System vs Rebirth

"Awaken! Ice Transformation (Lightning Possession)!"

A pair of ice wings appeared on Noel's back and an ice crown hovered above Noel's head. Anna had her eyes and hair turn white as the lightning covered her entire body.

Evan couldn't help but smile in excitement. This was what he had been waiting for. Their strength was amplified and it was clear that there was no side effect from using it.

And as he expected, since both of them were working together, Noel also had the same ability.

"There is no holding back," Noel said while stabbing the ground with his sword.

Ice crystals began to emerge from the ground. They continued expanding as more and more appeared, moving to the duke's location.

"Of course." Evan smiled while lowering his sword. His expression turned solemn as though he were treating Noel as his equal in this fight.

The moment the ice crystal was about to reach him, Evan took a step forward, striking the ice crystal. The swing sliced the ice crystal like paper and that slash actually released a horizontal strike that flew toward Noel.

"Huh?" Noel was surprised because the sword energy was avoiding all the ice crystals on its path and ultimately hitting him. Noel had no choice but to deflect that energy with his sword.

However, Evan wasn't done yet. He actually moved forward and slashed more and more ice crystals. Every single slash launched the same sword energy.

Noel had to block all these sword strikes because, when he tried to avoid them, the sword energy curved once more and chased after him.

And the more sword strikes that landed on him, the closer the duke became.

In just three seconds, the duke had actually gone halfway and Noel couldn't actually escape from his position.

Noticing that he was in trouble, Anna appeared from the side and struck him, only to find it meeting the duke's sword. He had been waiting for Anna because the energy in his sword turned violent the moment the two swords clashed.

Anna wasn't losing either. Her lightning energy clashed with the duke's violent, sharp energy.

The moment it reached the duke, it electrocuted the duke's hand to make it numb and weaken his grip. At the same time, the momentum Anna carried earlier pushed Evan three meters away.

The duke looked at his hand as lightning sparked multiple times, creating some small wounds.

However, Anna wasn't in good shape either. The violent energy reached her hand, shredded apart her sleeve, and left some wounds.

Now that some wounds had begun to appear, the fight had gotten serious.

Still, Anna's attack gave Noel time to recover. He hurriedly rushed to the duke and struck him from above.

Bam!

The duke stopped it with his blade, but the force Noel used actually pinned the duke to the ground and even turned the soil underneath it into a crater.

When the duke was about to release his energy, the temperature dropped even further.

"Frozen Domain!"

activated the new ability he got from the Ice

in the middle of a snowstorm. He had to use a bit of his Spiritual Energy to create a mantle to keep him warm. But the most shocking thing was

with his action. Because the temperature was low, Noel just had to pour a bit more Spiritual Energy

"Bloom!"

moment Noel said those words, the ice crystals

to grab his

a second, but he remembered that the duke used everything as his sword.

to spin his body and strike this scabbard to avoid

used it so that he could create a gale

it for a second and landed several meters away

muttered but soon smiled as he prepared another trick for that

the duke's turn to be shocked because his hands felt ice cold. When he lowered his gaze, there was actually frostbite on his right hand. It seemed that Noel had sent his energy to him at the

of them are impressive. Anna Stargaze reacts and moves one step faster, but Noel Ardagan has more brute force than her.

the royal family's wish. On the other hand, he didn't want to do it because they were the future and Noel didn't seem to be a person who would kill for petty

'In that case, let me give you a present

him fast. She had even sheathed her sword, concentrating her

if planning to do the

Anna was about to reach him, Evan said, "That technique is good, but you

but still completed her ability. "Raging Lightning

"Sword Draw."

them pulled out their swords at

Boom!

people on top of

but when the dust settled down, they could see that there was shattered ground behind the duke. But on the other side, there

wounds suddenly appeared all over her body, and the worst one was on

happened earlier. When they drew their blade, their speed was the same. But the energy flowing out of

result, the energy coming from the duke's blade was able to disperse her energy before it was unleashed completely. And the residual energy

didn't strike her vitals. On the other hand, the one on her thigh was

your lightning provides the penetration force. You have controlled the lightning well, but your speed can't keep up." Evan gave a piece of advice to Anna before turning to Noel, who rushed to him as soon as he saw

swung his sword to match Noel's movement, but he noticed that Noel's strength

in the cold. But it wouldn't last long since he had

emotions to see what actually worked, but as expected, he had just grasped the edge of the Everchanging Emotion

changing. However, don't forget that if it ends up becoming foreign to

Noel might have accepted the change in those emotions and defined them. But if those emotions were generated from random things, he wouldn't be wielding his sword anymore. In fact, it was just an unknown sword with mysterious power. There was no way he could master

will last forever is the change itself. Humans will change, our hearts will change, and our hatred might change into love. That's why

cover his entire sword. The moment Noel waved it, the ice

energy around

though. Instead of a single sword strike, Noel actually amplified the

all directions to create a star. And when they reached the tips, all the sword strikes blossomed into beautiful

Sword Transmutation to power up his Anger Emotion, and this time, he amplified the Distress Emotion to create a powerful slash like this. It was perfect to reflect