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!"

he

the temperature was so low that he thought he was 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 the fact that Noel could manipulate the entire area. "A domain

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

"Bloom!"

Noel said those words,

choice but to grab his scabbard and swing

he remembered that the duke used everything as his sword. So, it was normal for the duke to use

had to spin his body

the scabbard didn't actually aim at him. Instead, the duke used it so that he could create a

simply engulfed by it for a second and landed several meters away with

to do something with that sharp energy." Noel muttered but soon smiled as

there was actually frostbite on his right hand. It seemed that Noel had sent his

more brute force than her. If they

other hand, he didn't want to do

He muttered, 'In that case, let me give you a present for

even sheathed her

sheathed his sword as if planning to do

"That technique is

frowned but still completed her ability. "Raging Lightning

"Sword Draw."

of them pulled out their swords at the same time and struck each

Boom!

clash of energy shook the entire field. The people on top of

dust settled down, they could see that there was shattered

appeared all over

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

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

the other hand, the one on her

Evan gave a piece of advice to Anna before turning to Noel, who rushed

his sword to match Noel's movement,

had used the Cold Empowerment that boosted his ability in the cold. But it wouldn't last long since

expected, he had just

asked, "Your sword is unique and always changing. However, don't forget that if it ends up

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

Humans will change, our hearts will change, and our hatred

sword. The moment Noel waved

spiritual energy around his sword like that of a

ice was extremely sharp and flew in five directions as though. Instead of a single sword strike, Noel actually

parts turned into five slashes that soon expanded in all directions to create a star. And when

had used the Sword Transmutation to power up his Anger Emotion, and this time, he amplified the Distress Emotion to create a powerful slash like this.