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

Spell. 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

the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing

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

a bad idea to let

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

there was only a kilometer left between

WHOOOOM!

the two, and

saw the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside his

Sense. I can't see anything behind

but this time, they hit

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

he immediately blasted

SHING!

past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely impossible for an Earth Affinity Mage to achieve

that attack, he would have been

Mage narrowed his eyes when he saw that Shang had evaded

in the Mage's place, he would have done the same thing. Make the opponent expect one attack with a certain speed, but then release an even faster one

had immediately assumed that the Mage would choose the best course of action based on

how Shang had known that

manage to release such a fast attack, but he assumed that

realized what the Earth Mage

this is a

the earthen spear had been Wind Mana, and the way the Wind

Concept

knew the same

also can't be easy.

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

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

an eye, and he had already continued his

secondary plan of the Mage had also failed

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

side and then evaded back again, the wave harmlessly

more Blasts, and the Mage had

Step was expensive and would exhaust the Mage's

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