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 was very good at moving them, just barely enough to avoid Shang's

lot of mobility. That's usually the

while

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

knew that it would be a bad idea to let such

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

only a kilometer left between them,

WHOOOOM!

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

the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside

Spirit Sense. I can't see anything behind

continued releasing his attacks, but this time, they hit the wave between him and his

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

immediately blasted

SHING!

shot past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely impossible for an Earth Affinity Mage

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

his eyes when he saw that

Make the opponent expect one attack with a certain speed,

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

Shang had known that this attack would

such a fast

Shang realized what the Earth

this is a

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

Concept of Wind

the same

The wave is humongous, and moving the claws that quickly through the Earth also can't be

Mages go for the Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them to control the Earth around them with incredible skill as long as they

claws around his Mana Shield keep him mobile, but they also keep the connection with the ground.

of an eye, and he had already continued

also failed

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 point, the Earth

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

released more Blasts, and the Mage had to use another Mana

Mana Step was expensive and would

had used Mana Step, a