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.

smirked and raised his sword to his back. Suddenly, the Spiritual Energy erupted on his sword as

would expect from a Demon Banner

confident and his action was bold, thinking Noel wouldn't be able to do

waved his blade horizontally. The Spiritual Energy

Noel hurriedly used the Surprise Emotion to bolster his defense and raised his sword to the

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

meter long blade. It was surprising to see there was a blade this long even if it was

kind of blade would surely take a toll on his physical body, so Noel ignored the numbing pain in his hands and leaped forward, trying to defeat him in close combat. With

movement since there were a lot of

a split second as the energy went backward,

Noel was shocked because the new form looked like a spear. That shock actually stopped him from attacking this guy as the latter was

because he was

was trying their best to

again. Noel wasn't planning to lose either. These two strikes provided a lot of information about this

pattern to use against such

came, Noel rushed to the enemy while gathering his Spiritual Energy on his boots instead of his

but decided to use the long sword again. He used the weight of a long sword and

surprise, Noel actually stopped and raised his right foot.

*Clink!*

there as another clicking sound echoed in their ears. The guy was astounded to see Noel's boot was actually as strong as a metal. He didn't know

step on the blade before using