Sword God in a World of Magic

When Shang saw that his opponent had a Fire Affinity, he knew that he had a chance.

'If they decide to heat up their surroundings, I can release far more Fire Blasts without injuring my body!'

SHING!

Shang's opponent appeared, and he looked over.

It was a young man with short, fiery-red hair. He wore simple red robes, but for some reason, the robes didn't feel as simple as they appeared.

However, when Shang looked beside the Mage, his eyes narrowed.

'His Focus has two Amplifiers.'

Beside the Mage hovered a Focus with two circlets rotating around it.

Shang had never fought a Mage that had a Focus with two Amplifiers.

The Amplifiers decided the cast speed of a Focus. Higher leveled Spells needed more complex chants. Of course, as the Mages got more powerful, their mastery over their Mana and Affinity allowed them to cast faster as well.

However, a Focus was only a tool, and it couldn't cast faster as the Mage progressed. In order to allow a Focus to cast faster, one needed to add Amplifiers.

An Early True Mage with such a Focus could essentially cast at double their speed.

'Even though he has a Fire Affinity, I'm still not sure if I can win. His Focus took me a bit by surprise.'

The jester slowly lifted his hammer and struck the bell.

DING!

Shang immediately exploded forward with a Fire Blast.

The Mage slowly opened his eyes and noticed Shang.

His eyebrows furrowed, but he immediately began casting.

As Shang approached, he noticed something.

'He isn't casting Mana Shield!' he thought with furrowed brows. 'Usually, I would think of my opponent to be stupid if they did that, but the God judged this Mage to be extremely powerful in his Realm.'

Shang quickly closed in on the Mage, but when Shang was only fifty meters away from him, the Mage's Focus suddenly began to burn violently.

'Focus Fusion!' Shang thought.

Focus Fusion meant that a Mage and their Focus cast the same Spell. With that ability, they could cast very powerful Spells in a very short time.

knew that the Spell the Mage had prepared had to be

towards his Focus

that, the fire from

Mage

Shang felt like time

felt like an eternity, the Mage only

in that instant, Shang felt like he was

were screaming at

man's lips move with a

Blast to his front to stop

"Ishah!"

was the word the Mage had

had finished

BOOOOOOOOM!

Shang's sword, and the power threw him over a hundred meters away, breaking his

CRK!

appeared on Sword's

wasn't even

violent fire, and Sword hadn't been wide enough

body had turned

but his arms and shoulders had effectively

quickly heal his body with

with that, all the extra life

the biggest thing Shang was concerned about was Sword's

could be resurrected in the trial, but he didn't know if Sword

it broke, Shang might

over his body by

where Shang had just been.

around him for over ten meters had turned into nothing but a blackened crater as the Mage stood

BANG!

Ice Blast and shot

was no retreat in

came close to the Mage, he realized that

it was a terrible idea to come

was he supposed

had to get close

At the same

figure slowly

preparing itself to

instincts were screaming so

BANG!