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.

Shield around with the claws, but he assumed that it was probably

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

but he was very

of mobility. That's usually

while he continued unleashing

to side to avoid the attacks, but he also

that it would be a bad idea to let such

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

kilometer left between them, the Mage used his

WHOOOOM!

the

Shang saw the wave, a bit

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

but this time, they hit the wave between

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

he immediately blasted to

SHING!

shot past Shang at speeds that should

Shang hadn't already expected that attack, he would have

when he saw that Shang had evaded his

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

be powerful, and Shang had immediately assumed that the Mage

was how Shang had known

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

attack, Shang realized what the Earth

this

had been Wind Mana, and

the Concept of Wind

knew the

is probably some kind of connection to the ground. The wave is humongous, and moving the claws that quickly through the Earth also

I remember Jerald's words correctly, most Earth Mages go for the Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them to control the Earth around them

with the ground. By using the Earth Claws, he has essentially entered a

of an eye, and he had already continued

secondary plan of the Mage had also failed since

they would have moved to a place where there

Shang only evaded to the side and then evaded back

and the Mage had to use another Mana Step

and

opponent had used Mana Step, a fire