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

claws probably didn't count as using a Spell. The Mage

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

An Earth Mage with a lot of mobility. That's

Mage while

to avoid the attacks, but he also

wasn't stupid, and he knew that it would be a bad idea to let

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

was only a kilometer left between them, the Mage used

WHOOOOM!

between the two, and it was moving right toward

the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside his

Sense. I can't see anything behind the

but this time, they hit the wave between

three attacks, a hole opened up inside the wave, and

he immediately blasted to

SHING!

in green Mana, shot past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely impossible for an Earth Affinity

that attack, he would have

he saw that

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

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

known that

a fast attack, but he assumed that the

attack, Shang realized what the Earth Mage

this

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

the Concept

knew the

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

Jerald's words correctly, most Earth Mages go for the Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them to control the Earth around them with incredible

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

everything in the blink of an eye, and he had already continued

Mage had also failed since Shang had

where there was no hole inside the Earth Wall. At that point, the Earth

side and then evaded back again, the wave

speed increased as he released more Blasts, and the

and

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