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.

the Mage

Mage extended his hand towards his Focus and touched

that, the fire from the Focus

Mage

Shang felt like

like an eternity, the

Shang felt like he was about to

were screaming at him to

young man's

stood up, released a powerful Fire Blast to his front to stop

"Ishah!"

word

had finished the word,

BOOOOOOOOM!

power threw him over a hundred

CRK!

cracks appeared on Sword's body, and Shang could

wasn't even

had hit Shang had exploded with violent fire, and Sword

of Shang's body had turned

were safe, but his arms and shoulders

to quickly

that, all the extra life energy Shang had stored

was concerned

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

broke, Shang might lose his

body by using a

had just been. However, his entire

nothing but a blackened crater as the Mage stood in the

BANG!

another Ice Blast and

retreat

when Shang came close to the Mage, he realized that the fiery figure had grown to a

entered Shang, and he felt like it was a terrible idea to come close to

what was he supposed

to get close to

figure. At the same time, his left arm

figure slowly

to push the entire world

now, Shang's instincts were screaming so loudly that

BANG!