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.

avoiding direct contact with her body. But she ended

that, Heirden spun his body again and stood back up as if nothing happened. He

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

leaped forth, taking the initiative

Rune drawn on her body. On the other hand, she couldn't expose it because it would just show her affiliation

to spark as

lightning

looked at the clash calmly before jumping back once again as if she had been pushed

stopped on his track while

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

seemed that Anna was stronger than he expected and this was

threat level to someone who could actually defeat him. Getting serious, Heirden placed his hand on the ground.

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

toward Anna, surrounding

four dragons followed her. One

stepped on its teeth before jumping to the

a different direction. Fortunately, Anna managed to rotate

the dragons carefully, trying

capable. If she managed to defeat Heirden, it

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

shock. When the people tried to understand what he was

Heirden dropped his jaw in disbelief.

shut her eyes. She looked calm and undisturbed,

had launched an all-out attack, but for Anna, this was not even worth mentioning. Without anyone realizing it, Anna had

gritted his teeth. Out of anger, he fully controlled one

dragon somehow got even bigger to the point there was no way Anna could avoid it unless she could

the time Anna

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

draw happened in an instant and the next thing they realized, there

a dragon's head that

traveling toward

*Rumble!*