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.

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

Spell. The Mage could probably just move them as long

the earth claws, but he was very

Mage with a lot of mobility.

Earth Mage while he continued unleashing his barrage

to move from side to side to avoid

and he knew that it would be a bad idea to let

Shield was moved to the side, its retreating speed from Shang slowed down, allowing him to

only a kilometer left between them, the Mage used

WHOOOOM!

wave of earth suddenly appeared between the two, and

bit

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

this time, they hit the

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

he immediately blasted

SHING!

should be absolutely impossible

expected that

he saw that Shang had evaded

Shang had been in the Mage's place, he would have done the same thing. Make the opponent expect one

Mage had been judged to be powerful, and Shang had immediately assumed that the Mage would choose the best course of action based on what

had known that

a fast attack, but

Shang realized what the Earth

this is

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

was the Concept

the

also can't be easy. But as a powerful Early High Mage, he already comprehended a second Concept from a different

go for the Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them to control the Earth around them with

him mobile, but they also keep the connection with the ground. By using the Earth

of an

the Mage had also failed since

the opponent somehow managed to avoid the attack, they would have moved to a place where there was no hole

and then evaded

increased as he released more Blasts, and the Mage had

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

his opponent had used Mana Step, a fire