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.

Mana Shield around with the claws, but he

The Mage could probably

but he was very good at moving

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

Mage while he

side to side to avoid the attacks, but he also

it would be a bad idea to let such a powerful

attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the

between them, the Mage used

WHOOOOM!

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

Shang saw the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside

is cutting off my Spirit Sense. I

attacks, but this time, they hit the wave between

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

he immediately blasted to

SHING!

in green Mana, shot past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely

that attack, he would

he

opponent expect one attack with a certain speed, but then release an even faster one behind the first

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

had known that

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

realized what

this is

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

was the Concept

the same

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

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

with the ground. By using the

everything in the blink of an

Mage had also failed

where there

the side and then evaded

Blasts, and the Mage

expensive and would exhaust the Mage's Mana

saw that his opponent had used Mana Step, a fire