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

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

wasn't moving particularly fast with the earth claws, but he was very good at moving them, just barely enough

Earth Mage with a lot of mobility. That's usually the

continued blasting toward the Earth Mage while he

from side to side to avoid the attacks, but he

he knew that it would be a bad idea to let such a powerful warrior come close

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

kilometer left between them, the Mage used

WHOOOOM!

between the

saw the wave, a bit of

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

but this time, they hit the wave

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

blasted

SHING!

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

already expected that attack, he would have been

Mage narrowed his eyes when he saw

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

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

was how Shang had known that this attack

manage to release such a fast attack, but he assumed

Shang realized what the Earth Mage had

enough, this

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

the Concept of Wind

knew the

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

I remember Jerald's words correctly, most Earth Mages go for the Concept of Base, a Concept that allows

keep the connection with the

of an eye, and he had already continued

plan of the Mage had also failed since

place where there was no hole

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

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

and would exhaust the

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