System vs Rebirth

Fortunately, by the time they reached the area, Dimitri hadn't arrived yet. Hence, they immediately went a bit further down the south, which would intercept the airship farther from the Ancient Demon.

They ended up meeting Dimitri more than ten kilometers south of the airport.

He immediately landed the airship and met up with Noel and Anna.

"What? You want me to stop?" Dimitri's expression turned grim. There was no way he could follow that order, considering his task was to bring the demon meat and preserve it to be sold.

Noel shook his head helplessly. "It can't really be helped. Or if you don't want to stop, it's better to head to another destination."

"Another destination? Is there something wrong with this destination, Master?" Dimitri furrowed his eyebrows, feeling something was wrong. There was no way Noel would stop him if nothing happened.

Noel thought it would be too bothersome to lie to Dimitri since the latter would find it sooner or later.

Noel said, "Yeah. There is an Ancient Demon hiding in the airport."

"An Ancient Demon?" Dimitri gasped while taking a step back. However, he soon realized that both of them must have clashed with the Ancient Demon or they wouldn't have known about it. "Master… you…"

If he told him that he died after fighting the Ancient Demon Spider, Dimitri would definitely use whatever he could to stop him from venturing any more.

At the very least, he had told him about the Ancient Demon Spider. He could fill the rest with some lies. "Anna and I barely escaped with our True Spirit Bodies. The Ancient Demon is much more terrifying than we originally thought.

"It is capable of making a strategic move and even controlling a lot of demons in the area. If not for our quick reaction, we would have died."

Anna noticed the lies and decided to support him by adding, "If you bring the airship close to that Ancient Demon, it can release a ray of corrosive light that will reduce the airship and everyone inside it to nothing with a single shot. Hence, it's not wise to go to this destination."

"Master—!" Dimitri was fuming. No matter what, the Ancient Demon was terrifying. They were even more terrifying than a Spirit Transcendence. The latter was like a solo fighter, while the former controlled demons.

Noel stopped him from saying anything else. He exclaimed, "But… that escape also provided us with something."

"Huh?" Dimitri frowned. What could the Ancient Demon Spider give them other than terror?

Noel raised one finger. "Transcendent path."

"!!!" Dimitri widened his eyes in shock. "What? Are you saying…"

"Yeah. After analyzing the way the Ancient Demon fought, we found a new way of fighting that suits us. It gave much stronger power output and a new fighting style."

"…" Dimitri was shaken. On the one hand, he wanted to stop them from continuing this hunt. After all, they would surely come back and challenge the Ancient Demon again. Even if he stopped them, Noel and Anna would simply sneak out. On the other hand, he also understood that this hunt was for the sake of reaching Spirit Transcendence.

The fact that Noel and Anna claimed to have found their path meant they could become Spirit Transcendence by simply absorbing the demon crystal and building up their energy reserve to that level.

Noel raised two fingers. "That's why I hope that you don't stop us. In exchange, I will promise you two things. First, we won't challenge the Ancient Demon again until we are fully recovered. Second, we will have to become a Spirit Transcendence expert first before fighting that demon. Those are the two I can promise you."

If they became a Spirit Transcendence, it meant they would become the Ancient Demon's equal. No, they would definitely have an upper advantage, considering it would become two versus one.

his lips. Noel had given him all this reassurance so that he would

worried he was, Dimitri had no choice

"I understand."

smiled, feeling relieved that Dimitri

well, Master. This is for the sake of the

"Alright." Noel nodded.

am doubting you, Master. But I can't allow you to

territory will become the first line of defense. I know that challenging that demon here is a way to ensure that it doesn't happen while experiencing the power of an Ancient

serve. More importantly, you haven't even produced an heir that I and the rest of the subordinates can pledge our loyalty

"Alright. But we will have to go much further from here to avoid the detection

follow me

the airship and immediately departed until they were more than fifty kilometers away from the airport. Considering the spider could move one kilometer with a single jump or the Grass Demon's

and Dimitri ended up standing 50

"What is this?"

Mr.

trying to fight

are we supposed

inside the airship were watching them in

will only end this with two strikes. You may attack me once and I will block it,

Thank you for accepting this rude servant's request." Dimitri formed a blade with his shadow

use your True

believe that was a taunt for me. Nevertheless, I'm here to witness your so-called transcendent path, not to hurt you,

you may start." Noel

a little. This was the same technique that

Master." Dimitri waved his sword upward. The shadow energy

the sharp energy was about to come toward

a lot of his power. If

Noel. He extended his hand as though he were about to grab

this, the ice crystal was surrounded by his palm and Dimitri's sword strike. The ice crystal shook violently and burst, releasing all the frozen energy. Due to the fact that Noel's hand was covered in ice element, the ice crystal had no other place to spread

Eternal Frozen.

eyes in shock as the conclusion came in

violent ice energy froze his Dark Curtain and covered it in a thick ice layer. Even the spiritual energy within the Dark Curtain wasn't spared. No, it could be said that Noel actually used that spiritual energy to freeze his attack from the inside

spread so fast that it covered more than fifty meters in

the ground in disbelief. This was definitely much different

shattering into pieces like

you going to continue, Dimitri?"

"Yes, Young Master. Please allow

time. Only my sword strike…" Noel opened his hand and formed an ice sword. Unfortunately, he couldn't use Ardagan, considering the flame

only thing he could use was checking his status and changing his medals. Apparently, those medals had been embedded within his own spiritual energy reserve, so he could still use them, but not the rest

it was enough for the

his blade above his head and swung downward. "Be careful,