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.

move the Mana Shield around with the claws, but he

a Spell. The Mage could probably just move them as long as they

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

Mage with a lot of

the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing his

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

knew that it would be a bad idea to let such a

Mana Shield was moved to the side, its retreating speed from

only a kilometer left between them, the

WHOOOOM!

between the two, and it was moving right toward

bit of surprise

Spirit Sense. I can't see anything behind

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

inside the wave, and

immediately blasted to

SHING!

spear, cloaked in green Mana, shot past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely impossible for an

hadn't already expected that attack,

narrowed his eyes when he

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

assumed that the

had known that

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

attack, Shang realized

enough, this is a

spear had been Wind Mana, and the way the Wind Mana

the Concept of Wind

the same

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

the Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them to

with the ground. By using the Earth Claws, he has

of an eye, and he had already continued his

had also failed since Shang had already seen it

place where there was

then evaded back again, the

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

of Mana Step was expensive and would

that his opponent had used Mana Step, a