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 body. But she ended up jumping back to dodge the

and stood back up as if nothing happened. He even looked

age. And you're not an average Grandmaster either,

her back earlier, Heirden leaped forth, taking the initiative to launch his

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

power in her left hand. The lightning began to spark as she stomped

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

jumping back once again as if she had been

on his track while looking

to be able to penetrate

stronger than he expected and

who could actually defeat him. Getting serious, Heirden placed

emerged. They were made of rock and moved up and down. They even returned back to the

moved toward Anna, surrounding

One of them

stepped on its teeth before jumping to

direction. Fortunately, Anna

carefully,

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

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

of the shock. When the people tried

in disbelief. "She is… actually closing her

that Anna shut her eyes. She looked calm and undisturbed, relying on his instinct to read the dragons'

for Anna, this was not even worth

he fully controlled one of the dragons, speeding it

got even bigger to the point there was no

time Anna finally opened her

her blade, releasing the energy she had been gathering this

instant and the next thing they realized, there was an energy wave that

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

still traveling toward the audience, only

*Rumble!*