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.

around with the claws,

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

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

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

toward the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing his

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

that it would be a bad

Shield was moved to the

left between them, the Mage used his first

WHOOOOM!

wave of earth suddenly appeared between the two, and it was

the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside his

cutting off my Spirit Sense. I

this time, they hit the

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

blasted to

SHING!

should

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

Mage narrowed his eyes when he saw that Shang had

in the Mage's place, he would have done the same thing. Make the opponent expect one attack with a certain speed,

assumed that the Mage would choose the best course of action

known that this attack

a fast attack,

Shang realized what the

this

earthen spear had been Wind Mana, and the way the Wind Mana behaved was very, very

the Concept of Wind

knew the same

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

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

him mobile, but they also keep the connection with the ground. By using the Earth Claws, he has essentially

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

also

attack, they would have moved to a place where there was no hole

the side and then evaded back again,

Blasts, and the Mage had to use another Mana Step

expensive and would exhaust

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