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 Spell the Mage had prepared had to be insanely

his hand towards his Focus and touched

fire from the Focus suddenly

the Mage looked at

moment, Shang felt

an eternity, the Mage only looked at

that instant, Shang felt like he was

at him to

the young man's lips move with a familiar

powerful Fire Blast to his front to stop himself, and lifted his sword to

"Ishah!"

word the Mage

as soon as he had finished

BOOOOOOOOM!

threw him over a hundred meters away, breaking

CRK!

cracks appeared on Sword's body, and Shang could feel

that wasn't even

exploded with violent fire, and Sword hadn't been wide enough

body had turned

were safe, but his arms and shoulders had effectively

had no choice but to quickly

the extra life energy Shang had stored up

thing Shang was concerned about was Sword's

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

broke, Shang might lose his lifelong

body by using a Fire Blast

Shang had just been. However, his entire body was

ten meters had turned into nothing but a blackened

BANG!

another Ice Blast and

was no retreat

fire around the Mage seemed to grow as Shang approached, and when Shang came close to the Mage, he realized that the fiery figure

like it

was he supposed to

get close to kill

gigantic figure. At the same

slowly crossed

was like it was preparing itself to push the entire world away

now, Shang's instincts were screaming so loudly that he

BANG!