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.

it cost to move the Mana Shield around with the claws, but he

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

fast with the earth claws, but he was very good at moving them, just barely enough

lot of mobility. That's

continued blasting toward the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing

to avoid the attacks,

knew that it would be a bad idea to let

made it more difficult to avoid Shang's attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the

left between them, the Mage used his

WHOOOOM!

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

the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside his

off my Spirit Sense. I can't see anything behind

they

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

he immediately blasted

SHING!

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

hadn't already expected that

Mage narrowed his eyes when he saw that

place, he would have done the same thing. Make the opponent expect one attack with

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

had known that this

a fast attack, but he

attack, Shang realized

this is a

had been Wind Mana, and the way

Concept of

knew the

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 a second Concept from a

Earth Mages go for the Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them to

they also keep the connection with the ground. By using the Earth Claws, he has essentially entered a continuously

in the blink of an eye, and he had

plan of the Mage had also failed since Shang had already seen

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

side and then evaded back again, the wave harmlessly

he released more Blasts, and the

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

Shang saw that his opponent had used Mana Step,