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 the claws, but he assumed

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

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

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

the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing

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

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

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

was only a kilometer left between them,

WHOOOOM!

appeared between the two, and it was moving right

Shang saw the wave, a bit of surprise appeared

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

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

and Shang's Spirit Sense could finally see what was

blasted

SHING!

past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely

expected that attack, he would have

his eyes when he saw

he would have done the same thing. Make the opponent

Shang had immediately assumed that the Mage would choose the best course of action

had known that

a fast attack, but he assumed that the Mage had a

realized

this is a

Mana, and the

Concept of Wind

the

through the Earth also can't be easy. But as a powerful Early High Mage, he already comprehended a second Concept from a

allows them to control the Earth around them with incredible skill as long as they have physical

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

blink of an eye, and he had already continued

of the Mage had also failed since Shang had already seen it

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

the side and then evaded

as he released more Blasts, and the Mage had to

Mana Step was expensive and would exhaust the Mage's

had used Mana Step, a