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.

move the Mana Shield around with the claws,

didn't count as using a Spell. The Mage could probably just move them as

the earth claws, but he was very good at moving them, just

An Earth Mage with a lot of mobility. That's

while he continued unleashing

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

and he knew that it would be a bad idea to let such a powerful warrior come

was moved to the side, its retreating speed from Shang slowed

between them, the Mage used his first offensive

WHOOOOM!

the two, and it was moving

a bit of surprise appeared inside his right

my Spirit Sense. I can't see anything

continued releasing his attacks, but this time, they hit the wave between him and

a hole opened up inside the wave, and Shang's Spirit Sense could finally see what

blasted to the

SHING!

speeds that should be absolutely impossible for an Earth Affinity Mage to achieve

that attack, he would

narrowed his eyes when he saw that Shang had evaded his

in the Mage's place, he would have done the same thing. Make the opponent expect one attack with a certain speed, but then release

knew that the Mage had been judged to be powerful, and Shang had immediately assumed that

was how Shang had known that this attack would

the Mage would manage to release such a fast attack, but

the attack, Shang realized

enough, this is a

and the way the

Concept

the same

also can't be easy. But as a powerful Early High Mage, he already comprehended a second Concept from a different Affinity and incorporated it

I remember Jerald's words correctly, most Earth Mages go for the Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them to control the Earth around them

but they also keep the connection with the

everything in the blink of an eye, and he had already

also failed since Shang had already

attack, they would have moved to a place where there was no hole inside the Earth Wall.

to the side and then evaded back again, the wave harmlessly

as he released more Blasts, and the Mage had to

expensive and would exhaust the Mage's

Shang saw that his opponent had used Mana Step, a fire appeared in