System vs Rebirth

'Can we even escape from here alive?'

Noel gritted his teeth. After getting shown the big difference in power, Noel finally understood what kind of nightmare an Ancient Demon was. It was no wonder why Laufey didn't bring them in the previous attack.

He couldn't help but remember the time Dimitri used his True Spirit Body, just to barely escape from a Spirit Transcendence from the Supreme Devil Organization. Even then, the other two captains were severely injured at that time.

Right now, the threat didn't come only from the Ancient Demon. There were other Superior and Peak Level Demons. They had controlled the lower level demons to avoid them getting swept by the attacks, but they still possessed some threat if they decided to launch a volley of attack to restrain Noel and Anna's movements.

'Do I have to become a Spirit Transcendence forcefully? Just by absorbing enough demon crystals, it should be possible even though my skills won't be at the level of Spirit Transcendence. But will it be enough?'

When Noel was thinking, the lightning actually sparked all around him. Even the ice element that was naturally leaking out of his body lowered the temperature.

"Mhmm?" Noel's expression turned grim, noticing something. 'What? Our elements shouldn't have… Don't tell me… the reason why the Ancient Demon could crack the Spiritual Barrier Rune is because he infused spiritual energy into the shock wave?

'No. Should I say he is shooting out multiple streams of spiritual energy and letting the shock wave carry it? This way, those streams of energy will turn into a spear. If that's the case, it's no wonder why the Spiritual Barrier Rune can crack because of a shock wave.'

Noel had just realized that while the danger remained. There was also an opportunity.

The way the Ancient Demon used its spiritual energy was fundamentally different.

'Is that how a Spirit Transcendence fights?' Noel remembered the way the Sword Arbiter used his strength.

He didn't have any proof, but even if he didn't try anything, it would be impossible to escape. So he chose to die trying.

"Anna."

glanced at Noel. Their morale was low, but Anna still noticed the trace of hope that his

useful for you later. Once I run out of spiritual energy, I'll

Anna abruptly stopped when she saw Noel's resolute face. She ultimately nodded, agreeing to

life in order for them to

Rune remained intact, Noel raised his blade on top of his

took a deep breath while

the Sword Transmutation, which is much weaker than my strike, deal any damage? Why not use Divine Slash?' Anna was observing him like he wanted to,

as he could. After five seconds, he finally gathered

swung his sword

latter flared up, creating a ten-meter curtain of pure energy that kept extending toward the

damage to its leg, the spider deemed this strike, which was less powerful, not dangerous. It didn't even bother

at the last moment that this attack was

Noel actually created two layers of Sword Transmutation. The first layer was just a simple spiritual energy that pushed anything in front of them forward. The second layer

element. Yes, Noel infused the emotion with a layer of spiritual energy.

were pushed forward in front of the real

his barrier earlier, now that there was

sword, which created

energy in the

a second before it suddenly climbed the spider's leg. The fusion with the element turned the Sword Transmutation into an ice wall on top of the leg, weakening the tough skin for a

the emotion he infused into the attack was the Anger, which drastically increased the sharpness of the

to the fact that it was frozen, all that sharp energy had nowhere to run. So the only thing it did

*Bam!*