After more than a dozen rounds of testing and getting accustomed to them, Optimus Prime and Megatron had fully mastered their enhanced bodies and divine weapons.
Moves that had been somewhat unfamiliar began to flow smoothly. Magical energy surged along the lines of their armor, Rune Runes flickered across its surface, and halos of pale gold and dark purple crashed together and exploded again and again.
The thunder of colliding armor shook the ground around them. Every swing, block, dive, and turn was executed with absolute precision.
The sheer weight of their power, the unpredictable nature of their magic, and the extreme speed and mobility of their armored bodies blended perfectly. There were no gaps in their transitions between attack and defense. One moment, they were matching brute force with heavy punches; the next, they were using runic shields to deflect blows and spinning into exquisite killing strikes. The battle had entered the hottest of its white-hot stages, every move perilous, every step pushing the limits.
The battle in midair reached one peak after another. Watching the dazzling, fierce exchange from below, Bumblebee and Jazz's eyes lit up, and they could no longer look away.
The two stared fixedly at the sets of enhanced equipment, augmented with nanotechnology and magical runes. Their eyes burned with longing, and they could hardly tear their gazes away.
Neither could help feeling envious. External armaments that combined offense and defense and sent combat power soaring were the ultimate upgrades every Transformer dreamed of.
But both knew that this powerful opportunity was not for them. They repeatedly checked the compatibility of their own attributes, but whether in armor framework, maximum energy capacity, or their forms' compatibility characteristics, they fell utterly short of the standards required for these exclusive divine weapons. Forcing them on would only