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.

her body. But she ended up jumping back to dodge the

again and stood back up as if nothing

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

back earlier, Heirden leaped forth, taking

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

as she stomped the ground to get another

his entire body with the rock and took Anna's lightning directly. The lightning tried to electrocute Heirden, but the rock blocked it and channeled it

before jumping back once again

Heirden also stopped on his track while looking at

lightning, but a portion of it seemed to be able to penetrate the rock. He was sure of it because his

than he expected

could actually defeat him. Getting

and moved up and down. They even returned

dragon heads moved toward Anna, surrounding her from

the air as the four dragons followed her. One of them

stepped on its teeth before jumping

from a different direction. Fortunately, Anna managed to rotate her body and jump

controlled the dragons carefully,

came here because Anna looked capable. If she managed to defeat Heirden, it would cause an uproar. Unfortunately, it

defensive. As expected, is it going to be a one-sided match?" The announcer asked aloud before noticing something. "Wait a minute. Look at Anna Stargaze, she

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

in disbelief. "She is… actually closing her

the fact that Anna shut her

even worth mentioning. Without anyone realizing it, Anna had

Heirden gritted his teeth. Out of anger, he fully controlled one

dragon somehow got even bigger to the point there was no way Anna could avoid

the time

she opened her eyes, her hand drew her blade, releasing the energy she had been gathering this whole

realized, there was an energy wave that sliced the dragon's

dumbstruck. Anna had just cut a dragon's head that was as

traveling toward

*Rumble!*