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.

that the Spell the Mage had prepared had

extended his hand towards his

that, the fire from

the Mage

moment, Shang felt

felt like an eternity, the

that instant, Shang felt like he was about to

instincts were screaming at

young man's

hair stood up, released a powerful Fire Blast to his front to stop himself, and lifted his sword

"Ishah!"

was the word the Mage

as he had finished

BOOOOOOOOM!

and the power threw him over a

CRK!

cracks appeared on

that wasn't

exploded with violent fire, and Sword

sides of Shang's body

his arms and shoulders had effectively

to quickly heal his body with his life

life energy Shang

thing Shang was

the trial, but he didn't know if Sword

might lose

over his body by using a Fire Blast and looked

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

into nothing but a blackened crater as

BANG!

another Ice Blast and shot towards the fiery

no retreat in this

seemed to grow as Shang approached, and when Shang came close to the

he felt like it

what was he supposed

had to get close to

his teeth and continued running at the gigantic figure. At the same time, his left arm withered as he filled Sword

figure slowly crossed

preparing itself to push the entire world away from

were screaming so loudly that

BANG!