Taking a deep breath, Jason and Artemis tried to synchronize their emotions which were easier than expected as both were eager to fight against the seven remaining participants on the ground.

Their excitement had been accumulated throughout the last few minutes in which they had observed the battle royale while evaluating everyone's strength precisely.

This was not exactly problematic owing to the Emperor Eyes Jason could use to perceive everyone's cultivation base, their unique traits, what kind of affinity they had, and even which cultivation techniques they had practiced in.

As such, both he and Artemis were perfectly prepared to join the fray as a faint thread loosened from Jason's mana core, slowly approaching Artemis, who accepted the connection willingly.

While they had decided to join the fray, the others had already begun to fight against each other.

Weirdly enough, three groups seem to have been formed which was something Jason hadn't expected.

The Tigron was evidently one group and one would normally suspect that everybody else would make a tacit agreement to deal with the biggest threat first.

However, instead of doing so, the Hran, Hamaa and Fyrmn prodigy formed the second group, leaving Jarid alone.

The Ilian had to stay vigilant against two groups of powerful prodigies at once, which was extremely odd to look at.

In Jason's opinion, there was no reason to shun Jarid like an outcast because it would be better for everyone if he were to join the fight against the Tigron group.

Nevertheless, Jason couldn't help but think that he might as well turn Jarid into his ally then!

As such, he slowly descended while releasing his Celestia aura and stigma that merged, only to slowly transform due to Artemis' influence.

Jason's hair had already turned white-silverish, and his wings had enlarged.

Pitch-black horns grew out of his head and the aura that was created under Artemis' wild influence had a distinct cold in it that seeped through the air within the arena.

There was no suppressing pressure or a thunderous roar that reverberated through the arena, but only the distinct cold.

At that moment, Jason summoned Byakur that vibrated the moment ice-cold mana was inserted into it.

Turning his head toward the Olympus federations' authorities, his eyes that had turned ice-blue pierced through them, as he mumbled in a barely audible whisper.

"Nobody expects me to hold back against real prodigies, right?"

In the end, the ancestors were allowed to intervene, and Jason thought that everyone was fully aware that he couldn't hold back if he were to fight against someone whose combat prowess was above the norms of an ordinary being at the peak of the 10th Lique stage!

With that being said, he turned his head back to the battlefield that looked like a trainwreck.

Everything was destroyed and the surrounding mana was unstable and chaotic.

Because of that, Jason increased his mana absorption rate, absorbing the chaotic mana.

Under normal circumstances this was dangerous, but he had fused with Artemis right now!

She was not only a mutant but could devour almost everything that consisted of mana.

At least that was what Jason had learned during the last few years they had been fighting together.

Artemis could eat impure mana cores, mana stones, and even transmuted mana.

As such, he followed his primal instincts that were under Artemis' influence as he absorbed the surroundings' mana.

His mana core was already overflowing with mana, and Jason simply used it in order to manifest three huge, yet highly compressed icicles.

Aiming at Xyna's group, he threw the sky blue colored icicles at them.

The icicles shot towards her at a rapid pace, only for her to manifest three lances out of light as a counterattack.

Yet, the moment she shot the lances towards the icicles, they had already exploded, releasing dense mist, blocking the Tigron's sight from what was happening.

Meanwhile, Jason flew towards Jarid and had already appeared next to him who was breathing heavily and bleeding out of several cuts he had sustained.

Upon taking a closer look with his Emperor Eyes, Jason could tell that his friend was only putting up a show which caused him to smile.

"Are you really sure that you're taking this seriously?" He asked with a smile, only to see that Jarid's eyes had turned purple, and glowed brightly.

"Alright, calm down, I'll take it back." Jason added before he landed in front of him.

While approaching Jarid, he had subconsciously utilized Artemis' ice affinity that had become much stronger during the last few months. It had further enhanced owing to their fusion that increased every superior trait Jason and Artemis had respectively.

As such, the entire mist enveloped the arena shrouding the spectacle of several hundred small icicles that had freezing characteristics intertwined into it.

This was a new property Artemis had comprehended and Jason had wanted to test it out for quite some time.

Unfortunately, he had never found the right opportunity. But now he felt that it was time.

After Jason was certain that Jarid would team up with him, he turned around, releasing an extreme cold from his body that permeated the surrounding area, freezing the ground as his sky blue eyes gleamed, radiating a distinct blue hue that tightly enveloped the young human.

If Jason had already looked less like a human being when he was fused with Petri, he didn't behave like himself while being connected with Artemis either!

His demeanor and unique traits seemed to have succumbed to Artemis, and as everybody watched the fight in rapt attention, a few powerhouses from the Olympus federation noticed something as Wisse mumbled.

"Does he have the bloodline of a beast in his body?"

Everyone knew that mankind was able to bind beasts to their soul owing to the soul world they'd awakened at a young age.

However, nobody from the Olympus federation had truly realised how beneficial such a soulbond can truly be.

The amplification of strength was already strong as well as the affinities they inherited, but in the end, one couldn't train those affinities however one wanted, and beasts had a racial limit too.

Other than that, there was also the fact that soul worlds that could bind beings at the Prismar stage or higher were not common and already perceived as rare.

As such, Jason was not only deemed as an anomaly but even looked at weirdly by Wisse, the being who was the most knowledgeable, despite his young age!

However, Jason couldn't care less about that, as he and Artemis were in control of several hundred freezing icicles that were slowly unveiled as the mist swept over the entire colosseum.

Suddenly, right at the moment, he wanted to release his attack, Artemis transmitted him a thought, which caused him to smile before his expression turned serious once again as he said.

"Freeze!"

With that single word, Jason released a tremendous amount of mana while using his freezing aura to annex the unstable mana in the surrounding, expanding the freezy cold.

At the same time, the hundreds of controlled freezing icicles averted their trajectory towards the Tigrons who had already noticed that something was about to happen.

As such, they had entered a defensive stance while exerting the special martial art techniques to protect themselves from the extraordinarily strong attacks.

They didn't underestimate Jason even a tiny bit and expected his attacks to be at par with Xyna's strongest possible attack.

Despite that, the sight of several hundred icicles that were fired towards them shocked the two Tigrons, while Xyna's eyes gleamed in a bright white glow!

"Winter is coming!" Jason suddenly mumbled as he looked around and found that his surroundings were completely frozen.

The unstable mana around him had turned into ice transmuted mana that seemed to be under Jason's control.

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