System vs Rebirth

Noel was sitting on the ground with a bunch of demon crystals in front of him.

"Are you ready?" Anna asked while unsheathing her blade. They had killed all the surrounding demons, but there was still a possibility that a demon would attack here.

"Yeah." Noel nodded as he gradually closed his eyes.

His hands reached for the demon crystals and began to absorb them.

Noel could feel the fullness of his spiritual energy reserve, but he continued to absorb more spiritual energy until the very limit.

The spiritual energy from Noel's body started leaking, a sign that he had gathered enough power. Absorbing more would just cause the spiritual energy in his body to get pushed out.

This leaking spiritual energy was different from normal spiritual energy. It had been dyed in Noel's color as a Spirit Grandmaster.

The spiritual energy was carried by the wind and started flying to the west.

It would take a few minutes, but the demons were very sensitive to the spiritual energy. The moment they sensed this abnormal spiritual energy, they became alert.

Aoo!

Roar!

The demons started communicating to each other, which eventually brought attention to the overlord of their area.

Anna wasn't aware of their presence just yet, but she had expected that there would be trouble following the breakthrough. Hence, she sharpened her instinct, picking all dangerous signs from the entire area.

the spiritual energy even though the excess energy was leaking from his

Noel's body suddenly underwent a change. There was a small ice shell covering his

a shell?' Anna furrowed her eyebrows. 'No. It's

when the scale continued to grow. They were covering

in the middle of his chest as if they had hit an invisible wall. Since they couldn't go much further, the ice

spirit is due to Ardagan. Maybe Ardagan has occupied the right part of his body, considering Heisk's spirit seal is located in the left

went wrong. After all, she had no idea what kind of transformation a Spirit Transcendence would have, let alone one with

the left part of his body was covered by the ice

though she couldn't see the scales underneath his clothes, the spiritual energy

Roar!

Roar!

away. We have to take this into account. Then again, Felicia said that the spiritual energy acts like gas. It might get carried by the wind or something… If that's the case, won't it be another way to lure those demons? Well, I can discuss

standing between Noel and those demons. "I have to kill those

started exiting the forest that was located one kilometer from their

could actually sense one Superior Demon among

multiply if demons from other areas also joined

something that Anna could easily handle in her current

I will—" Her words abruptly stopped because there was a burst of spiritual energy

saw Noel had stopped absorbing the spiritual energy. All that spiritual energy was now being released from his body, causing a

couldn't help but widen her eyes. If he did that, it wouldn't be weird

As his body was releasing that energy, Anna

as if it were being integrated as a part

Grandfather and Sword Arbiter gave, the synchronization is a