Chapter 879: Discovering Dropkick

Two alloy blades of different sizes collided; Sun Cheng retreated two or three steps, but he glanced at Hailishi and put his weapon away.

"Let's end the training here for today!"

Hailishi nodded silently, put away his weapon, and stood to the side.

He understood what Sun Cheng meant; during the close-quarters combat just now, he had seemingly suppressed Sun Cheng by relying on strength far superior to his opponent's.

However, while his bulky and massive body brought him unparalleled power, it also limited Hailishi's reaction time and speed.

During the sparring training, Sun Cheng had not yet fully unleashed his speed, yet it had already forced Hailishi to give his all, and he still handled it very clumsily, even being struck in vital areas by the opponent over a dozen times.

If this were not a training session, Hailishi knew his fate very well.

He was very dissatisfied with himself after changing into his New Body, but Sun Cheng was the exact opposite.

Looking at the somewhat dejected big guy, Sun Cheng, who had put away his weapon, clapped his hands to draw Hailishi's attention.

"You have done a great job! I can clearly feel the surging energy filling your New Body! Close-quarters combat is not your specialty to begin with; it is the Spark that restricts you, you don't need to be dejected!"

Sun Cheng was indeed quite satisfied with the current Hailishi; it had been four days since his dull-witted subordinate changed into his New Body and woke up.

Because the Decepticon known as Dropkick had temporarily vanished after flying away from the Moon.

The satellites under Base No. 2 naturally could not monitor every inch of space between the Moon and Earth, so Sun Cheng was in no rush to return.

After Hailishi woke up, he had been here at Lake Titicaca, sparring with Hailishi to collect data on him.

At the same time, Sun Cheng was also using the immense power of Hailishi's body to stimulate himself to master his own new body faster.

Although the effect was just so-so, he was still satisfied with the big guy, Hailishi.

In the sparring training, although Hailishi's bulky body meant he had great strength in vain, unless the opponent was blind enough to feed him attacks like he was doing, one could easily make him struggle to cope just by utilizing speed well.

But it was just like how Sun Cheng never used his full strength when fighting Hailishi.

In this state, Hailishi, who was engaged in close-quarters combat with Sun Cheng, was also in a restricted state himself.

His terrifying weapon system required his warship form to perfectly interpret what it meant to be a 'Firepower Monster' and a 'Battlefield Tyrant'.

On the second day after waking up, Sun Cheng had already impatiently taken the fully-loaded Hailishi to test it out.

A military base of the Bolivian Army, covering about 7 square kilometers and located over 60 kilometers away, was bombed until it had no value for reconstruction in a very short time.

Hailishi's powerful firepower was not only displayed in his warship form.

In his combat form, although his firepower was not as great as in his warship form, it was equally fierce.

If there was enough time and safe space, Hailishi could still unleash firepower comparable to an entire Decepticon combat squad in a short time while in his combat form.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Sun Cheng's sparring training with Hailishi was only to make him more clearly aware of his own weaknesses in close-quarters combat.

In the future, it would be a natural progression for him to arrange two to four teammates to act with Hailishi and protect him.

It was not that Sun Cheng was too cautious, but that Hailishi, who had already reached the level of an Elite Warrior, was already a trump card of great importance in his hands.

Even though Hailishi had always given his Creator enough respect and trust, he had to start looking after the other's emotions.

Hailishi touched his chest; he could naturally feel how much stronger he was now compared to before changing his New Body.

Even that Spark possessed more abundant energy than in the past.

But even so, this Spark still could not let Hailishi freely unleash all his potential.

There was no help for it; Hailishi's volume was too massive, and the weapon system within his body was also too powerful.

Perhaps, as the Decepticon Engineer who designed and built his New Body had stated, I am afraid that only a powerful Leader Class Spark could match the current Hailishi.

But a Leader Class Spark, how could it be so easily obtained!

"I intend to transfer you to Trindade Island!"

Sun Cheng's sudden sentence pulled back the attention of Hailishi, whose thoughts had been slightly scattered.

Upon hearing this, Hailishi did not raise any questions and simply nodded to obey his arrangement.

"I understand, Commander!"

Sun Cheng nodded with gratification; the batch of Decepticon Warriors under his command now seemed far more well-behaved than those Decepticon Engineers.

At least he did not have to worry that these warriors, who had followed him since they were weak, or rather, since the moment they were born, would have an extra choice of path in their hearts after Dropkick arrived on Earth.

"Your strength can only be unleashed to the greatest extent upon the ocean!"

Hailishi also nodded heavily; his Core had once again achieved a leap in improvement.

More powerful computing power allowed him to now control his body and the complex weapon system within it with great ease.

Therefore, Hailishi knew very well that, as Sun Cheng said, on the vast and boundless ocean, he could unleash the power of his New Body to the greatest extent in his warship form.

"Let's go, there is no need to stay here anymore!"

A New Body, naturally, could not be fully mastered in three or four days of short sparring training.

For example, Sun Cheng's own new body had been changed for several months now, but he was still in the break-in stage.

Conservatively estimating, this break-in would still require a very long time; it might be years or even decades before Sun Cheng could, like other Leaders, fully unleash 100% of its potential and create impossible miracles in battle.

This was also the reason why many Cybertronians, even knowing that changing bodies could improve strength immediately, rarely chose to do so voluntarily.

Resource constraints were only one reason; the key was that on the Cybertron planet, where the civil war was constant, most warriors, whether Autobots or the Decepticon Legion, could not accept the long break-in period after changing into a New Body.

Because no one could guarantee whether they would fall in some suddenly erupting battle before they had fully mastered their New Body.

"Let's return to Base No. 2 first, and pick a few teammates for you there. Otherwise, you will be staying at sea for a long time in the future; once a problem arises, it will be difficult for us to support you in the first instance."

Looking at Hailishi, who remained silent as before, Sun Cheng smiled slightly, "Besides, having a few more teammates to talk to is not bad either!"

Hailishi opened his mouth, just about to say something.

Suddenly, an electromagnetic wave was transmitted over; Sun Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly, and Hailishi also keenly captured it, standing silently to the side without speaking again.

It was a communication transmitted by Thundercracker again; after Sun Cheng agreed to the communication access, Thundercracker's cold voice immediately rang in his mind.

"Commander, we have re-locked onto Dropkick and the others!"

Sun Cheng's fist clenched instantly!

PS:

There should be another update in a while.