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 had

Mage extended his hand towards his Focus

the fire from

the Mage looked at

felt

like an eternity, the Mage only looked

in that instant, Shang felt like he

at him to run

the young man's lips move with

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

"Ishah!"

the word the Mage had

as he had

BOOOOOOOOM!

and the power threw him

CRK!

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

that wasn't even

exploded with violent fire, and Sword hadn't

sides of Shang's body

his arms and shoulders had

quickly heal

with that, all the extra life energy Shang had stored up

Shang was

in the trial, but he didn't

broke, Shang might lose his

to regain control over his body by

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

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

BANG!

Ice Blast and shot towards the

no retreat

close to the Mage, he realized that the fiery figure had

felt like it was a terrible

what was he supposed to

get close

figure. At the same time, his left arm withered

slowly

preparing itself to

now, Shang's instincts were screaming so loudly that

BANG!