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

extended his hand towards his Focus

that, the fire from the Focus

Mage looked

felt like time had

an instant that felt like an eternity,

Shang felt

screaming at him to run

Shang saw the young man's

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

"Ishah!"

word the

had finished the word,

BOOOOOOOOM!

the power threw him over a hundred meters away, breaking his

CRK!

same time, some small cracks appeared on Sword's body, and

wasn't even

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

Shang's body

organs were safe, but his arms and shoulders had effectively become

had no choice but to quickly heal his

life energy Shang had stored

was

be resurrected in the trial, but he

broke, Shang might

by using

Shang had just been. However, his entire body was encased in

turned into nothing but a blackened

BANG!

Blast and shot

retreat in this

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

it was a terrible idea to

what was he supposed

to get close to

the gigantic figure. At the same

slowly crossed

was preparing itself to push the entire

instincts were screaming so loudly that

BANG!