System vs Rebirth

Scree!

The spider let out a loud screeching sound. Noel hurriedly put up the Spiritual Barrier Rune in front of them.

As expected, he felt the impact of the shock wave. He knew that the spider would release a bit of its spiritual energy in this way.

"Noel…" Anna was still shocked by Noel's power. She couldn't believe that Noel instantly surpassed her during this exchange.

At the same time, she slightly understood the concept of the new power that might lead to Spirit Transcendence.

Noel's expression turned grim because the spider was gathering the energy in its mouth again, making him think that he would be using the same attack as the first one.

Noel hurriedly prepared for the incoming attack, only to find the spider suddenly lifting its body up and shooting out the web from its spinneret.

"Kh." Noel gritted his teeth. He was so focused on the spider's most powerful attack that he would end up falling for the spider's trick.

When the spider shot its web, Noel didn't have a lot of time to prepare.

He thought about cutting the web, but he didn't know the reaction it would bring to the web. At the same time, utilizing his ice element would be a rather bad move since the web easily melted it and passed through it.

However, there was one thing that he could try after gaining the new power.

Instead of an ice mirror that was normally used for defense, Noel actually summoned an Ice Lotus above his head.

This huge ice lotus sent forth its petals.

Because this was an ice element technique, he couldn't do it the same way as Sword Transmutation.

However, there was something that could help him trigger a burst of energy from the petals. It was the Everchanging Emotion Sword Style.

That was right. Noel incorporated his emotions into each petal. He had to use different emotions in those five petals to create the disturbance. Hence, he chose Joy, Guilt, Distress, Surprise, and Fear.

He then let all these petals collide right before the web hit them.

Joy produced a blunt force that was used to protect. Surprise boosted the defensive power. Distress and Guilt created two opposite powers, as they represented desperation and hesitation.

Those two emotions were the ones causing the energy flow to change abruptly, hesitating to mix with them while desperately trying to enter.

And the one that acted as the catalyst was Fear emotion, which boosted the speed.

As a result, the process sped up, causing a burst of torrential energy that mixed with the ice petals.

When the web hit them, it was the same as pushing another variable into the system, which caused the ice petals to explode.

The explosion caused the ice to spread in the air, freezing the web in an instant. Even the corrosive power of that web wasn't enough if they were covered in thick ice in just a split second.

Peak Level Demons suddenly emerged from the woods to their right. The Ancient Demon Spider had expected Noel to block that attack, so it

Roar!

Roar!

Roar!

beasts were approaching at

to engage them. This way, Noel

Noel suddenly leaped toward these demons while saying, "Conserve your energy.

There was nothing to apologize for, so why would he

the reason

gathered his spiritual energy from his sheathed

thick strike. But Noel could finally change the Sword Transmutation's approach with

speed. And he based this attack on Anna's sword

deep breath and clenched the sword handle

about to reach him, he unleashed everything

Roar!

avoid it. However, all Peak Level Demons and one Superior Demon

made a quick draw, unleashing the Sword

But this time, the crescent shape

that split second, the Sword Transmutation fused with Fear

Ro—!

wanted to let out

in half along with all the

its arms were gone and there was a deep wound on its chest. It was so injured that

couldn't believe that it was so easy to kill a Superior Demon. They usually needed twenty or thirty percent of their total spiritual energy to kill them. But Noel

that attack, the demons suddenly leaped away, bringing their injured friend away before Noel could kill

widened his eyes as he noticed a powerful fluctuation from the spider. His gaze immediately shifted back to

wasn't faking the attack from its mouth with the web. It had been gathering the energy in its mouth

enough time to gather the necessary amount, it

Noel while raising his sword. It was a signal to Anna, implying that he would

percent to block the spider's first attack, and another twenty percent for the last two slashes and ice lotus. He should have half of his total

Noel planned to use the remaining energy for this one attack to

Slash as his

the spider, this slash contained an enormous amount

took a deep breath,

Scree!

was used to corrode everything in its path until there

other hand, Noel swung

Divine Slash!

through the ground and expanded, releasing a burst of blue light that reflected

the sky turned into two colors as if

the ice element tried to freeze the light itself, while the latter was