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.

didn't know how much Mana it cost to move the Mana Shield around with the claws, but he assumed that it was

Spell. The Mage could probably

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

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

blasting toward the Earth Mage while

side to avoid the attacks, but he also had

a bad idea to let such a powerful

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

kilometer left between them,

WHOOOOM!

suddenly appeared between the two,

the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside his

off my Spirit Sense. I can't see anything

releasing his attacks, but this time, they hit

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

he immediately blasted

SHING!

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

expected that

eyes when he saw that Shang had evaded his

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 behind the first

Shang had immediately assumed that the Mage would choose the

was how Shang had known that this attack

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

Shang realized what the Earth Mage had

this is

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

was the Concept

knew the

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

of Base, a Concept that allows them to control the Earth around them with incredible

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

analyzed everything in the blink of an eye, and

of the Mage had also failed since Shang had already seen it

somehow managed to avoid the attack, they would have moved to a place where there was

side and then evaded back again, the wave

Blasts, and the Mage had to use another Mana Step to

was expensive and would

opponent had used Mana Step, a fire appeared in his