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.

Mana it cost to move the Mana Shield around with the claws, but he assumed that it was

a Spell. The Mage could probably just move them

but he was very

lot of mobility. That's usually the weakness of Earth

toward the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing his barrage

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

be a bad idea to let such a powerful warrior come

Shang's attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the side, its retreating speed from Shang slowed down, allowing him

kilometer left between

WHOOOOM!

huge wave of earth suddenly appeared between the two, and

bit of surprise appeared inside

is cutting off my Spirit Sense. I can't see

attacks, but this time, they hit the wave

wave, and Shang's Spirit Sense could finally see what was behind

blasted to

SHING!

cloaked in green Mana, shot past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely impossible for

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

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 behind the

assumed that the Mage would choose the

known that

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

the attack, Shang realized what the

this is

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

the Concept of

knew the same

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 a

a Concept that allows them to control the

claws around his 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

everything in the blink of an eye, and he had

Mage had also

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 Wall would hit

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

Step was expensive and would exhaust

Mana Step, a fire