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 prepared had to be insanely

his hand towards his Focus and

the fire from the

Mage looked at

felt like

instant that felt like an eternity, the Mage only looked at

felt

instincts were screaming at him to

saw the young man's lips move with a

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

"Ishah!"

word the Mage

as soon as he had finished the

BOOOOOOOOM!

the power threw him over a

CRK!

small cracks appeared on

wasn't even

with violent fire, and

Shang's body

safe, but his arms and shoulders had effectively become

but to quickly heal his body with his

the extra life

was concerned about

resurrected in the trial, but

might

over his body by using a Fire Blast and looked

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

had turned into nothing but a blackened crater

BANG!

Ice Blast and shot towards the

no retreat

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

like it was a terrible idea to come close to

was he supposed to

to get close to

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

slowly crossed its

was like it was preparing itself to push the entire

screaming so loudly that

BANG!