System vs Rebirth

"…Officially starts!"

The moment they heard it, both Heirden and Anna released their Spiritual Energy.

The eruption of their energy caused a massive shock wave that soon clashed with each other, creating immense pressure on the field. The dust was pushed to the wall, the ground began to shake, and the people had a hard time breathing.

In that moment, the four Arbiters as well as the experts who had been invited to protect the pillar, began releasing their Spiritual Energy, creating a barrier to block everything from reaching them.

"Haaa…"

There were a lot of pantings among the audience as they were gasping for air.

The announcer explained excitedly, "I'm sure that you've felt it as well. Their power seems to be equal and we'll definitely be able to see a great match, determining whether Count Heirden could remain in his position or get replaced by Anna Stargaze!"

It seemed that they deliberately allowed both of them to pressure the citizens to showcase their power. This would give them knowledge about the power of an Arbiter, not just by seeing it but also by experiencing it.

After that brief clash, the pressure died down.

Anna took out her sword while Heirden raised both hands. Rocks soon appeared out of nowhere, covering his entire arm.

Their eyes flashed as both of them leaped forward.

Anna waved her blade straight to Heirden's neck while the latter raised his hand, blocking the sword.

A clicking sound echoed. It was hard for a blade to cut down a rock, especially when both of them were coated by the same amount of energy.

However, Anna stomped the ground, using her lower body to gain a surge of strength before transferring it to her hand.

"Haaaa!" She roared, exerting strength three times more than she previously used.

"!!!" Even Heirden didn't expect such power to come from her frail body. He tried to stop the blade, but the force was too much for him to handle, causing his body to spin upside down.

Even though he was old, it didn't mean that his body was already too stiff to move. He skillfully used his hands to stand while covering his right foot with the rock before kicking Anna.

with her sword, avoiding direct contact with her body. But she ended up jumping back to dodge

Heirden spun his body again and stood back up as if nothing happened. He

age. And you're not an average Grandmaster either, but…' Heirden thought as his expression turned grim. '…I can't afford to lose

her back earlier, Heirden leaped forth, taking the

able to overwhelm him with the Rune drawn on her body. On the

spark as she stomped the ground

Anna's lightning directly. The lightning tried to electrocute Heirden, but the rock

jumping back once again as

on his track while

be able to penetrate the rock. He was sure of it because

he expected

threat level to someone who could actually defeat him. Getting

moved up and down. They even

toward Anna, surrounding her

four dragons followed her. One of them

stepped on its teeth before

Fortunately, Anna managed to rotate her body and jump

dragons carefully, trying to

with by Heirden couldn't help but disappoint the people. They came here because Anna looked capable. If she managed

can only be on the defensive. As expected, is it going to be a one-sided match?" The announcer asked aloud before noticing something. "Wait

announcer was tongue-tied because of the shock. When the people tried to understand what he was saying,

jaw in disbelief. "She

right. The thing that shocked everyone was the fact that Anna shut her eyes. She looked calm and undisturbed, relying on his

an all-out attack, but for Anna, this was not even worth mentioning. Without anyone realizing

gritted his teeth. Out of anger, he fully controlled

to the point there was no way

that was the time Anna finally opened

her hand drew her blade, releasing

next thing they realized, there was an energy wave that sliced

a dragon's head that was

was still traveling toward the audience,

*Rumble!*