[Victory, Jason Stella] 

Immediately after Jason heard this message from the AI, he stopped releasing the poisonous fog, as he enveloped the writhing and crying girl in front of him in a thick layer of ice in order to prevent the more corrosive poison from injuring her skin while at the same time cooling her down.

Even if she could be healed later, the pain she had to go through was not something everyone could overcome just like that and she might even end up with small trauma.

He didn't feel anything from his own poison and even foreign poison should be less effective against him thanks to Scorpio's hard work to comprehend and compose all kinds of poison while he was inside the soul world.

Looking at the girl in front of him, Jason felt suddenly extremely bad because he was still unable to perfectly control his poison affinity, and to add on, the poison he released was required to have a high corrosive effect thanks to the vines covering her completely.

Sighing deeply, he felt a strong gust of wind around him, as the poisonous fog was dissolved, with him and the ice-layered girl being revealed.

The medic team was shocked to see the girl's appearance and glared at Jason, who could only glance at the girl apologetically as he released her out of the small ice layer he manifested around her.

Releasing multiple healing currents from their affinity, the medic team ignored Jason's whole existence when they infused her multiple potions with all kinds of colors, after smearing a lotion on her corroded skin.

Walking out of the arena, he was glared at by almost all students, teachers, and citizens around him, as even the Fler's looked at him weirdly.

Greg gulped down his saliva, as he asked.

"Will you do the same against me?!"

Hearing this, and noticing Greg's hesitation, Jason couldn't help but smirk as he teased.

"So you want to beat me up with your berserk ability, while I can't even release some poison?! I didn't know that you were such a feeble youth? Should I go and purchase some baby powder and wipes, so you can release everything without any problems?"

Frowning, Greg didn't even know what to say, as he tried to comprehend what exactly Jason meant with baby powder and wipes?!

'Release everything without any problems?!.... Is he comparing me to a baby right now!?' 

Making his own conclusion, Greg glared at his friend, as he gritted his teeth, as he said 

"I'll take you down, even if you use everything you have!" 

When Greg said these words, Jason smiled and he also hoped that he could use everything up to his sleeves.

After a short while, Jason's defeated opponent was carried out of the arena and the tournament continued as if nothing happened.

Almost two more hours passed until the Top 50 round was completed with the last 25 participants remaining, and a short break in order to recuperate was made before the next round would start.

Talking with the Fler's, Jason suddenly noticed Seron approaching him from far away, with a familiar youth next to him.

Seeing the blue-haired youth next to Seron, Jason involuntarily stiffened as his eyes widened in shock.

'Max Drake?! Why is he here??' 

Max Drake's appearance itself was not something he should be afraid of but what his appearance on Astrix included was obvious…

More than a month ago, Max left with the Drake family patriarch to Canir, but with him being in front of him, this could only mean that the Drake family patriarch or someone below him was there!

Goosebumps covered his whole body and he could hardly contain himself, as Seron saw him.

Waving his trembling hand, as if nothing special happened, Malia noticed his anxiety and a trace of fear in his eyes, which was something she never saw in his eyes, even when Lux shot at him inside the four-star rift.

This caused her to feel immediately uncomfortable, as she also stiffened slightly because it couldn't be something positive.

Approaching the Fler's and Jason, Seron with Max next to them greeted everyone politely, while Seron was somewhat disappointed in Jason.

However, he understood that he couldn't force his friend into doing something he didn't want, and in the end, it wouldn't be a disadvantage for him, even if he was forced to wait a little bit longer.

The chance that Jason could help him to pick the better, earth dragon egg was there and Seron couldn't just disregard this opportunity.

Gripping it firmly was better than doing something wrong.

It was also surprising for Seron that Max arrived in front of his house late at the previous night, and it was fortunate that he was at home, otherwise, Max would have to stay somewhere else.

However, what was even weirder was Till's reaction, because his eyes widened slightly, as he saw Max before he started to ask him weird questions, like "Where his father was?" and "who came with you to Astrix?".

Not being able to comprehend what exactly Till wanted to figure out, Seron could only ask his master, who decided to not answer for the moment.

Taking a few deep breaths, Jason's golden eyes shimmered vibrantly as he began to calm down slowly.

Introducing everyone to Max, he seized him up with, and he couldn't help but feel awestruck as he noticed that Max's mana core already entered the 6th Expert rank, while his soul world amplified his mana core size to the 9th Expert rank.

Jason was already aware that Max's formed a soulbond contract with an unblemished beast, but he was still astonished to see that his mana core size increased by such a large margin.

His mana was also transmuted to a high degree, which indicated a high water affinity, which caused Jason to estimate that Max's soulbond was a beast that solely focused on its water affinity which innately possesses a high amount of mana.

Even if Jason couldn't be sure of that fact, he just hoped so because otherwise, Max's soul world would amplify his physique and mana core to the same degree as Jason's.

Shaking his head, he looked at Max who returned his gaze with a faint smile, as he said "Hello Jason!"

Hearing this, Jason couldn't help but feel taken aback for a moment because the blue-haired youth in front of him seemed to be completely changed from his prior arrogant behavior, and Max noticed this, as he said.

"After the arrival of the three envoys, many things changed….just don't ask about it, alright?"

Somehow, Max's seemed pitiful to Jason right now because there was a distinct pain in his eyes, which caused him to think about the possible reason for this.

'What could've changed his demeanor to such a degree and at the same time inflict so much pain, that it's still apparent in his eyes?!'

However, even after pondering about it for some time, Jason could only imagine that it had something to do with the three envoys, which Max already said and probably his behavior at this time, which was rather anxious.

'Maybe his father forced him to do something, to become less anxious if something like this were about to happen again?'

But without any evidence, it wouldn't be right to conclude anything, as such he decided to focus on the more important things!

Still looking at Max, Jason straightforwardly asked.

"Your father should be busy, right? How did you come here? It should be pretty far to come here just like that without any reason, right?"

Max's lips twitched for a second before he answered

"My Grandpa wanted to see me and my father told me to take his subordinates with….Now that I think about it, Grandpa wanted to talk to you after he received a message from my father...But you were right, he is pretty busy and couldn't come here!"

After he finished his speech, Max still added an extremely silent "fortunately" before he looked at Jason for a moment.

Hearing that Old Drake wanted to see him, Jason could hardly contain his facial expression, but rather than feeling down, he felt good because the Drake family patriarch was not present, and instead his subordinates.

Even if they were sovereigns, Jason doubted that they were stronger than Shane, when he suddenly thought about his master's injury, which decreased his combat prowess by a large margin.