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.

around with the claws, but he

count as using a Spell. The Mage could probably just move them as long

claws, but he was very good at moving

Earth Mage with a lot of mobility.

Earth Mage while he continued unleashing his

had to move from side to side to avoid the

be a bad idea to let

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

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

WHOOOOM!

between the two, and it was

a bit of surprise appeared

wave is cutting off my Spirit Sense. I can't see anything behind the

attacks, but this time, they hit the wave between

and Shang's

blasted to

SHING!

at speeds that should be absolutely impossible

hadn't already expected that attack,

narrowed his eyes when he saw that Shang had evaded

he would have done the same thing. Make the opponent expect one attack with a certain speed, but then release

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

was how Shang had known that this

fast

attack, Shang realized what the Earth Mage had

this

and the way the Wind Mana behaved was very, very familiar to

the Concept of

knew the same

wave is humongous, and moving the claws that quickly through the Earth also can't be easy. But as a powerful Early

Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them to control the Earth around them with incredible skill as long as they have physical contact

him mobile, but they also keep the connection with

an

had also failed since Shang had already seen it

place where there was no

Shang only evaded to the side and then evaded back again, the wave harmlessly

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

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

used Mana Step, a fire appeared in his right