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."

the Ancient Demon's capability, glanced at Noel. Their morale was low,

watch me because it might be useful for

stopped when she saw Noel's resolute face. She ultimately nodded,

to risk his life

Noel raised his blade on

while gathering

strike can't penetrate its defense… Can the Sword Transmutation, which is much weaker than my strike, deal any

as much energy as he could. After five seconds,

Transmutation." Noel swung his

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

less powerful, not dangerous. It didn't even bother to lift

that this attack was different from anything they had shown so far, but that was

spiritual energy that pushed anything

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

layers of emotion and element were pushed forward in front of the real Sword

his barrier earlier, now that there was no way to go

with the emotion and element. Normally, this was done within the sword, which created a stable power. But due to the sudden fusion in the environment,

the air,

turned the Sword

was the Anger, which drastically increased the sharpness of the sword

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

*Bam!*