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."

also dumbstruck by the Ancient Demon's capability, glanced at Noel. Their morale was low, but Anna still noticed the trace of hope that his

to me. Remember to watch me because it might be useful for you later. Once I run out of spiritual energy, I'll leave

saw Noel's resolute face. She ultimately nodded,

risk his life

Rune remained intact, Noel

a deep breath while gathering his energy into

than my strike, deal any damage? Why not use Divine Slash?' Anna was observing him like

as he could. After five seconds, he

Transmutation." Noel swung his

sword released the energy to the ground as the latter flared up, creating a

strong strike didn't deal any damage to its leg, the spider deemed this strike, which was less powerful, not dangerous.

a mistake. The spider only noticed at the last moment that this attack was different from anything they had shown so far, but

first layer was just a simple spiritual energy

emotion and element. Yes, Noel infused the emotion with a layer of spiritual energy. The same applies to

element were pushed forward in front of the real

there was no way

which created a stable power. But due to the sudden fusion in

instability caused a reaction to the spiritual energy in the air, which caused a burst of even more powerful

it suddenly climbed the spider's leg. The fusion with the element turned the

not least, the emotion he infused into the attack was the Anger, which drastically increased the sharpness of the sword

energy had nowhere to run. So the only thing it

*Bam!*