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,

using a Spell. The Mage could probably just move them

fast with the earth claws, but he was very good

with a lot of mobility. That's

Mage while

side to side to avoid the attacks, but he also

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

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

was only a kilometer left between them, the

WHOOOOM!

between the two, and it was moving right toward

the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside

Sense. I can't

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

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

he immediately blasted to the

SHING!

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

expected that attack, he would have been

his eyes when he saw that

same thing. Make the opponent expect one attack with a certain speed, but then release an even faster one behind

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

Shang had known that

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

realized what

enough, this is a

earthen spear had been Wind Mana, and the way the

the Concept

knew the

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 different Affinity and incorporated it into

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

in the blink of an eye, and he had already continued

of the Mage had also failed since Shang had already

where there was no hole inside the Earth Wall.

and then evaded back again, the wave harmlessly passing by

Blasts, and the Mage had to

Mana Step was expensive and would exhaust the Mage's

his opponent had used Mana Step, a