Sword God in a World of Magic

More days passed, and although Shang became better and better, he still didn't win even once.

Shang had come across another problem.

A lot of his opponents were now using Mana Push.

Mana Push was a common Element-neutral defensive Spell. It created something like a force field around one of the Adept's arms, which extended outward by quite a bit.

Mana Push was the very technique Duke Whirlwind used to deal with the Exploding Mountain Turtle's attacks. He had created a huge forcefield and used it to bat the stones of the Exploding Mountain Turtle away like they were pebbles.

Of course, the Mana Push of these Adepts was nowhere near as overwhelmingly powerful as Duke Whirlwind's, but it was still troublesome.

Using Mana Push didn't waste as much Mana as receiving a hit to one's Mana Shield. However, it was harder to utilize since the Adept actually had to anticipate Shang's movements somewhat.

If they messed up their Mana Push, they would have wasted their Mana in using Mana Push while also receiving an attack to their Mana Shield.

Since Shang's opponents were now using Mana Push, Shang's progress was thrown back.

By now, Shang could barely waste 60% of his opponent's Mana.

However, Shang wasn't stupid, and he had realized something.

His initial opponents had been very clumsy, and they hadn't used Mana Push.

But now, his opponents were using Mana Push confidently.

This meant that Shang's opponents had been upgraded.

He was no longer fighting the trash portion of the Adepts but the average ones.

When Shang had just fought against his first few opponents, he had only managed to use up around 50% of their Mana, and these opponents had been the worst Adepts.

Now, he managed to waste 60% of the Mana of average Adepts.

Shang had made progress!

Several more days passed, and Shang learned to deal with Mana Push better.

There were three levels to dealing with Mana Push.

First level: Somewhat avoiding it and quickly charging towards the Adept's new location after they used Mana Step.

Second level: Avoiding Mana Push with a lot of confidence and making the Adept use even more Mana by forcing them to use a Mana Step with all their power.

Third level: Nullifying Mana Push and hitting the opponent's Mana Shield before they vanished with Mana Step.

After five days, Shang managed to confidently reach the first level. By now, he wasn't thrown to the ground anymore by being hit by Mana Push.

After several more days, Shang managed to reach the second level a couple of times, but before he could continue, he had to take a break.

17 days had already passed, which meant that the academy's auction would take place now.

Viera left to deal with several things. After all, she had been down here for over two weeks.

Shang retreated to his room and sat down.

One would think that Shang wanted to relax after 17 days of constant battle, but that was far from the truth.

Shang saw his own progress, and he became addicted to it.

More power!

He wanted more power!

He was making so much progress!

Shang wanted to continue fighting right now, but he had to wait until the room became free again.

wouldn't have to wait with nothing

room with several Spells made by

a couple of tips on how

becoming a General Stage warrior, Shang's mind was also slowly growing.

but it was still a step

Shang looked through the

Spells imaginable. It was almost like they

required Shang to simply

lifeless Fire and Ice Mana, but he hadn't yet been able to absorb these kinds of Mana

Whirlwind wanted to test if Shang had the same abilities

sat down and

was helping Duke Whirlwind, but he was

never reach the power of his physical abilities, but there surely were some Spells that could help

100% magical

power was 0% magical and 100%

was 40% magical

warrior's body, he planned on making

mind ran out, he wasn't helpless. Because of that, even though his Mana reserves for his mind were pitifully small, he could attempt to gain a one-time boost per battle by completely using up all the Mana

to move to the side to change the angle of

his Mana in one Mana Step to move to the side, it would already

could probably avoid

was obviously pitiful when compared to Adepts, but this one

Mana Step, Shang had to become familiar

extremely easy Spells came

Shang saw another

of his techniques. The Adepts were overwhelming him, even though he was nearly perfect at fighting

only so

power, and

him, and when Viera

he was absolutely sure by now that he could increase his power with

had so many things to practice that there wasn't enough time

warriors

oxygen fueled their entire being, and the Mana also changed their minds

returned to

had made some progress in his Spell casting, his Battle-Strength hadn't

bit off from

days, Shang practiced dealing with Mana Push and learning

more than one Elemental Spell, and

was certain that these

managed to confidently deplete 80% of his opponents' Mana reserves

Only a bit more!

days later, Shang was so close

Only a bit more!

that was the last

Shang became shocked.

The last one?

month had

gritted his teeth. "I didn't manage to win

"Are you surprised?"

turned around as he

the Dean,

of a pleading child. "I want to hunt

at

said as she excitedly clapped her

month, you became one of the best students our academy has ever

snorted. "One of the best? I didn't even win

Viera only smiled brightly.

Dean. "Can I tell

an eyebrow while the

been

a second, Shang's