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.

how much Mana it cost to move the Mana Shield around with the claws, but he assumed that it was

The Mage

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

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

the Earth Mage while

to move from side to side to avoid

would be a bad idea to let such a powerful

was moved to the side, its retreating speed from Shang

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

WHOOOOM!

huge wave of earth suddenly appeared between the

Shang saw the wave, a bit of surprise

off my Spirit Sense.

this time, they hit the wave between him and his

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

he immediately blasted to the

SHING!

Mana, shot past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely impossible for an Earth

already expected that attack, he would have

he saw that Shang had evaded

Shang had been in the Mage's place, he would have done the same thing. Make the opponent expect one attack with a certain speed, but then release an even faster one

that the Mage had been judged to be powerful, and Shang had immediately assumed that

how Shang had known that

release such a fast attack, but he assumed that

the attack, Shang realized what the Earth

this is a

the earthen spear had been Wind Mana, and the way

Concept

the

to the ground. The wave is humongous, and moving the claws that quickly through the Earth also can't be easy.

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

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

blink of an

plan of the Mage had also failed since

to avoid the attack, they would have moved to a place where there was no hole inside the

evaded to the side and then evaded back

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

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

Mana Step,