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.

didn't know how much Mana it cost to move the Mana Shield around with the claws, but he assumed that it was probably cheaper

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

particularly fast with the earth claws, but he was very

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

Earth Mage while

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

that it would be a bad idea to let such

was moved to the side, its retreating speed from Shang slowed down, allowing him to catch

a kilometer left between them, the Mage used his first offensive

WHOOOOM!

huge wave of earth suddenly appeared between the two, and

the wave, a bit of surprise

Sense. I can't

time, they hit the wave between him

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

immediately blasted to the

SHING!

earthen spear, cloaked in green Mana, shot past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely impossible for an Earth Affinity Mage to achieve at

already expected that attack,

his eyes when he saw that Shang had evaded

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

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

known that this

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

after seeing the attack, Shang realized what

this is a

spear had been Wind Mana, and

the Concept of

knew the same

Mage's main Concept is probably 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

words correctly, most Earth Mages go for the Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them

keep the connection with the ground. By using

an eye, and

plan of the Mage had also failed since Shang had

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

Shang only evaded to the side and then evaded back again, the wave

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

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

that his opponent had used Mana Step, a