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.

Spell the Mage

towards his Focus

from

the Mage looked

Shang felt like time had

felt like an eternity, the Mage only

Shang felt like he was about to

at him

man's lips

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

"Ishah!"

the word the Mage had

as he had finished the word,

BOOOOOOOOM!

threw him over a hundred meters away, breaking his

CRK!

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

that wasn't even

had hit Shang had exploded with violent fire, and Sword hadn't been wide enough to

of Shang's body had turned

were safe, but his arms and shoulders had effectively become

had no choice but to quickly heal his

life

was

in the trial, but he didn't know if

might

managed to regain control over his body by using a Fire

at the place where Shang had just been. However, his entire body was

turned into nothing but a blackened crater as the Mage stood in the

BANG!

and shot

was no retreat

Shang approached, and when Shang came close to the Mage, he realized that the fiery figure

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

was he

get close to

figure. At the same time, his

figure slowly

it was preparing itself to push

Shang's instincts were screaming so loudly that

BANG!