System vs Rebirth

"True Spirit Body."

Anna grew a pair of horns as red-colored lightning started sparking around her body. Noel, on the other hand, formed an ice crown above his head and a pair of ice wings on his back.

With a wave of Noel's hand, he froze the area within 50 meters in diameter, covering all the demons in thick ice.

"Let's go!" said Noel while glancing at the grass demon. His power could freeze the grass, so it should know that it would be futile to try to stop them. In addition, they were going straight to the Ancient Demon instead of running away. The grass demon should consider them foolish.

Anna was leading in front. She skillfully jumped over the building and headed straight to the colossal spider.

However, standing in their way were multiple Superior Demons and numerous Peak Level Demons.

Just this number alone made Noel more convinced that Laufey had deliberately weakened the demons that attacked the Ardagan family not long ago. Still, it was for another time. Noel had to focus on the opponents before his eyes.

The Superior Demons abruptly stopped in their tracks when they noticed the strength Anna's body was exuding. They seemed to have realized the power of the True Spirit Body.

But the Peak Level Demons continued onward, either not knowing it or simply sacrificing themselves to stop Noel and Anna.

Although Anna could handle these Peak Level Demons, she was better focused on the Superior Demons.

Hence, Noel sped up, becoming the one in front. He waved his sword three times.

Three Purity Swords.

There were three powerful slashes that flew out at the same time. However, Noel extended them even further by using Sword Transmutation on each slash. He also applied Anger Emotion to make it sharper. For the finishing touch, Noel used Ice Infusion so that the sword strikes contained the powerful freezing power from his True Spirit Body.

Roar!

The Peak Level Demons leaped into the air as if trying to avoid the attack before pouncing on him.

However, it was useless. The Sword Transmutation carried the chilling energy that slowed them down significantly.

Most Peak Level Demons couldn't even avoid this attack as the sword strikes hit their bodies directly. Some of them were split into two, and their wounds were frozen, while the demons with tougher skin ended up stopping the sword strikes, only to find the sword strike dispersed and cover them in a thick layer of ice.

Those who managed to survive were out of the way.

However, these were just Peak Level Demons. Now that they were out of the way, the Superior Demons behind them came forth.

A Superior Bison Demon charged forward, forming a barrier in front of him. Another Superior Demon gathered all its energy into the mouth and shot out a beam. Another Superior Demon stomped the ground so that stone walls emerged, trapping them inside.

However, nothing could block Anna's vision, considering she could sense their position with her instinct.

Anna suddenly stopped, causing Noel to do the same. Both of them slightly bent their knees and jumped into the air.

The bison demon rammed the stone wall, only to find no one behind it.

Anna used the Platform Rune so that she could kick herself back to the ground. However, she slightly shifted the trajectory toward the Superior Demon who was about to release something from its mouth.

"!!!" The demon panicked because Anna's speed increased drastically for a split second. It tried to tilt its body to the back, but Anna was one step faster.

She swung her blade downward as the lightning extended her sword forward, slashing the beast's mouth as well as its body.

Still, the beast was big enough to avoid vital areas such as the brain or lungs.

Since it managed to survive, Anna stepped on the beast and launched herself at the third Superior Demon.

The Superior Demon formed a thick earth wall to block and disperse the lightning.

However, it underestimated Anna a bit too much.

Anna spun her sword and made a motion like drawing a sword. This was the sword draw that had been Anna's pride the whole time.

Not only did it have extraordinary power, but the sharpness also couldn't be underestimated. Even the Sword Arbiter acknowledged this sword draw technique.

Raging Blood Lightning!

With one swift swing, the thick earth wall was sliced. It slowed down her momentum a little bit, but that was because she didn't use all the lightning in that previous attack. Instead, she reserved some so that when she made it through, she could release it once more.

"!!!" The Superior Demon widened its eyes as Anna's lightning erupted from her sword.

Bam!

It caused a lightning burst that electrocuted and launched the demon away.

As if not planning to let Noel and Anna gain some advantage, the Ancient Demon Spider had been quietly gathering its strength again.

Instead of the mouth, the spider was tilting its body up and pointing that spinneret toward them.

"Tsk." Noel placed his hands on the ground.

Ice Mirror.

Snow Shield.

Noel used the two techniques at the same time and amplified their power with the True Spirit Body.

Giant ice crystals suddenly formed in rapid succession, each bigger than the other.

When the spider shot its web, the super corrosive web actually went through the ice crystals in an instant.

"Eternal Frozen!"

Noel summoned the mist so that the temperature became cooler, allowing his ice to drop the web's outside temperature and ultimately freezing the web itself.

"Go!" Noel shouted.

They didn't have much time. If the spider charged another attack, he didn't know whether he could block the spider again or not.

That was why they had to be fast. As long as they could somehow injure the spider, the latter would take them more carefully. They only needed to pass the spider and outrun it after that.

However, right after Noel and Anna ran forward, they saw something even more unbelievable.

The colossal spider actually jumped into the sky. With the height alone, covering a few hundred meters would be easy. It seemed that he had underestimated the mobility of this colossal spider.

Noel dropped his jaw while saying with a pale face, "It can jump?"

The moment the spider landed, the ground shook violently and each leg formed a big crater.