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.

Level Demons suddenly emerged from the woods to their right. The

Roar!

Roar!

Roar!

approaching at

around while holding her blade, ready to engage them. This way, Noel could

demons

nothing to apologize for, so why would he

showed the reason in his next

his spiritual energy from his sheathed

thick strike. But Noel

do was speed. And he based this attack on Anna's sword draw. It could

deep breath and clenched the sword

about to reach

Roar!

Superior Demons noticed the attack and leaped into the air to avoid it. However, all Peak Level Demons and one Superior

a quick draw, unleashing the

strike that flew for a good distance. But this time, the crescent shape became more elongated and disappeared right after a

in that split second, the Sword Transmutation fused with Fear emotion and his ice

Ro—!

to let out a

half along with all the

arms were gone and there was a

or thirty percent of their total spiritual energy

another distraction. After that attack, the demons suddenly leaped away, bringing their injured friend away before Noel

eyes as he noticed a powerful fluctuation from the spider. His gaze

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

the spider had bought enough time to gather the necessary amount, it was time

me," said Noel while raising his sword. It was a

the spider's first attack, and another twenty percent

was that Noel planned to use the remaining energy for this one attack to create an

chose Divine Slash as

this slash contained an enormous

took a deep breath, looking

Scree!

spewed the same ray of light that was used to corrode everything

hand, Noel swung

Divine Slash!

light produced a green color while the Divine Slash ran through the ground and expanded, releasing a burst of blue light that reflected the ice element

the two collided for the first time, the sky turned into two

mixed with the ice element tried to freeze the light itself, while the latter was corroding the ice and shattering it into pieces