System vs Rebirth

'How?'

While Noel asked that question, the guy clicked his tongue before smiling. "I guess even a baby, it's still a lion. Even if you lower your guard, you still put some distance…"

The guy was implying that Noel had the chance to block it right in front of his neck as if he was trying to make no waste movement. But Noel was more careful than he originally thought because he blocked it a bit far away from any vital area as if calculating the opponent's strength.

However, Noel didn't understand what he was talking about. He was still trying to figure out the enemy's strength.

It seemed the enemy didn't intend to wait for him as he charged forward with his blade, making the same swing as the previous one.

Noel remembered what happened in the previous slash and hurriedly used his Everchanging Sword Style to strike it. He used Fear to improve his speed for a split second, hitting the sword upward.

The guy smirked as if he didn't care about this sudden change of trajectory. He used the same ability to put a small wound on Noel's face.

Unfortunately, the distance between his neck and the sword was bigger than earlier. This time, Noel could finally see what was going on and ducked down.

His hair was cut a bit and Noel was forced to leap back.

Still, that clash gave him a lot of information. He recalled what happened earlier.

At the last second, the enemy's blade seemed to be releasing Spiritual Energy that formed another blade like an extension. It turned out the enemy could manipulate his Spiritual Energy freely as a weapon.

noticing Noel's change of expression, the enemy smirked and raised his sword to his back. Suddenly, the Spiritual Energy erupted on his sword

As one would expect from a Demon Banner Army's knight,

his action was bold, thinking Noel

confidence, he waved his blade horizontally. The Spiritual Energy erupted once again as

to bolster his defense and raised his

hit by a huge boulder. The sound was soon followed by a few bumping sounds as a few trees were cut down

blade. It was surprising to see

numbing pain in his hands and leaped forward,

kind of movement since there were a lot of people who

The guy's blade shrunk in a

like a spear. That shock actually stopped him from attacking this guy as the latter was trying

was

enemy was trying their best to defeat

striking Noel, the guy retracted the blade again and changed its form again. Noel wasn't planning to lose either. These two

was pondering an attack pattern

while

sword again. He used the weight of a long

foot. Instead of blocking or

*Clink!*

was astounded to see Noel's boot

step on the blade before using the sword's momentum to launch