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 force contained

spun his body again and stood back up as if nothing happened. He even

to be able to become a Spirit Grandmaster at that age. And you're not an average Grandmaster either, but…' Heirden thought as his expression turned grim. '…I can't

her back earlier, Heirden leaped forth, taking

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

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

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

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

on his track while looking at his

but a portion of it seemed to be able to penetrate the rock.

stronger than he expected and

Anna's threat level to someone who could actually defeat him. Getting serious, Heirden placed his hand

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

dragon heads moved toward Anna, surrounding her from

as the four dragons followed her. One of them sped

its teeth before jumping to the

direction. Fortunately, Anna managed to rotate her body and jump

carefully, trying

Anna being toyed 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 uproar. Unfortunately, it seemed she was still too young to fight against

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

the people tried to understand what he was saying,

in disbelief. "She is…

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

even worth mentioning. Without anyone

brat!" Heirden gritted his teeth. Out of anger, he fully controlled one of the dragons,

bigger to the point there was

the time Anna finally opened

her blade, releasing the energy she

draw happened in an instant and the next thing they realized, there was an energy wave that sliced

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

remaining energy was still traveling toward the audience,

*Rumble!*