Chapter 11: The Matrix of Leadership!~

Yet perhaps because it was her first true love, Mikaela kept the thought to herself, continuing to indulge and soothe Sam's agitated mind.

When the next day arrived and Sam experienced a sudden flash of inspiration, discovering the location of the key's seal... Mikaela silently pulled out her hidden phone, connected to the network, and called Hao Yun's number.

"Master, can you come over for a moment?"

Watching Sam crawl into the cave, Mikaela stepped aside to converse with her master.

"What's wrong? Did Sam wrong you?"

Hao Yun gestured to Mr. and Mrs. Witwicky, telling them to enjoy their tour on their own... As he slowly walked toward the designated hotel, he maintained the call with Mikaela.

"I want you to come over and take the Matrix of Leadership."

"Why?"

Hao Yun raised an eyebrow. His own apprentice seemed much less submissive to Sam now.

"The Matrix of Leadership possesses a special power capable of activating the device that destroys the sun... For the sake of safety, Master, I want you to take it away instead of leaving it to Optimus Prime."

Mikaela unreservedly voiced her wariness of the Autobots. Indeed, what human wouldn't fear the sudden destruction of the sun?

Strictly speaking, Mikaela's actions aligned with the normal, rational motives of a human!~

"Master, can you?"

Seeing that Hao Yun remained silent for a long time, Mikaela couldn't help urging him.

Hao Yun was quiet for a moment before suddenly asking, "If I take it, what will happen to you and Sam? If Sam finds out you incited me to take the key, you two will likely break up."

"Heh..." Mikaela gave a self-deprecating laugh. "My romance is not worth mentioning in the face of human survival."

"Very well. You are a qualified human, and you should also be a qualified savior!~"

Hao Yun said with great satisfaction, taking a single step forward to materialize right before Mikaela.

"As for being a savior, I already played that role last time. Mikaela, this time, the protagonist will be you!~ Go ahead and unleash your might to your heart's content!~"

With that, Hao Yun placed his hand on Mikaela's head, activating the Great Dao Furnace within his system!~

"Great Dao Furnace, to elevate Mikaela to the Father God tier, how many points are required?"

"The Glint-Glint Fruit has severe flaws; elevating it to Father God combat power requires only 100,000 points. Her strength will be slightly inferior compared to naturally ascended Father Gods."

"Then elevate her!~ Against these clumsy blockheads in the Transformers universe, the Glint-Glint Fruit is more than enough!~"

Compared to the Father Gods of the Marvel Universe, the Transformers universe was not only weak in power, but its utilization of energy was also crude to the extreme!~

Just think of the Fallen, who couldn't even block an electromagnetic pulse, yet dared to call himself a Father God? The strongest of the Transformers? How shameful!~

"Elevation successful. Cost: 100,000 points. Remaining points: 1.32 million."

Mikaela, standing beneath Hao Yun's hand, felt the覇气 (Haki) and energy within her body surge rapidly... Countless insights regarding the Glint-Glint Fruit appeared in her mind one by one.

Her body gradually transformed into particles, unknowingly circling the Earth before returning precisely to her original spot in the blink of an eye...

Opening her eyes to look at the surrounding Autobot robots once more, Mikaela no longer felt any pressure, only utter disdain for the weak!~

"How is it? Can you control your own power now?"

Hao Yun asked softly. The Glint-Glint Fruit, turning one's body into light... To a certain extent, this was definitely one of the highest-tier abilities among Devil Fruits.

Placed in the Marvel Universe, perhaps only Carol in her Binary mode could fight her, right? After all, when your speed is so fast that you cannot be hit, any formidable attack is utterly futile.

"Master, I'm fine."

Mikaela nodded at Hao Yun, her hand twitching slightly... Hao Yun felt as though his face had been caressed hundreds of millions of times in an instant.

This little girl had actually used her ability on her own master?

"Alright, then I'll leave the rest to you. I'm just going to sit back and watch the show."

Hao Yun smiled contentedly, stepped open a Mirror Dimension, pulled out a small stool, and sat down to watch the drama with melon seeds... Hehe, the upcoming plot would be exceptionally wonderful!~

At the burial site of the key, Sam followed the opened cavern and found the location of the key... However, it seemed the era was too ancient; with just a slight touch, the key crumbled into a pile of ash right before his eyes?!

"No, I won't give up!~ These things must be able to save Optimus Prime!~"

Agitated, Sam scooped up the ashes of the Matrix of Leadership into a bag, rushed out of the cave, boarded Bumblebee, and dashed furiously toward the location of Optimus Prime's fallen corpse.

Mikaela watched Sam leave. Originally, the destruction of the Matrix of Leadership would have been a good thing, but seeing Sam refuse to give up... Oh well, she might as well protect him for this leg of the journey!~

"You guys go ahead, I'll hold them off!~"

Halfway through their drive, Starscream arrived, deploying countless missiles to target the convoy. Mikaela let out a fierce roar, her body transforming into light particles that burst out through the window and charged straight at the incoming missiles!~

"Speed of Light Kick!~"

A slender golden light ribbon streaked across the sky like a ribbon, and the incoming missiles were kicked to pieces mid-air... Sensing danger, Starscream pulled an abrupt reverse turn and fled the battlefield...

Damn it, having Hao Yun among humans was already bad enough, where on earth did this woman pop out from?

He had always said it was impossible for humanity to have just one powerhouse, and now look! They might have summoned the Fallen, but they had also provoked a true human powerhouse!

Inside the car, seeing Mikaela's heroic posture, Leo couldn't help roaring, "Dude, what's up with your girlfriend? She's so hardcore, can you really handle her?"

"She's my first love!~"

Sam roared back, "We're in a free-choice, mutually in-love relationship, do you understand?!~"

"Then you must be truly formidable!~ To actually be able to subdue a woman in bed who can kick missiles to pieces!~"

Leo slipped up, and Mikaela, flying through the sky and overhearing the shout from inside the car, felt black lines cascade down her forehead... As expected, her boyfriend was no good at all, and just look at this roommate—he was utterly wretched!~

"Bumblebee, keep moving forward, I'll block them for you!"

Hiding in the space station, the Fallen also issued a general attack order: "All Decepticons, launch all out! Destroy that human woman and snatch the Matrix of Leadership back from the human male!~"

In the skies and across the ground, countless Decepticons materialized... some transforming into fighter jets, some into tanks, police cars, and gunships... And the most outrageous of all—several pieces of agricultural machinery combined to forcibly transform into a Decepticon thousands of meters tall!~

At that scale, a single slap down would probably completely pulverize the entire temporary base protecting Optimus Prime!~

"With just this handful of Decepticons, you guys are underestimating me far too much!~"

"Glint-Glint Fruit combined with Armament Haki: Yasakani no Magatama!~"

Countless light spheres enveloped in black Haki surged from Mikaela's body, rose into the air, and then... plummeted down abruptly!~

Within a thousand-meter radius around Mikaela, everything on the ground and in the sky instantly exploded, including hundreds of Decepticons... The ground looked as though it had been struck by a meteorite, leaving only Mikaela hovering at the very center, entirely unaffected.

Yet that single round of bombardment had pushed the Fallen's alertness to its absolute peak!~

Even at his peak several thousand years ago, he surely couldn't have withstood this single blow, right?