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.

cost to move the Mana Shield around with

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

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

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

toward the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing

to avoid the attacks, but he also had

a bad idea to let such a powerful warrior come close to

Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the side, its retreating speed from Shang slowed down, allowing him to catch

there was only a kilometer left between them, the Mage

WHOOOOM!

the two, and it was moving right

Shang saw the wave, a bit of

Spirit Sense. I can't see anything behind

his attacks, but this time, they hit the wave between him

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

immediately blasted to the

SHING!

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

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

narrowed his eyes when he saw that Shang had

would have done the same thing. Make the opponent expect one

to be powerful, and Shang had immediately assumed that the Mage would choose the best course of action based on what he

was how Shang had known that this attack would

a fast

realized what the

this is a

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

Concept of

the

the claws that quickly through the Earth also can't be easy. But

that allows

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

an eye, and he had already continued his

plan of the Mage had also failed since Shang had

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

and then evaded back again, the

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

of Mana Step was expensive and

had used Mana Step, a fire appeared in his right