Reluctant to lose the fight against Jason, Karn glared right into Jason's eyes before he tried to lift his arms.

It took him a second in order to move them while he was tightly held by Jason.

However, when he was finally ready, Karn used some of the mana he had released and traces from his surroundings to exert the secret technique he'd learned at a young age, manifesting a sky blue flame around his body.

They were searing hot and burned through everything they touched, matching the deadly effects of Solaris, astonishing Jason for a moment before he closed his eyes as his entire head was enveloped in thick, black scales.

The moment Jason was fully enveloped and protected by Petri's black scales, both Jason and Karn crashed right into the center of the arena, causing thunderous noises as the ground cracked, pushing Karn into the ground.

Dirt, sand, and debris were stirred up, blocking everyone's sight, as an eerie silence filled the colosseum once again.

Everyone thought Karn had died as the blue flames disappeared a moment after he was catapulted into the ground with such a high speed that most spectators weren't even able to perceive what exactly had happened.

To them, Jason's appearance had changed midair, while the black flame wings had turned into a large black fireball. They had watched in fascination as the fireball's explosion catapulted both Jason and Karn towards the ground, only for a blue flame to manifest around them a moment before the impact occurred.

Not only the spectators but even the higher-ups stiffened upon sensing how dangerous Jason's attack that drained only a small amount of mana truly was.

Fearing that Karn had met his demise, the dragonewts echelons released their mana fluctuations in fear.

However, they took a collective breath of relief to notice that he had only lost consciousness while sustaining external injuries.

As such, they averted their attention towards Jason for a short moment and were shocked to realise that he was completely fine.

His mana fluctuations weren't even disrupted which caused them to stiffen as one of the elders rushed towards the arena to carry Karn, their strongest prodigy, out of the arena, and take him to the infirmary.

This didn't attract any attention because the dust, debris, and sand were still covering everyone's sight.

It took a few seconds before the commotion caused by Jason died down, while the young man scratched his back that was singed and had a few missing black scales.

'Sorry Petri!' He transmitted his apologies to his youngest soulbond who could only complain, before transferring his pain to Jason.

Smiling lightly, Jason assisted the regrowth of the burned scales by using the nutrition within him.

His eyes were covered by a thin golden membrane that was connected to the scales, turning Petri's scales into full-scale armor.

This was interesting and Jason couldn't help but feel excited as he had never really used his soulbonds' fortified soul conjunction in such a way.

They were much more versatile than he had thought in the beginning, and even the God's children thought that Jason was using his soulbonds pretty well.

In the end, they had learned everything about the beasts they were told to form a soulbond contract with, long before the binding process was even initiated.

As such, they knew everything about their soulbonds, at least, that was what they had assumed.

However, Jason had taught them that this was not the case because he had shown them something they had never thought to be possible- a proper fusion of a soulbond and its contractor.

Jason had himself found this out recently, but Artemis and his fusion amplified their strength which made it possible for them to elevate their combat prowess.

Owing to that, every battle Jason fought was extremely interesting to the God's children because they hoped to comprehend something they hadn't realised before!

Taking a deep breath, Jason felt exhilarated to achieve his first victory.

He had noticed that Karn had been taken away and by using his Emperor Eyes properly, Jason could tell how the situation on the ground looked like.

His physical strength was at par with someone with a cultivation base at the mid of the 8th Lique stage, only to further increase by utilizing the Floating sky movement technique in addition to circulating mana through his body.

As such, Jason didn't fear anyone right now, as his heart thundered loudly, in sync with Petri, who was eager to fight as it roared out within the mana core.

When Jason heard this roar, he felt something deep within him that caused him to instinctively release his Celestia aura and stigma at once.

Petri's stigma ignited, enlightening the mana core as a faint thread was released from it, making its way towards the young soulbond.

At that moment, the roar Petri had issued was amplified from the depths of Jason's body as he released it.

The thunderous roar reverberated throughout the entire colosseum, shaking its foundation, while the authorities at the Prismar stage released their mana to keep the colosseum intact, preventing it from cracking.

While the roar shocked everyone the faint image of a second reversed wing manifested above his stigma, Jason's eyes turned into golden-silverish slits, subconsciously releasing the curses Petri harbored.

But that was not all because the black scaled, golden veined armor was slowly merging with Jason's skin, enlarging further.

The scale armor was slowly turning into Jason's skin as his hands began to transform too.

Razor-sharp blades seemed to grow out of the tip of his finger forcing Jason to endure unbearable pain, as he felt an uncomfortable itch all over his body.

Petri had formed a faint connection with Jason's mana core, causing his body to enlarge by 20 centimeters as the serpent tail enlarged to a length of five meters before it stopped growing.

It was only then that Jason felt the urge to lift it before swinging it onto the ground of the arena that cracked a little due to the impact.

Through this, Jason could tell that his strength had increased drastically as he took a quick glance at his mana core.

'Are we ready for that? You were eager to fuse with me too, huh?' He thought, only to sense that the connection with Solaris wouldn't be able to be maintained for long.

This seemed to be a restriction of having a weaker soul connection than Jason had with Artemis.

Nevertheless, it was more than enough to show everyone that he, and his soulbond, the basilisk Petri, were not to be taken lightly!

There was a reason why the basilisk was called the king of serpents!

Their roar was only a warning, and a sign they gave to their opponents that they wouldn't show any mercy to the others if someone were to cross the line.

While Jason was overly excited, the colosseum stopped shaking while the spectators were able to finally see something, as the smoke cleared, revealing Jason and the remaining participants.

Yet, before anyone could say something, the ground below Jason began to crack as he pushed himself towards the closest opponent.

With a natural physical strength at the mid 8th Lique stage in addition to the fusion's drastic enhancement, Jason's speed was terrifying.

Only those that had unique movement techniques and an extremely high cultivation base were barely able to face him. Jason activated the floating sky movement technique while circulating a large amount of mana through his body.

In an instant, he could cross the distance of 100 meters which was the shortest distance to his closest opponent.

The Klarir, Jason faced, could barely realise that he was about to be attacked, only to look straight into Jason's golden-silverish serpent eyes that temporarily paralyzed and weakened him.

Before he had time to react, Jason's flat hand pushed against his chest, breaking several bones, and ribs. He was flung towards the arena's wall where he slumped to the ground, losing consciousness before he could even curse at Jason.

With this action, Jason showed everyone that it was the time to fight for their lives, to give their utmost efforts to overcome the threat coming from him, a halfling, who released the aura of a real King!

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