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.

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

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

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

of mobility. That's usually

toward the Earth Mage while he

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

knew that it would be a bad

attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the side, its retreating speed from Shang slowed

kilometer left between them, the Mage used his first

WHOOOOM!

between the

Shang saw the wave, a bit of surprise

off my Spirit Sense. I can't see anything behind

his attacks, but this time, they hit the wave between

hole opened up inside the wave, and Shang's Spirit Sense

he immediately blasted

SHING!

spear, cloaked in green Mana, shot past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely impossible for an Earth Affinity Mage to achieve at this

expected that attack, he would have

his eyes when he

opponent expect one attack with a certain

assumed that the Mage would choose the best course of action based on what he

was how Shang had known

known how the Mage would manage to release such a fast attack, but he assumed that

Shang realized what the Earth Mage

enough, this is a

been Wind Mana, and the way the Wind Mana

the Concept of

knew the same

quickly through the Earth also can't be easy. But as a powerful Early High

Concept that allows them to control the Earth around them with incredible skill as long as they

keep the connection with the ground. By using

the blink of an eye, and he had already continued his

plan of the Mage had also failed since Shang had already

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

to the side and then evaded back again, the wave harmlessly passing by

speed increased as he released more Blasts, and the Mage had to use

usage of Mana Step was expensive and would exhaust the Mage's Mana by

used Mana Step, a