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 probably cheaper

count as using a Spell. The Mage

was very good at moving them, just barely enough to avoid Shang's

lot of mobility. That's usually

continued blasting toward the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing his barrage

from side to side to avoid

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

moved to the side, its retreating speed from Shang

was only a kilometer left between them, the Mage used his first offensive

WHOOOOM!

the

saw the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside his

cutting off my Spirit Sense. I can't

attacks, but this time, they

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

he immediately blasted to

SHING!

past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely impossible

hadn't already expected that attack,

his eyes when he

the same thing. Make the opponent expect one attack with a certain speed,

and Shang had immediately assumed

Shang had known that this

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

the attack, Shang realized what the

this

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

was the Concept of Wind

knew the same

claws that quickly through the Earth also can't be easy. But as a powerful Early High Mage,

the Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them to control the Earth around them with

connection with the ground. By using the Earth Claws,

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

also failed since Shang had already seen

somehow managed to avoid the attack, they would have moved to a place where there was no hole inside the Earth Wall. At that

the side and then

he released more Blasts, and the Mage had to

Mana Step was expensive and would

opponent had used Mana Step, a