The air around Keith shuddered.
Even the bravest among the Superheroes instinctively stepped back.
A few tried one last plea.
"You don't have to do this! You're walking a dark path!"
But their voices were drowned by the energy rippling off his body like the core of a nuclear engine.
One of the commanders whispered to his team, "He's at least Tier Five physical. We can't delay anymore. Teams One through Nine, fire suppression barrage!"
Another shouted, "Stage Four elementalists, target limbs! Don't try to kill him—just bring him down!"
And then—the sky erupted.
BOOM!
A geyser of flame shot from a red-clad woman's palm, roaring toward Keith like a volcanic eruption.
SHHHHRAAA!
A silver-haired meta launched twin blades of ice the size of buses, slicing through the air.
From above, a cape-wearing teenager with star patterns on his gloves rained down dozens of gravity spheres, slamming into the ground like meteorites.
"Binding net, now!"
