### Chapter 8: Heatblast
"It's Hero Time!"
As the core of the Omnitrix was pressed, amidst the green light, crimson magma began to spread from his right wrist to his entire body.
Ben's face looked like a magma mask, his nose and ears disappeared, and the "hair" made of flames erupted continuously like a volcano from his collarbone.
His skin turned into crimson magma with cracks bursting open, and yellow ionic firelight shone through the cracks and at the ends of his hands and feet.
The Omnitrix symbol moved to the center of Heatblast's chest.
"Heatblast! Cool!!!"
Ben looked excitedly at his new image. Heatblast was the classic alien hero the protagonist transformed into for the first time in the animation.
"Oh yeah! I'm super hot!"
Heatblast belongs to the Pyronite species. Its ability is simple: controlling fire.
Pyronites can release infinite fire energy.
Igniting objects, creating explosions, attacking multiple targets, or flying into the sky like a rocket, and even absorbing fire.
His hands each made a pistol gesture, and balls of fire shot out from his fingertips, exploding on the incoming Parademons.
"Double guns will give the answer."
Watching the Parademons fall one after another in the flames, Ben gently blew on the residual flames on his fingers.
"Stop showing off! These Parademons are endless like locusts. Don't slack off on the battlefield!"
Seeing Ben transform into an alien covered in fire and playing on the battlefield, Hal Jordan reminded him.
While speaking, he controlled the mecha formed by Green Lantern energy to fire a large number of grenades formed by Green Lantern energy, exploding among the incoming Parademons.
"Are you kidding? I'm super brave right now!"
Facing Hal Jordan's reminder, Ben didn't care. He snapped his fingers to raise a flame, and with just a gentle rub of his hands, a fireball condensed.
Mimicking a baseball pitcher's pose on TV, he threw the fireball, and the scorching fireball pierced through an incoming Parademon.
"Roar!"
A Parademon on the other side roared. It opened its mouth, and a violent heat stream immediately sprayed out from its mouth.
Ben opened his hands, and the fierce fire sprayed from the Parademon's mouth was sucked over. Under Ben's control, it re-condensed into a fireball and was thrown back.
"Back to you!"
The moment the fireball touched the Parademon, the scorching fireball exploded immediately. The scorching high temperature and huge impact killed it instantly.
"How many exactly are there!"
Having long lost count of how many Parademons he had killed, Hal Jordan no longer wasted Green Lantern energy to shape flashy but impractical mechas. A huge flyswatter condensed from Green Lantern energy swatted the continuously surging Parademons to death like swatting flies.
In the sky, several Parademons broke through the Batwing's barrage and climbed onto the fighter jet.
Batman didn't hesitate at all. While setting up the autopilot, he activated the fighter jet's self-destruct device.
Before the Batwing rushed into the pile of Parademons to self-destruct, Batman also successfully ejected from the plane.
*Boom~*
The Batwing exploded among the swarm of Parademons. The explosive power, like a missile, instantly shot down a group of Parademons from the sky.
Ejecting from the fighter jet, Batman pressed a switch, spreading the cape behind him to fix it into a simple gliding device.
While controlling the gliding direction to land slowly, Batman threw several Batarangs stained with miniature bombs, successfully sticking them onto the incoming Parademons.
*Bang~*
The bombs on the Batarangs successfully shot down several Parademons, but in the residual smoke of the explosion, one Parademon still withstood the explosion and rushed straight in front of Batman.
Batman tried hard to control his body. Just as he was about to strike in the air, a huge green flyswatter directly swatted the rushing Parademon away. Subsequently, the green energy constructing the flyswatter turned into a huge glove and caught Batman.
"Got you! No need to thank me too much."
Carefully putting Batman on the ground, Hal Jordan had a confident smile on his face. Even Batman would need Green Lantern's help.
"Don't get distracted, watch your back!"
Seeing Green Lantern distracted on the battlefield, Batman noticed that there were still several Parademons attacking behind him and immediately issued a warning.
Before Hal could react, a bolt of lightning flashed, and the Parademons attacking Green Lantern were knocked to the ground by The Flash.
Turning around instantly after finishing the battle, Barry Allen smiled and greeted Green Lantern.
"I think you need help!"
"The Flash! My friend!"
Confirming The Flash's identity at a glance, Hal Jordan smiled and fist-bumped the other party.
Compared to Batman, The Flash was not only his friend, but his reputation was also much better than Batman's.
At least when The Flash fought criminals in Central City, he wouldn't be chased and intercepted by the police.
"It's really great to see you!"
Seeing that The Flash seemed a little unaccustomed to the enthusiasm, in order to alleviate the awkwardness, he casually introduced the two temporary allies beside him.
"Oh, right. That's Batman, and there's that kid who transformed into an alien!"
While throwing fireballs at the flying Parademons, Ben saw The Flash arriving at the battlefield and also smiled and greeted him.
"Hello! How are you, the fastest man in the world!"
Hearing Ben's words, The Flash seemed a little shy, but he responded politely.
"Hello, friend. Nice to meet you."
After greeting Ben, he thought of the legendary figure Green Lantern just introduced.
Even in Central City, legends about Batman in Gotham circulated.
"Does Batman really exist?"
Hearing The Flash's words, Hal Jordan leaned his body and pointed to Batman who was calmly observing the movements of the Parademons on the side: "Yes, that's him."
"Wait, really?!"
Looking in the direction Hal pointed, seeing the figure wearing the Batsuit behind Green Lantern, The Flash flashed in front of Batman.
"It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Batman..."
Seeing The Flash wanting to shake hands with Batman but being too nervous to know how to speak, Hal landed beside The Flash. Thinking he would also be ignored by Batman, he spoke directly to comfort him.
"Ignore him, he's a log, a machine without emotions."
Just as Hal finished speaking, Batman extended his hand, expressing approval to The Flash.
"I've seen your work in Central City, Flash. Tightly organized, good efficiency."
As the words fell, Batman noticed at this time that the Parademons slowed down their offensive. A large number of Parademons seemed to be moving in one direction...