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.

Mage had prepared had to

extended his hand towards his

from

the Mage

Shang felt like time had

that felt like an eternity, the Mage

instant, Shang felt

were screaming at him to run

young man's lips move with

released a powerful Fire Blast to his

"Ishah!"

word the Mage had

as he had finished

BOOOOOOOOM!

threw him

CRK!

time, some small cracks appeared on Sword's

that wasn't

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

sides of Shang's body had

arms and shoulders had effectively

choice but to quickly heal his body with

with that, all the extra life energy Shang

Shang was concerned

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

might lose his lifelong

regain control over his body by using a Fire

Shang had just

him for over ten meters had turned into nothing but a

BANG!

Blast and shot towards

no retreat in this

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

felt like it was a terrible idea to

what was he supposed to

had to get close to kill the

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

slowly crossed its

itself to push the entire world away from

Shang's instincts were screaming so loudly that he

BANG!