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

if nothing happened.

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

back earlier, Heirden leaped forth, taking

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

Anna gathered her power in her left hand. The lightning began to spark as she stomped the ground to get another surge of strength before grasping Heirden's

rock and took Anna's lightning directly. The lightning tried to electrocute Heirden, but the rock

before jumping back once again

Heirden also stopped on his track while

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

seemed that Anna was stronger than he expected and this was

actually defeat him. Getting serious, Heirden placed his hand

as four dragon heads emerged. They were made of rock and moved up and down. They even returned back to

moved toward Anna, surrounding her

dragons followed her. One of them sped up and opened

its

different direction. Fortunately, Anna managed to

dragons carefully, trying to

with by Heirden couldn't help but disappoint the people. They came here because Anna looked capable. If she managed to defeat Heirden, it would cause an

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

shock. When the people tried to understand what he was

Heirden dropped his jaw in disbelief. "She

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

but for Anna, this was not even worth mentioning. Without anyone realizing

teeth. Out of anger, he fully controlled one

there was no way Anna could avoid it unless she

was the time Anna

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

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

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

still traveling toward the audience, only to strike

*Rumble!*