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.

Shield around with the claws, but he assumed that it was probably cheaper than Mana

probably didn't count as using a Spell. The Mage could

moving particularly fast with the earth claws, but he was very good at moving

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

Mage while he

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

knew that it would be a bad

made it more difficult to avoid Shang's attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the side, its retreating speed from Shang slowed down, allowing him to

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

WHOOOOM!

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

the wave, a bit of

off my Spirit Sense. I can't see anything

but this time, they

up inside the wave, and Shang's

immediately blasted to

SHING!

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

Shang hadn't already expected that attack, he would have been

his eyes when he saw that Shang had evaded his

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 faster one

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

how Shang had known

hadn't known how the Mage would manage to release such a fast attack, but he assumed that the Mage had a way to

attack, Shang realized what the Earth Mage

this is a

and the way the

was the Concept of

the

Earth 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

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

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

everything in the blink of an

plan of the Mage had also failed since Shang

managed to avoid the attack, they would have moved to a place where there was no hole inside the Earth

and then evaded back again, the wave

Blasts, and the Mage had to use another Mana Step to gain

of Mana Step was expensive and

had used Mana Step,