System vs Rebirth

When the demon shot out its giant tentacles, Noel and Anna waved their swords, sending their respective sword strikes.

As if realizing the power of their attacks, the tentacles caught them and destroyed them. Of course, they were not spirit grandmasters.

Even if the enemy could catch it, it would still leave behind a big slash wound on the tentacles.

Still, the main reason why the octopus sent its tentacles was none other than to break the ice Noel made earlier.

Bam!

The tentacles smashed the ice and broke it apart. Anna leaped into the air while Noel remained in his position, causing him to fall into the water.

Noel could finally see the true appearance of the octopus. It was colossal. The body alone was 50 meters in radius. The tentacles were so long that they looked at least double, if not triple, that length.

As the creature of the sea, the octopus had no trouble moving around.

Meanwhile, Noel could feel his strength getting restrained by the water. His speed was greatly reduced, which would definitely be a problem for Noel.

Still, he had trained in a fight like this in the lake in his territory. He used his spiritual energy and rune to maintain his speed.

As a result, he managed to dodge the tentacles skillfully.

'Still, the biggest problem when fighting in the water is breathing. While I can last long without breathing, the air will be depleted pretty easily. There's a reason why martial arts are usually starting with breathing.

'The intake of air provides the necessary nutrients to the muscles. In other words, I have to keep going back and forth from the water to the surface if I want to maintain my strength.'

Noel looked around. Since there were two tentacles coming from the front, he pushed his body forward with spiritual energy.

At the same time, Noel could feel the sudden surge of energy coming into his body.

"This is…" Noel wasn't the only one to feel it. All the soldiers, including the admiral, were perplexed.

Anna smiled and announced it by sending her voice through spiritual energy. "This is a rune that will enhance your ability. I will maintain this rune for a while. Go rampage!"

The admiral looked excited. He never thought they would have such a rune.

'This kind of rune will allow me to have the strength similar to someone who is close to Spirit Transcendence rank. This is really amazing.' The admiral shouted, "You hear that, men? Go wild!"

"Uoohhh!"

The people became even more excited and took down the enemies at a much faster rate. It was as if they had become fearless after gaining this mighty strength.

On the other hand, Noel had waved his sword at the two tentacles in front of him. The two tentacles wanted to block it, but the sword strike soon froze and spread their icy power on the tentacles.

"!!!" The octopus let out a cry as the ice not only pierced through its skin but also froze a bit of the flesh underneath it.

It sent all eight tentacles at the same time, trying to kill Noel in one go.

Unfortunately for him, Noel activated another Advanced Rune, the Executioner Rune.

This was a rune to annihilate a large number of enemies, but he chose it this time to distract the octopus. Discover hidden stories at mvl

The octopus thought Noel was aiming for the rest of the demons. In the end, he had no choice but to pull back if there were no other demons other than him.

That was why the eight tentacles moved away, trying to contain the explosion that the Executioner Rune produced.

Boom!

The explosion shattered the ice on top of it and sent it flying for at least a hundred meters into the sky.

The octopus was able to contain that power, but there were some scorching marks on its tentacles.

Angry, the octopus slammed Noel as hard as possible.

Since he was in his True Spirit Body, Noel simply froze the water and created a barrier to block the tentacles.

Still, he needed some air soon, considering his strength had grown weaker.

The moment he moved to the surface, the tentacles immediately surrounded him.

And that was the reason Noel asked Anna to take care of the rest.

When the tentacles were about to reach him, there was a lightning bolt passing all the tentacles, leaving behind one strike.

The strike caused a lightning spark, which electrocuted the octopus.

"Reee!" The octopus was letting out a high-pitched cry.

"Nice control!" Noel gave a thumbs up, knowing that Anna controlled her lightning so that the water didn't spread it around or it would cause a lot of people to die. At the same time, he went to the surface and gasped for air.

The octopus spun its body, creating a huge water tornado that would turn into a whirlpool the moment it reached the surface. When that happened, the ship would be damaged.

Anna wanted to strike it, but Noel had come back and froze the water tornado.

After that, he released another sword strike, taking advantage of the massive tornado to reach the octopus' body.

The octopus was cut. It wasn't even a small wound as it stretched from its lower body to the back of its head.

More importantly, the wound started to freeze. Instead of stopping the bleeding, the freezing temperature was a kind of dry ice. It hurt more than it expected.

This was Noel's strategy in fighting the Ancient Demon. In less than thirty minutes, they should be able to kill the octopus.

And that was when everything started to change.

The octopus let out another cry. Its body turned red as if it were getting cooked from the inside. The water started flowing in random directions, creating turbulence, which caused Noel's stance to be unstable.

In addition, the spiritual energy leaking from that body increased tremendously to the point where Noel frowned.

"No. Everything has gone according to plan. I've been waiting for that moment!" Noel smiled.