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.

around with the claws, but he assumed that it

count as using a Spell. The Mage could probably just move them

claws, but he was very

Earth Mage with a lot of mobility. That's

Earth Mage while he continued unleashing

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

be a bad idea to let such a powerful warrior come

it more difficult to avoid Shang's attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the side, its retreating speed from Shang slowed down, allowing him to catch

between them, the Mage used his first offensive

WHOOOOM!

the two, and it was

bit of

Spirit Sense. I can't see

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

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

blasted

SHING!

at speeds that should

expected that attack, he would have been

when he

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

assumed that the Mage would choose the

known that this attack would

a fast attack, but he assumed that the Mage had a

attack, Shang realized

enough, this is

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

Concept

knew the

Mage's main Concept is 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 powerful Early

correctly, 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

Mana Shield keep him mobile, but they also keep the connection with the ground. By using the Earth Claws, he has essentially entered a continuously

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

secondary plan of the Mage had also failed since Shang had already

the attack, they would have moved to a place where there was no hole inside

then evaded back again, the wave harmlessly passing by

the Mage had to use another Mana Step to gain

was expensive and would exhaust the

opponent had used Mana Step, a fire appeared in his right