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

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

moving particularly fast with the earth claws, but he was very good at moving them, just barely enough to

a lot of

toward the Earth Mage while

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

it would be a bad idea to let such a powerful

was moved to the side, its retreating

only a kilometer left between them, the Mage

WHOOOOM!

suddenly appeared between the two,

the wave, a bit of

Spirit Sense. I can't see anything behind the

they hit the wave between

and Shang's Spirit

he immediately blasted to

SHING!

speeds that should be absolutely impossible for an Earth Affinity Mage to achieve at this

expected that

narrowed his eyes when he saw that Shang had evaded his

place, he would have done the same thing. Make the opponent expect one attack with a certain speed, but then release an even faster one

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

had known that this attack

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

attack, Shang realized what the Earth Mage

this is a

green Mana around the earthen spear had been Wind Mana, and the

was the Concept of Wind

the

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 it into his Main

that allows them to control the Earth

Mana Shield keep him mobile, but they also keep the connection with the ground. By using the Earth Claws, he has essentially entered a continuously based

in the blink of an eye,

plan of the Mage had also failed since

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

to the side and then evaded

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

of Mana Step was expensive and

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