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.

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

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

earth claws, but he was

lot of mobility. That's usually

the Earth Mage while he

Mage had to move from side to side to avoid

Mage wasn't stupid, and he knew that it would be a bad idea to let such a

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

there was only a kilometer left between them, the Mage used

WHOOOOM!

between the two, and

Shang saw the wave, a bit

my Spirit Sense. I can't

continued releasing his attacks, but this time, they

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

he immediately blasted to the

SHING!

Mana, shot past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely impossible for an Earth Affinity Mage

hadn't already expected that attack, he would have been

Mage narrowed his eyes when he saw that Shang had

done the same thing. Make the opponent expect one attack with a certain speed,

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

how Shang had known that this

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

Shang realized what the Earth Mage

enough, this

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

the Concept of Wind

knew the

Earth 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 High Mage, he already comprehended a second Concept from a different Affinity and incorporated it into his Main

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

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

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

plan of the Mage had also failed since Shang

they would have moved to a place where

evaded to the side and then

he released more Blasts, and the Mage had to use

of Mana Step was expensive and would

had used Mana Step,