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

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

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

Heirden leaped forth, taking the initiative to launch

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

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

lightning tried to electrocute Heirden, but the rock blocked it and channeled it

calmly before jumping back

surprisingly, Heirden also stopped on his track while looking at his

lightning, but a portion of it seemed to be able to penetrate the

Anna was stronger than he

Anna's threat level to someone who could actually defeat him. Getting serious, Heirden placed his hand

made of rock and moved up and down. They even returned

four dragon heads moved toward Anna, surrounding

followed her. One of them sped up and opened

on its teeth before jumping

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

carefully, trying

the people. They came here because Anna looked capable. If she managed to defeat Heirden, it

it going to be a one-sided match?" The announcer asked aloud before noticing something. "Wait a

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

in disbelief. "She is… actually closing

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

not even worth mentioning. Without anyone realizing it,

teeth. Out of anger, he fully controlled one of

to the point there was

time Anna finally

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

draw happened in an instant and the next thing they realized, there was an energy wave that sliced the

cut a dragon's head that was as big as

toward the audience,

*Rumble!*