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.

the Mana Shield around with the claws, but he assumed that it

using a Spell. The

earth claws, but he was very good at moving them, just barely enough to

a lot of mobility. That's

the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing

from side to side to avoid the attacks, but he also had to move away from

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

to avoid Shang's attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the side, its retreating speed from Shang

kilometer left between them, the Mage used his first

WHOOOOM!

appeared between the two,

saw the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside his

cutting off my Spirit Sense. I

this time, they hit the wave between

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

blasted

SHING!

earthen spear, cloaked in green Mana, shot past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely impossible for an Earth Affinity Mage to achieve at

already expected that attack, he would have been

eyes when he saw

Mage's place, he would have done the same thing. Make the opponent expect one attack with a certain speed, but

assumed that the Mage would choose the

was how Shang had known that

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

attack, Shang realized what the Earth

enough, this is

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

Concept of

the same

Mage's 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

remember Jerald's words correctly, most Earth Mages go for the Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them to control the Earth around them

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

the blink of an eye, and he had

of the Mage had also failed since Shang had already

where there was no hole inside the Earth Wall. At that

and then evaded

speed increased as he released more Blasts, and the Mage had to use another Mana

and would exhaust the Mage's Mana by

used Mana