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 other hand, Noel continued to absorb the spiritual energy even though the excess energy was

at first, but Noel's body suddenly underwent a change. There was a small ice shell covering his lower left arm, which continued

Anna furrowed her eyebrows. 'No. It's

became even more confused when the scale continued to grow. They were covering his entire left arm before spreading to his

wall. Since they couldn't go much further, the ice

Ardagan. Maybe Ardagan has occupied

After all, she had no idea what kind of transformation a Spirit Transcendence would have, let

the left part

clothes, the spiritual energy that

Roar!

Roar!

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

moved to the side, standing between Noel and

started exiting the forest that was located one kilometer from their

Superior Demon among them. There were also at least three

if demons from other areas

could easily handle in her current state. That was how

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

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

he did that, it wouldn't be weird if the demons from other directions

energy was a must. As his body was releasing that energy, Anna could sense

slowly as if it were being

this what it means for synchronization?' Anna thought. 'From the record that Grandfather and Sword Arbiter gave, the synchronization is a