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.

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

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

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

Mage with a lot of mobility. That's

Mage while he continued unleashing

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

it would be a bad

avoid Shang's attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved

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

WHOOOOM!

appeared between the two, and it

a bit of surprise appeared inside

Spirit Sense. I can't see anything behind

releasing his attacks, but this time, they hit the

the wave, and Shang's Spirit Sense could finally see what was behind

blasted to

SHING!

speeds that should

that attack, he would have

his eyes when he saw that Shang

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

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

known that this

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

attack, Shang realized what the

this is

Mana, and the way the Wind Mana behaved was very, very familiar to

was the Concept

the

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. But as a powerful Early High Mage, he already comprehended a second Concept from a different Affinity and incorporated

Earth Mages go for the Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them to control the Earth around them with

claws around his Mana Shield keep him mobile, but they also keep the connection with the ground. By using the Earth Claws,

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

of the Mage had also failed

a place where there was no hole inside the Earth Wall. At that point, the

side and then

he released more Blasts, and the Mage had to use

and would exhaust the Mage's Mana

Shang saw that his opponent had used Mana Step, a fire appeared in his right