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.

much Mana it cost to move the Mana Shield around with the claws, but he assumed that it was

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

was very good

lot of mobility. That's usually the weakness

blasting toward the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing

avoid the attacks, but he also had to move away

knew that it would be a bad idea to let such a powerful

the Mana Shield was moved

kilometer left between them, the Mage used his first offensive

WHOOOOM!

huge wave of earth suddenly appeared between the two, and it was moving right

bit of surprise appeared inside

wave is cutting off my Spirit Sense. I can't see

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

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

blasted to the

SHING!

earthen spear, cloaked in green Mana, shot past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely impossible for an

already expected that

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

immediately assumed that the Mage would choose the best course of action based

was how Shang had known that this attack would

how the Mage would manage to release such a fast attack, but he assumed that the Mage had a way to achieve

after seeing the attack, Shang realized what the Earth Mage had

this is

Wind Mana, and the way

Concept of Wind

the same

main Concept 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 powerful Early High Mage, he already comprehended

Earth Mages go for the Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them to control the Earth around them with incredible skill as long as they have

him mobile, but they also keep the connection with the ground.

in the blink of an eye, and he had already continued his

of the Mage had also failed since Shang

to avoid the attack, they would have moved to a place where

only evaded to the side and then evaded back

the Mage had to use

Mana Step was expensive and would exhaust the Mage's Mana by

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