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.

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

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

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

leaped

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

to spark as she stomped the ground to get another surge of

Anna's lightning directly. The lightning tried

looked at the clash calmly before jumping back once

stopped on his

of it seemed to be able to penetrate the rock. He

seemed that Anna was stronger than he expected and this was just

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

the ground shook violently as four dragon heads emerged. They were made of rock and moved up and down. They even returned back to the floor before coming back out as

dragon heads moved toward

as the four dragons followed her. One of them sped up and opened

Anna skillfully stepped on its teeth before jumping to

a different direction. Fortunately, Anna managed

the dragons carefully, trying to

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

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

When the people tried to understand

dropped his jaw in disbelief. "She is… actually

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

launched an all-out attack, but for Anna, this was not even worth mentioning. Without anyone realizing it, Anna had actually sheathed

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

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

time Anna finally opened her

her blade, releasing the energy she had been gathering this whole

they realized, there was an energy wave that sliced

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

energy was still traveling toward the

*Rumble!*