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, but he assumed that it was probably cheaper than Mana

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

the earth claws, but he was

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

toward the Earth Mage while he

side to avoid

Mage wasn't stupid, and he knew that it would be a bad idea to let such a powerful warrior come

avoid Shang's attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the side,

kilometer left between them, the Mage used his

WHOOOOM!

suddenly appeared between the two, and it was moving

the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside his

Sense. I can't see anything

time, they

inside the wave, and

he immediately blasted to

SHING!

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

hadn't already expected that attack, he would

Mage narrowed his eyes when he saw

had been 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 an even

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

Shang had known that this attack

such a fast attack,

seeing the attack, Shang realized what the Earth Mage had

this is

been Wind Mana, and the way

the Concept of Wind

knew the same

through the Earth also can't

Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them to control

mobile, but they also keep the connection with the

blink of an eye, and he had already

secondary plan of the Mage had also

have moved to a place where there was no hole inside the Earth Wall. At that point, the

Shang only evaded to the side and then

he released more Blasts, and the Mage

Step was expensive and would exhaust

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