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.

much Mana it cost to move the Mana Shield around with the claws, but

claws probably didn't count as using a Spell. The Mage could probably

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

Mage with a lot of mobility.

blasting toward the Earth Mage while he continued

side to avoid the attacks,

he knew that it would be a bad idea to let

more difficult to avoid Shang's attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the side, its retreating speed from Shang

a kilometer left between them, the Mage used his first

WHOOOOM!

of earth suddenly appeared between the two, and it was moving

wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside his

my Spirit Sense. I can't

they hit the wave between him and

three attacks, a hole opened up inside the wave, and Shang's Spirit Sense could finally see what

blasted

SHING!

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

already expected that

eyes when he saw that Shang had

opponent expect one attack with a certain speed, but then release an

immediately assumed that the Mage would choose the best course of action based on

was how Shang had known that this

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

realized what the Earth Mage

this

green Mana around the earthen spear had been Wind Mana, and the way the

was the Concept of Wind

knew the same

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

for the Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them to control the Earth around them with incredible skill

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

of an eye, and

secondary plan of the Mage had also failed since Shang had already seen

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

the side and then

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

Mana Step was expensive and would

Shang saw that his opponent had used Mana Step, a