Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang didn't remember the last time he had fought an enemy Mage with an Earth Affinity that wasn't a complete pushover.

'A powerful Early High Mage with an Earth Affinity, huh? I wonder how they fight.'

SHING!

Shang's opponent appeared.

It was a tall man with brown hair and a rough, long beard. He looked a bit like a barbarian.

Shang didn't enter his Colossal Sword State. For now, the Saber State should be enough, and the Colossal Sword State was not as great when it came to dealing with Earth Mages.

The reason was that Refraction and Reflection didn't work that well against Earth Mages.

Additionally, Shang didn't think that it was necessary to enter his Colossal Sword State yet. The Saber State should still be enough.

The jester slowly lifted his hammer and hit the bell.

DING!

Shang immediately unleashed his Shooting Stars and Hidden Suns at the Mage.

When the Mage noticed the assault, his eyes narrowed.

In an instant, he had already created his Mana Shield.

SHING!

He also used a Mana Step immediately to gain some distance from Shang.

When Shang saw that, he blasted forward with an Ice Blast while continuing his assault.

CRK!

At that moment, two huge claws shot out of the earth around the Mage, and they grabbed the Mana Shield.

Then, they moved the Mana Shield to the side, making Shang's attacks miss.

The claws could move through the earth, and they pulled the Mage with them.

Shang got reminded of the first talented Mage he had ever fought back in the first trial. That Mage had been a Lightning Mage, and he had surrounded his Mana Shield with lightning to achieve a similar effect.

Shield around

claws probably didn't count as using a Spell. The

wasn't moving particularly fast with the earth claws, but he was very good at moving

a lot of mobility. That's usually the weakness of Earth

Earth Mage while he continued unleashing his barrage of

Mage had to move from side to side to avoid the attacks, but he also had to move away from

knew that it would be a bad idea to let such

attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the side, its retreating speed from Shang slowed down,

a kilometer left between them, the Mage used his first

WHOOOOM!

earth suddenly appeared between the two, and it

the wave, a bit of surprise

Spirit Sense. I can't

but this time, they hit the wave between him

a hole opened up inside the wave, and Shang's Spirit

he immediately blasted to

SHING!

green Mana, shot past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely impossible for an Earth Affinity Mage

already expected that

eyes when he saw

same thing. Make the opponent expect one attack with a certain speed, but then release an

been judged to be powerful, and Shang had immediately assumed that the Mage would choose the best course of action based on what he would

Shang had known that

such a fast attack, but he assumed that the Mage

realized what the Earth Mage

enough, this is a

the earthen spear had been Wind Mana, and the way the Wind Mana behaved was

was the Concept

knew the

is probably some kind of connection to the ground. The wave is humongous, and moving the claws that quickly through the Earth also can't be easy. But as a

a Concept that allows them to control the Earth

also keep the connection with the ground. By

the blink of an

plan of the Mage had also failed since Shang had already

a place where there was

evaded to the side and then

he released more Blasts, and the Mage had to

was expensive and would exhaust the Mage's Mana

opponent had used Mana Step, a fire appeared in