Solaris was still unable to fuse with him as Artemis and Petri, and if Jason were, to be honest, he was unsure why.

Petri's soul connection was not as firm as Solaris' after all!

Nevertheless, the strong soul conjunction of Solaris gave him several advantageous effects even without fusing together.

With an extremely low mana consumption, and the ability to control its flames however he wanted, Solaris was able to turn Jason into a glass cannon-like being, with strong attacks, yet weak endurance.

There was just one important factor that made him different from a normal glass cannon while allowing Solaris to occupy his mana core- he was not restricted physically.

His physique was still strong enough to be at par with Prisma stage beings as long as he used other amplifying factors, which meant that Jason was, in fact, able to deal significant damage to others while having high defensive capabilities!

Given the long-range attack of Solaris' black flames that were on the Prisma rank and their unique property to burn through cultivation energies if wanted, the origin flame was extremely powerful and was perfectly suited for the current situation.

Facing massive numbers of opponents while being in a confined space brought back painful memories of the Yaslrn cave incident, in which Scorpio died.

Through this, frustration, sadness, and anger which Jason had thought to have been long since released, resurfaced.

This was a perfectly natural behavior, but according to what he knew, acting as he was currently doing was not what he was ought to do as a Celestia.

It would just increase the possibility of him becoming an Infernal Celestia, which was why the Celestia race had most likely evolved towards a direction in which they were unable to accumulate and maintain their hatred.

At least, Jason assumed it to be like that or similar, because he couldn't know the exact answer solely based on the intel he had acquired until now.

Nevertheless, given that he was both a human and a Celestia, Jason had to find a way to make both sides cooperate instead of letting them influence each other negatively.

The latter would be the worst, and it was something he had to prevent by all means.

As such, he had to release his emotions without giving them too much time to accumulate within him.

With that in mind, Jason's Stigma and his Aura flared up, as black flames erupted from his entire body.

Taking a single glance at Jennifer, who already knew about all important properties Solaris had, he saw her manifest a thin membrane of her merged energies, enveloping her body with it.

Through this, Jason understood that Jennifer realised what he was about to do, which was not exactly difficult to achieve.

This helped a lot, and with a thick layer of Solaris' fire enveloping him tightly, Jason took another step forward as Byakur manifested in his hand, vibrating, seemingly in joy.

After enveloping it with Solaris' flames, in addition to using a large amount of mana which he inserted into it, the majority of runes began to shine brightly, piercing through the black layer of flames.

The moment Jason summoned Byakur while activating its runes, the assassins instinctively halted in their tracks.

They could already perceive the threat emanating from the black flames, but that was already something they had expected.

However, what they didn't expect to occur was that their rune disrupting device had been rendered useless.

In a last-ditch effort, they tried to utilise the runes on their own weapons but noticed that it was still not working. Thus, they couldn't help but look at the weapon in Jason's hand, visibly shocked as one of the assassins blurted out.

"Impossible!"

When Jason saw their reaction, he couldn't hide his smile anymore, and it was only because of the black flames that enveloped his entire body like a tight armor that nobody was able to see him.

Before, he had been unsure whether everything would work according to his plan or not, but his worries had disappeared in thin air.

Byakur was his soul weapon, thus the engraved runes were different from normal ones, changed by the influence of his soul imprints.

It might have been forged on Argos, by someone, whose blacksmithing knowledge couldn't even remotely be compared to that of Pera or anyone else.

Nevertheless, Byakur was something unique, bound to his soul and extremely strong despite all the concerning factors that should have worried him a lot.

Probably owing to his soul, and the massive changes the runes on Byakur had undergone as it had been forged, they had become different compared to normal runes.

Jason was not sure what exactly could have happened, but it didn't matter right now.

What mattered right now was defeating the assassins, as quickly as possible, while being unscathed if feasible, was the most important!

As such, he let out his frustration, anger, and sadness, changing the Celestia aura that was directly connected to the range of emotions he released.

Through this, the amplifications his aura released were further enhanced, only to overlap with the Stigma's effects, further reinforcing each other.

Owing to that, Jason's energy circulation increased drastically, while the same applied to his mana replenishing pace that accelerated.

Releasing more and more flames, Jason filled the entire room behind him with thousands of fire needles.

Each of them had a tiny fraction of Solaris' essence, which meant that only a single needle had to scratch an assassin before their bodies would be invaded by Solaris!

After that, the assassins would be burned from the inside while their life force would be deprived of them.

This was another of Solaris' unique properties which it had acquired during the Great Argos war.

It was an exceptional ability, and useful for many things, increasing the variety of attacks Jason could employ by several times.

With everything he had been given in the current situation, he could face a huge crowd of opponents as long as the tiny needles were strong enough to pierce through their defenses.

However, that was exactly the problem Jason had before, his lack of mana.

Yet, with the low mana consumption Solaris required to use its flames, the problem about his lack of mana was not concerning, not even to the slightest.

This was even less the case owing to the Celestia aura that had been affected by his emotions, further decreasing the mana consumption he had.

As such, he didn't hesitate a single moment as he erupted in ravaging flames that manifested from his body, filling the entire room in mere seconds.

The flames' searing heat increased the room's temperature instantly, only to increase further the more mana Jason injected into Solaris.

With the increased mana consumption, the other properties Solaris had were also enhanced, further reinforcing the ability to burn energy as well as the defenses of the assassins that were rushing towards him.

The closest assassins that had advanced to the Prisma stage were already defenseless causing Jason to smile as he thought.

'Let the show begin!'

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