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.

to move the Mana Shield around with the claws, but he assumed that it was probably cheaper than

probably didn't count as using a Spell. The Mage could probably just move them

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

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

while he continued unleashing his barrage

side to avoid

would be a bad idea to let such a powerful

attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to

between them, the

WHOOOOM!

between the two, and

Shang saw the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside

off my Spirit Sense. I can't

this time, they hit the wave

the wave, and Shang's Spirit Sense could

blasted to

SHING!

spear, cloaked in green Mana, shot past Shang at speeds that should be

already expected that attack, he

Mage narrowed his eyes when he saw that Shang had evaded his

have done the same thing. Make the opponent expect one attack with a certain speed, but then release

powerful, and Shang had immediately assumed that the Mage would choose the best course of action based on what he would

was how Shang had known that

such a fast attack, but he assumed that

Shang realized

this is a

Wind Mana, and the

Concept of

knew the

humongous, and moving the claws that quickly through the Earth also can't be easy. But as a powerful Early High Mage, he already

of Base, a Concept that allows them

connection with the ground. By using the Earth

blink of an eye, and he

Mage had also failed since Shang had

managed to avoid the attack, they would have moved to a place where there was no hole inside the Earth Wall. At that point, the Earth

to the side and then evaded back

Blasts, and the Mage had to

usage of Mana Step was expensive and would exhaust the Mage's

Mana Step, a fire appeared in his right