Use Flame Punch on Him!

"Hero Appears!"

After the burning meteor struck the ground, it kicked up massive clouds of dust that instantly filled the entire space.

Doctor Animo could not make out who was within the dust, but waves of heat washed over him, baking his cold skin!

Within the dust, the burning warrior stepped forward, his upright figure radiating intense light and heat!

Animo finally saw what his opponent looked like.

His head was wrapped in flames, the blazing fire resembling long hair flying wildly in the wind.

Within the flames was a dark facial shadow like a skull mask.

His body seemed to be made of lava, with red-hot rocks burned by flames covering him like armor!

Flowing magma ran through the gaps in that armor, spreading across his entire body like blood vessels!

Heatblast!

The first Alien Hero Ben Tennyson transformed into in the animated series, known as a "classic character."

His DNA came from a Pyronite, granting him the ability to control and absorb fire, as well as unleash infinite fiery energy.

Heatblast's upper temperature limit was extremely high!

And like Hulk, he could build up rage.

When four-year-old Benny transformed into Heatblast, his furious temper unleashed an incredibly high temperature that directly melted an entire underground lava cave into gas!

At this moment!

Ben was as scorching as a burning sun, orange flames enveloping him!

Heatblast was not particularly large.

Compared to the mutated Doctor Animo, he looked as tiny as a child.

Yet the heat he gave off was as searing as that of the sun!

"Who are you now?"

Doctor Animo asked in shock.

Although he now looked completely demonic, Ben's current appearance still left him utterly incredulous.

A living being made of fire and lava.

It had long surpassed everything he understood.

Compared with that, perhaps his opponent was the true demon from hell!

"Don't you remember me, Doctor Animo? We met at Osborn Tower," Ben replied.

Considering that a tough battle awaited him, the first thing he had considered while cracking the Little Broken Watch was the transformation time limit.

However, he had not directly removed the thirty-minute restriction. Instead, he had added a new mode to the watch—Life Lock Mode.

Blukic and Driba had created this mode. Since even they could make it, it was not particularly difficult for the current Ben.

In Life Lock Mode, the Alien Hero Ben transformed into had no time limit.

However, until this mode was deactivated, the Little Broken Watch could not perform any other operations.

"Osborn Tower?"

Animo suddenly recalled a teenage human boy who looked like a student.

"So you were the one with Superpowers back then?"

Anger and astonishment filled him at once. "You were the one who killed my Mutant Creatures? That useless Connors actually failed to eliminate you?"

Originally, after Doctor Animo met Connors and learned about Spider-Man, he had assumed that the person he encountered at Osborn had been Spider-Man.

So he and Connors had split up, with Connors going to deal with Peter.

"You really are an unexpected surprise!"

Animo stretched out a hand, slowly curling his fingers as though he were clutching something in his palm.

He did not mourn Connors's failure for even a moment.

Because Ben, the burning Heatblast now standing before him, had completely shattered his understanding of living creatures!

Earth's creatures were all carbon-based lifeforms, and fire could destroy most species.

But if he could obtain the genes of the creature before him, he could create even greater lifeforms!

"With you, I can create even more powerful Mutant Creatures and even break the shackles of carbon-based life!"

In fact, in the original animated series, he had succeeded.

Using only the small amount of genetic material that had leaked from the Omnitrix, Animo had created countless alien Mutant Creatures.

For example, an insect army with the abilities of Stinkfly and Ditto, gigantic bats with Heatblast's powers... He had even turned Max Tennyson into a pile of monstrous bugs.

"I!"

"Will become a god!"

He raised his monstrous arms high. His massive body looked like a carefully sculpted statue of a demon.

In the vast lobby of Stark Tower, the towering peak of the building rose into the clouds above them.

Silent moonlight streamed in through the blasted opening, like the gentle caress of a goddess falling into the Abyss, shining upon the monstrous Animo.

It actually gave him a sense of holiness.

But that was only the moon. Now, Ben was the blazing sun that would illuminate the darkness!

Watching Animo start raving again, Ben could not be bothered with pointless talk. Flames ignited in his orange palm as he fired a searing blast at his opponent!

"Come on!"

Animo did not dodge. His arm was thicker than an elephant's leg and covered in scales and bone spikes!

He wanted to test exactly how hot Ben's flames were!

"BOOM!!!"

A deafening explosion rang out!

The instant the flames collided with Animo, they erupted with tremendous force!

It was like dozens of barrels of oil had been piled together and detonated. The shockwave made the ground tremble in an instant!

"Idiot!" Ben sneered.

Heatblast's flames did far more than simply burn!

Besides possessing enough heat to melt highly heat-resistant metals in an instant, Ben could freely control the flames and make them produce explosive effects.

And their explosive power was far stronger than missiles!

This was an ability that another fire-based hero, Swampfire, did not possess.

Of course, in exchange, Swampfire's abilities were more diverse and more versatile than Heatblast's.

Animo was blasted backward, rolling across the ground several times.

His arm had been charred by the flames, giving off the bitter stench of burning flesh and sour rot.

But in the next second, the chunks of flesh roasted by the fire fell off on their own, and new flesh completely grew back within seconds.

Clearly, Animo possessed the abilities Connors had, and they were even more terrifying!

"You actually managed to hurt me!"

He rose to his feet again, his gaze toward Ben growing far more cautious.

His skin had fused the genes of many prehistoric creatures, and after being affected by the Mutation Ray, his defense could only be described as astonishing!

The fact that Ben's flames could injure him was enough to prove how dangerous his opponent was!

Although he possessed super healing abilities, he could still feel pain.

In fact, because his senses had been greatly enhanced, his perception of pain had been amplified as well. It was only that his endurance had increased alongside it.

Yet the look in his eyes as he watched Ben grew even more excited.

"If I can obtain your genes, I can hardly imagine how powerful I'll become!"

"Too bad. You won't get them."

Though flames covered Ben's entire body, his tone was ice-cold.

He had confirmed that the flames' temperature could indeed hurt Animo.

Since that was the case, there was nothing left to worry about.

All he needed to do next was keep raising the temperature!

He clenched his fist, and flames surged fiercely. Their original orange-yellow color slowly condensed until they became an incomparably blood-red shade!

Now, as he watched the battle-hungry Animo, only one sentence flashed through his mind:

"Use Flame Punch on him!"