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.

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

claws probably didn't count as using a Spell. The

moving particularly fast with the earth claws, but he was very good at moving them,

with a lot of mobility. That's

the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing his barrage of

Mage had to move from side to side to avoid the attacks, but

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

was moved to the side, its retreating

only a kilometer left between them, the Mage

WHOOOOM!

appeared between the two, and

a bit of

my Spirit Sense. I can't see anything behind

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

opened up inside the wave, and Shang's Spirit Sense

immediately blasted to

SHING!

earthen spear, cloaked in green Mana, shot past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely impossible

hadn't already expected that attack, he

his eyes when he saw that Shang

Shang had been 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

powerful, and Shang had immediately assumed that

known that this attack

known how the Mage would manage to release such a fast attack, but he assumed that the Mage had a way

after seeing the attack, Shang realized what

enough, this is a

earthen spear had been Wind Mana, and the way the

was the Concept of Wind

the

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

Jerald's words 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

claws around his Mana Shield keep him mobile, but they also keep the connection with the ground. By using the Earth Claws, he has essentially

of an eye,

of the Mage had also failed since Shang

where there was no hole inside the Earth Wall. At that point, the Earth Wall would hit

then evaded

more Blasts, and the Mage had to

usage of Mana Step was expensive and would exhaust the Mage's Mana by

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