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

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

with the earth claws, but he was very good at moving them, just barely enough to avoid

of mobility. That's usually the

Earth Mage while he continued unleashing his barrage of

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

would be a bad idea to let such a powerful warrior

Shield was moved to the

kilometer left between them, the Mage used

WHOOOOM!

of earth suddenly appeared between the two, and it

bit of surprise

Spirit Sense. I

this time, they

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

blasted to the

SHING!

shot past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely

Shang hadn't already expected that

Mage narrowed his eyes when he saw

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

to be powerful, and Shang had immediately assumed

Shang had known that

would manage to release such a fast

after seeing the attack, Shang realized

this

been Wind Mana, and the way the Wind Mana behaved was very,

the Concept of Wind

the same

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

most Earth Mages go for the Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them to control the Earth around them with incredible skill as long as they have physical contact with

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

had analyzed everything in the blink of an eye,

of the Mage had also failed since Shang had already

attack, they would have moved to a place where there was no hole inside the Earth Wall. At that point, the

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

and the Mage

Mana Step was expensive and would exhaust the

Shang saw that his opponent had used Mana Step, a