While Jason was talking to Wisse, the tournament continued, and it didn't take long before the second round started and his name was announced.

Wisse was knowledgeable but even he didn't know anything about the depth and all complexities of a soul contract.

Because of that Jason would have to test out several different situations.

There were multiple approaches to do so, and the easiest would be to try binding a slave of the Olympus federation to his soul world!

If it was possible to bind someone to his soul, despite him or her being under an enslavement soul pact, Jason could test terminating the enslavement soul pact before dissolving the soulbond with the said slave.

Dissolving a soul connection was only possible in the first 24 hours because the binding process would mostly take longer.

Despite that, there were several things Jason didn't know like how much soul energy he would require to bind and control an intelligent foreign race, if it was higher than normal beasts, and if a human with a soul world could even be bound to another soul world!

Soul energy was what Jason had altogether and it would be the smallest issue, and only the latter part about the human race's soul world worried him.

Nevertheless, he had finally found the first clue to rescue the Flers which was everything he wanted to achieve, followed by finding out more about the past of his family.

There were several other things he had to figure out yet, but Jason couldn't focus on everything at once.

Inside the arena ring, he faced a dragonewt with a unique innate fire affinity that seemed to have mutated.

As such, the female dragonewt's strength increased substantially as she enveloped herself in a crimson-red armor of flames.

'Is everyone trying to turn into an armored warlord or what?' This was the only thing Jason could ask himself as he allowed Solaris to enter his mana core.

Despite not gaining any advantage in terms of physical strength or mana core enlargement by letting Solaris occupy his mana core, Jason's control over the fire affinity as well as the pace at which he could circulate mana through his body increased.

At the same time, his mana consumption by utilizing the black flame affinity decreased drastically while the flames' lethality increased in proportion!

All-in-all, Solaris allowed him to turn into a humanoid flamethrower.

That was exactly what he did and conjured more than a hundred spears of black flames.

They were compressed and Jason threw them at the dragonewt who was at the 6th Lique stage. She had reached the peak of the 9th Lique stage thanks to her unique affinity, the body refinement technique she had used, and the cultivation technique the young woman had exerted every single day!

Unfortunately for her, Solaris' strength was at par with a flame at the 10th Lique stage, in addition to owning a mana nullification ability!

Thus, Solaris burned through the crimson flames that spread through the entire arena. While most black spear flames prevented the dragonewt from evading, only a small number of the flames pierced through her arms, legs, and small wings that were tightly folded on her back.

Jason had avoided targeting her vital spots which was noticeable, and the fight seemed to end before it had even truly begun.

Yet, what Jason hadn't expected was that the female dragonewt wouldn't give up even after having been pierced by more than 10 black flame spears.

This caused him to nod his head in acknowledgment, only to hope that his opponent realised that she was burned from the inside.

Weirdly enough, the dragonewt acted as if she was unbothered by that fact, which made Jason recall the Klarir.

'I cannot let another opponent barely escape death.'

His thoughts were mostly focused on the future relationship he wanted the human race to establish with the Olympus federation.

As such, black flames spurted out of Jason's back, creating wings and he simply ascended into the air while looking at the girl who was about to advance towards him as he said.

"Just surrender, you won't be able to defeat me with the injuries you've already sustained, let alone the flames that burn through your insides right now!"

Despite his warning, the dragonewt ignored him. Instead, she glared at him in anger as if he was oblivious to the importance the liberation tournament held to the participants. Seeking to vent out her frustration, she released her entire mana at once.

The dragonewt had been forced to use the technique she had honed for several years much earlier than she had wanted to.

She had wanted to save it as a last resort and use it to win the liberation tournament in the final round but somehow Jason had made her reveal her trump card sooner..

Unfortunately, this was unavoidable as she had been matched against Jason, who had already been an ominous opponent since he had completed the second round.

Nevertheless, according to the dragonewts' estimations, Jason should have used up a vast majority of his mana in order to conjure over one hundred compressed black flame spears!

As such, she sensed her chance to retaliate.

Utilizing her entire mana, she manifested a ginormous head of a dragon around herself as a thunderous roar resounded in the colosseum, shaking the concrete and spectators.

"Is that the secret technique [True Dragon manifestation]??" One of the higher-ups asked the old dragonewts who was seated close to him.

It was another higher-up of the Olympus federation, but the old woman laughed lightly. Before she could answer his question with a bright smile, they heard another laugh next to them.

"True Dragon manifestation??? You don't even know what kind of existence a True dragon is! If this young dragonewt would be able to manifest the replica of a true dragon in the form of her fire affinity, I would personally send her to a true fire dragon!

But don't be fooled, this is nothing but a scam, and even half-fledged dragons are more powerful than what you can possibly imagine.

Just look at the fight!"

Wisse felt ridiculous that the female dragonewt had planned to affirm the old Klarir's assumption which was evident from the expression she had revealed.

As such, he had felt forced to intervene as the pride of dragons was on the line!

However, his words were true. If the young female dragonewt was able to manifest the replica of a true dragon, he would have taken her to a true fire dragon to train her as well!

She was only at the 8th Lique stage, and would need to be extremely talented to show something as mighty as a true dragon!

The old dragonewt wanted to throw a fit at the young voice that had interrupted them but noticed that it was the Olympus federation's guest and the representative of the dragonoids.

As such, she gulped down her anger and simply nodded her head before turning around.

Taking a deep breath, she ignored the Klarir's ridiculing smile as she focused on the fight right in front of her.

Meanwhile, Jason was astonished by the sheer mass of compressed mana and crimson flames that created the replica of a dragon head. It looked similar to the picture he had seen of the Ice Dragon which Jael Drake had defeated years ago.

Throwing Wisse a short glance while using his memories, Jason could roughly understand what the female dragonewt had tried to do.

Despite that, it was impossible for Jason to not give a light smile as he had already scanned through the dragonewts attack.

At that moment, Solaris seemed to erupt inside his mana core, trying to tell him that it was ready to steal the girl's show!

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