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.

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

Roar!

Roar!

Roar!

beasts were approaching

ready to engage them. This way, Noel could focus on the

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

was nothing to apologize for, so why would

showed the reason in his

energy

Sword Transmutation would create a powerful and thick strike. But Noel could finally

And he

clenched the sword handle

the demons were about to reach him,

Roar!

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

draw,

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

Sword Transmutation fused with Fear emotion and his

Ro—!

let out a roar, but they

with all the trees and boulders within 50 meters

Demon that failed to dodge managed to block it, but both of its arms were gone and there was

Demon. They usually needed twenty or thirty percent

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

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

wasn't faking the attack from its mouth with the web.

the spider had bought enough time to gather the necessary

his sword. It was a signal to Anna,

the airport, twenty percent to block the spider's first attack, and another twenty percent for the last two slashes and ice lotus. He should

what she didn't know was that Noel planned to use the remaining energy for this one attack to create an opportunity for them

chose Divine Slash as his last

like the spider, this slash contained an enormous amount

breath, looking at

Scree!

the same ray of light that was used

the other hand, Noel

Divine Slash!

light produced a green color while the Divine Slash ran through the ground and expanded,

for the first time, the sky

the light itself, while the latter was corroding the