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

back up as if nothing happened. He even

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

he had knocked her back earlier, Heirden leaped forth, taking the initiative to launch

be able to overwhelm him with the Rune drawn on her body. On the other hand, she couldn't expose it because

began to spark as she stomped the ground to get

The lightning

jumping back

also stopped on his track

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

he expected

to someone who could actually defeat him. Getting serious, Heirden placed his hand on

moved up and

heads moved toward Anna,

her. One of

skillfully stepped on its teeth before jumping to

different direction. Fortunately, Anna managed to rotate her

the dragons carefully, trying to surround

looked capable. If she managed to defeat Heirden, it would cause an uproar. Unfortunately, it seemed she

Stargaze 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 a minute.

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

his jaw in disbelief. "She is… actually closing

shocked everyone was the fact that Anna shut her eyes. She looked calm and undisturbed,

even worth mentioning. Without anyone realizing it, Anna

his teeth. Out of anger, he fully controlled

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

was the time Anna

drew her blade, releasing the energy she had been gathering

in an instant and the next thing they realized, there was an energy wave that sliced the dragon's

had just cut a dragon's head that was as big

was still traveling toward the audience, only

*Rumble!*