated by Ratchet and the others after the war.

Optimus Prime knew there was not much time left for them, so he gathered all the Autobots without hesitation and prepared to march toward the Decepticons' Moon Base from the breakthrough opened by Superion.

However, Starscream's reaction speed was much faster than he had imagined.

The Decepticon fighter jets circling in the air did not rout due to the damage caused by Superion earlier.

Unlike the Replica Warriors who still had self-awareness, they were unmanned fighter jets controlled from the rear.

So, when they noticed the Replica Warriors below beginning to rout, these Decepticon fighter jets immediately turned their guns under the control of the rear and frequently launched attacks on those Decepticons on the ground who were fleeing the fastest.

Accompanied by a series of explosions in the front, a group of Decepticon Replica Warriors fleeing at the very front were all blown apart by the sky-filling attacks, and metal fragments were splashed everywhere.

At the same time, a cold voice also rang out inside the heads of all the Decepticon Replica Warriors.

"Decepticons, obey orders. Do not retreat. Block the Autobots from advancing further..."

Accompanied by the cold voice, more Decepticon Replica Warriors began to appear from within the Decepticon outpost alert zone several kilometers to the rear, roaring as they charged toward the battlefield.

Optimus Prime and his team had only advanced five or six kilometers before they collided with the regrouped Decepticons.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

This time, upon the collision, the Autobots immediately felt the pressure.

The reason they had been surrounded by Decepticon Replica Warriors before was that the number of the opposing side was simply too large, far exceeding the total number of the attacking Autobots by more than ten times.

But now, although Superion's ferocity had indeed routed a batch of Decepticon Replica Warriors just moments ago.

However, bullying the weak and fearing the strong had always been the nature of Decepticons. Upon realizing that more companions had joined the battle, and with the Commander also controlling the Decepticon fighter jets to launch a cold purge on the fleeing soldiers, the timidity in the hearts of those originally routed Replica Warriors was immediately replaced by anger and hatred.

Thus, an even more brutal battle erupted again. The Decepticon Replica Warriors would die if they retreated anyway; their intelligence had been deliberately adjusted by Starscream when they were cultivated, and their bestiality was far greater than their rationality.

When the first Autobot Warrior was besieged and their corpse was torn apart by nearby Replica Warriors.

The slaughter was like an infectious disease, stimulating more Decepticons to become increasingly fierce and cruel.

"Boom!"

Raising his Laser Cannon, he blasted two Decepticon Replica Warriors standing together into slag.

Optimus Prime swung his Heavy Sword with his right hand, cutting three Replica Warriors in half at the waist.

Bullets continuously struck his chassis, causing more and more tiny cracks.

Looking at the Decepticons charging forward without fear of death, Optimus Prime's expression was grim.

"Autobots, gather on me..."

With the help of the destruction just caused by Superion, the Autobots had pushed the front line to less than fifty kilometers away from the Decepticons' Moon Base.

But this short fifty kilometers now felt like a natural chasm, completely blocking their advance.

The Decepticon Legion's human-sea tactics had been used from the First Civil War until now. Relying on the more resources they held compared to the Autobots, more mature cultivation technology, and a more cold-blooded and ruthless attitude toward the Decepticon Replica Warriors, the Decepticon Commanders had crushed the Autobots time and time again with human-sea tactics.

Now, as the Leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime had to make a choice again.

Whether to exhaust the Autobot elites in his hands and fight a desperate battle to the death with the Decepticons, or to withdraw before failure arrived and wait for more reinforcements to arrive before trying again.

Just as he was hesitating, suddenly, an emergency communication linked to Optimus Prime, causing his spirit to be shaken.

"Leader, we found a crashed spaceship at the coordinates given by Frenzy! But there are Decepticons guarding it nearby, and we have been discovered!"

The emergency communication came from the Autobots' Cassette Troops, which was the only intelligence squad currently under Optimus Prime's command.

And it was this piece of intelligence that made this young Autobot Leader make a decision.

"Ironhide, Drift, Sideswipe, follow me to cover the retreat. Autobots, prepare to withdraw toward coordinate xxxx..."

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