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.

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

and stood back up as if nothing happened. He even looked more confident, thinking Anna wasn't his

to become 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 lose this

Heirden leaped

overwhelm him with the Rune drawn on her body. On the other hand, she couldn't expose it because it would just show

The lightning began to spark as she stomped the ground

his entire body with the rock and took Anna's lightning directly. The lightning tried to electrocute

calmly before jumping back once again as if

also stopped on his

seemed to be able to penetrate the rock. He was sure of it because his hand had gotten

he expected and

someone who could actually defeat him. Getting serious,

moved up and down. They even returned back to the floor before coming back out as if the

heads moved toward Anna,

dragons followed her. One of them sped up and opened its mouth to swallow

Anna skillfully stepped on its teeth before jumping

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

the dragons carefully, trying to surround

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

only be on the defensive. As expected, is it going to be a one-sided match?" The announcer asked

When the people tried to

dropped his jaw in disbelief. "She is… actually

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

for Anna, this was not even worth mentioning.

gritted his teeth. Out of anger, he fully controlled

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

was the time Anna finally opened her

she opened her eyes, her hand drew her blade, releasing the energy

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

had just cut a dragon's head that was as

energy was still traveling toward the audience, only to strike the

*Rumble!*