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.

blocked the kick with her sword, avoiding direct contact with her body. But she

again and stood back up as if nothing happened. He

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

leaped

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

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

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

clash calmly before jumping back once again as if she had been

on his track

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

stronger than he expected and this was just getting

to someone who could actually defeat him. Getting serious, Heirden

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

toward Anna, surrounding her from

as the four dragons followed her. One of them

Anna skillfully stepped on its teeth before jumping

expected, another dragon came from a different direction. Fortunately, Anna managed to rotate

controlled the dragons carefully, trying

If she managed

to be a one-sided match?" The announcer asked

the shock. When the people tried to understand what he was saying, they were

Even Heirden dropped his jaw in disbelief. "She is…

right. The thing that shocked everyone was the fact that Anna shut her eyes. She

had launched an all-out attack, but for Anna, this was not even

Out of anger, he

to the point there was no way Anna could avoid it unless

was the time

blade, releasing the energy she had been gathering this whole

they realized, there was an

just cut a dragon's head that was

was still traveling toward the audience,

*Rumble!*