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 ended up jumping back to dodge

up as if nothing happened. He even looked more confident, thinking Anna

able to become a Spirit Grandmaster at that age. And you're not an average Grandmaster either,

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

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 affiliation

began to spark as she stomped the ground to get another surge of strength before grasping

his entire body with the rock and took Anna's lightning directly. The lightning tried to

looked at the clash calmly before jumping back once again as if

surprisingly, Heirden also stopped on his track

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

stronger than he expected

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

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

toward Anna, surrounding her

into the air as the four dragons followed her. One of them sped up and opened its mouth to

stepped on its teeth before jumping to the

came from a different direction. Fortunately, Anna

the dragons carefully, trying to

capable. If she managed to defeat Heirden, it would

be a one-sided match?" The announcer asked aloud before noticing something. "Wait a minute. Look

the people tried to understand what

jaw in disbelief. "She is… actually closing

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

attack, but for Anna, this was not even

anger, he fully

was no way Anna could avoid it

the time

hand drew her blade, releasing the energy

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

just cut a

was still traveling toward

*Rumble!*