Chapter 948: The Sky Rips Open (Part 1)

This day could undoubtedly be called the greatest day of disaster for the navies of various European countries since World War II.

With only the cost of three Decepticons being slightly injured, Blitzwing and the others successfully dealt a heavy blow to the Allied fleet.

Except for one British and one French warship that saw the situation was unfavorable and fled at full speed during the battle, they sank almost all the capital ships, and did not even spare the few supply vessels.

After the battle ended, Blitzwing and the others even flew wantonly over the sea for quite a while.

They began a little game of abusing the defeated that Decepticons are very fond of, using the machine guns in their jet forms to continuously dive and strafe the naval soldiers of various European countries who were struggling to survive on the sea and had not yet drowned.

The blood spreading in the sea soon attracted a group of bloody predators.

Bull sharks, sand tiger sharks, and other fierce beasts of the sea that arrived after smelling the blood also began to continuously attack the survivors in the water, stimulated by the blood.

Watching the miserable state of the human soldiers, Blitzwing and the others played around even more excitedly.

As a result of this playing around, the Decepticons who had invaded Cairo city, having lost their air cover, were in for a stroke of bad luck.

Wave after wave of missiles and air strikes continuously bombarded this ancient capital of a thousand years, Cairo.

"After today, humanity has once again destroyed a piece of its own history with its own hands!"

Sentinel Prime sneered as he watched Cairo city rapidly turn into a ruin amidst the American bombing; his long blade knocked Optimus Prime away, and he did not forget to use words to torment him.

In the eyes with which he looked at this former student, there was no longer the slightest emotional fluctuation.

The battle just now made Sentinel Prime perceive a threat.

At the very beginning, Optimus Prime showed some gap in strength compared to him.

But as the battle continued, even though Sentinel Prime had now exhausted his full strength, he still could not suppress Optimus Prime.

This student of his, although he had been at a disadvantage from the start of the battle until now, was entirely due to a lack of combat experience against a Leader.

Warriors of the Leader level were not numerous even in the peak era of Cybertronian civilization.

After the civil war broke out, the number of Leaders in the Decepticon camp could be counted on one's fingers.

The two most famous among them were Megatron and Shockwave, but although they had encountered Sentinel Prime many times in the early stages of the war.

Yet after the second civil war broke out, as the Decepticon Legion gradually gained the upper hand, these two commanders and military commanders of the Decepticon Legion rarely entered the field to participate in battles personally.

Therefore, Optimus Prime, this young Leader, had always lacked combat experience against warriors of the same level.

And these precious experiences could turn the tide of victory, defeat, and life or death during a battle.

Sentinel Prime now discovered with shock and anger that he had been reduced to Optimus Prime's sparring partner.

He tried to deal a lethal blow several times, but all were dodged by this young student of his.

"He is rapidly absorbing combat experience, and his strength, speed, and every other aspect are on par with mine... Is it the enhancement from the energy of the 【Matrix of Leadership】... Damn it, I really should have asked for it back then..."

Unable to stop himself from feeling regret in his heart, the look in Sentinel Prime's eyes as he gazed at his former student now held no attempt to hide his killing intent.

Regarding the 【Matrix of Leadership】, this legendary holy relic of Cybertronian civilization, he was indeed aware of it.

It was a holy relic left behind by the Creator who legend says created the planet Cybertron, and there were also myths and legends saying that the 【Matrix of Leadership】 was the Spark of 'Prima', one of the Thirteen Primes.

Since the source had already been traced back to myths and legends, the origin of the 【Matrix of Leadership】 was naturally impossible to verify.

But all these things did indeed prove that the 【Matrix of Leadership】 was truly miraculous.

When Optimus Prime gave the 【Matrix of Leadership】 to him back then, Sentinel Prime had also felt tempted.

But the shrewdness of a politician made him suppress that temptation.

At the time, Sentinel Prime knew that he had left the Autobots for a very long time, and had also let his former student take the blame for a defeat for him.

Although he was later awakened as planned, when he first woke up, he was surrounded by Optimus Prime's confidants.

Even Sentinel Prime knew what should and should not be done.

As a result, having missed the chance for a moment, he never expected that he had actually cultivated a great enemy for himself.

Optimus Prime had also worked himself into a rage; using his Shield to steadily block Sentinel Prime's long blade, he swung the Heavy Sword in his hand.

Just as Sentinel Prime wanted to parry, he saw the outer shell of his arm suddenly pop open, and two small Combat Missiles flew out, nimbly curving in the air before slamming fiercely into Sentinel Prime's back.

Such a good opportunity, Optimus Prime naturally would not let it pass.

Taking advantage of Sentinel Prime suffering a dull blow, Optimus Prime swung the Heavy Sword in his hand, quickly leaving two wounds on his body.

And Sentinel Prime was no pushover; he quickly reacted.

Thus, the battle once again fell into a stalemate, but Optimus Prime's verbal counterattack also arrived.

"Human affairs should be handled by humans themselves. To them, we are ultimately just outsiders!"

"Moreover, if not for your cooperation with the Decepticons, how could disaster have possibly descended upon this city!"

"You attempt to swap concepts, yet from the very beginning, you have distanced yourself from your own responsibility!"

"Teacher, you have now completely fallen. Fallen to be just like those Decepticons you looked down upon the most, just as cruel, shameless, and detestable!"

Sentinel Prime's expression became exceptionally ugly upon hearing this; comparing him to a Decepticon was a great humiliation to him.

"Silence!"

Stopping Optimus Prime with an incomparably cold voice, Sentinel Prime looked at him with eyes even colder than his voice.

"What I am doing is what an Autobot Leader should do. For the benefit of our race, we must make trade-offs."

"So, you are going to sacrifice the Earthlings to fulfill our race?"

After Optimus Prime's Heavy Sword clashed rapidly with Sentinel Prime's a few more times, they separated, and he asked angrily.

"Shouldn't I?" Sentinel Prime was equally angry: "They call us machines... machines... machines... a group of lowly creatures who cannot even walk out of their own home planet, yet they dare to treat us with an arrogant attitude..."

Suddenly, he felt that there were some things more in the sky above.

Sentinel Prime's mood suddenly became extremely good; he looked up at the sky, and after the teleportation devices that the Autobots had been setting up for most of the day were activated one by one, a strange blue vortex was gradually becoming larger in the sky above Cairo city.

"The resurgence of Cybertron requires a lot of resources!"

Sentinel Prime took the initiative to charge forward, fearing that Optimus Prime would interfere with his plan.

"Earth can satisfy a portion of our resource needs... and the billions of Earthlings here are even better slaves..."

"Optimus Prime, I will give you one last chance: pledge your allegiance to me again, offer your loyalty, and I will lead you all to recast the glory of the ancient Cybertronian civilization!"