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 assumed

moving the claws probably didn't count as using a Spell. The Mage could probably just move

Mage wasn't moving particularly fast with the earth claws, but he was very good

lot of mobility.

blasting toward the Earth Mage while

to avoid the

wasn't stupid, and he knew that it would be a bad idea to let such a powerful warrior come close to

Shield was moved to the side, its retreating speed from

between them, the Mage used

WHOOOOM!

earth suddenly appeared between the two, and it was

Shang saw the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside his right

is cutting off my Spirit Sense.

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

and Shang's

blasted to

SHING!

cloaked in green Mana, shot past Shang at speeds that should be

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

when he saw

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

immediately assumed that the Mage would choose the best

known that this attack would

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

Shang realized what the Earth Mage had

enough, this

and the way the

the Concept

the same

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.

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

also keep the connection with the ground. By using the Earth Claws,

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

of the Mage had also failed since Shang had already seen

they would have moved to a place where there was no hole inside the Earth Wall.

side and then evaded back again, the wave harmlessly

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

expensive and would exhaust

had used Mana Step, a fire appeared in