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

extended his hand towards his Focus and

fire from the Focus

the Mage looked at

moment, Shang felt like time

that felt like an

in that instant, Shang felt like he was about to

instincts were screaming at him to run

Shang saw the young man's lips move with a

stood up, released a powerful Fire Blast to his front

"Ishah!"

was the word the

he had finished the word,

BOOOOOOOOM!

powerful hit Shang's sword, and the power threw him over a

CRK!

appeared on Sword's body, and Shang could

wasn't even

fire, and Sword

Shang's body had

but his arms and shoulders had effectively become

no choice but to quickly heal his body with

that, all the extra life energy

Shang was concerned about

could be resurrected in the trial, but

might lose

over his body by using a Fire Blast and looked at

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

meters had turned into nothing but a blackened crater as the Mage stood

BANG!

Blast and shot

no retreat in this

the Mage seemed to grow as Shang approached, and when Shang came close to the Mage, he realized that the fiery figure had grown to a size

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

what was he supposed to

to get close

At the same time, his left arm withered as he

slowly crossed its

like it was preparing itself to push the entire

now, Shang's instincts were screaming so loudly that

BANG!