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.

to move the Mana Shield around with the

a Spell. The Mage could probably just move them

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

Earth Mage with a lot of mobility. That's usually

continued blasting toward the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing his

avoid the attacks, but he also had

be a bad idea to let such a powerful warrior come

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

only a kilometer left between them, the Mage used his

WHOOOOM!

wave of earth suddenly appeared between the two,

the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside

cutting off my Spirit Sense. I can't see anything behind the

this time, they hit the wave between him and

three attacks, a hole opened up inside the wave, and Shang's Spirit Sense could finally see what was

immediately blasted

SHING!

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

hadn't already expected that attack, he would have

Mage narrowed his eyes when he saw that Shang had evaded his

he would have done the same thing. Make the opponent expect one attack with a certain speed, but

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

was how Shang had known that this attack

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

after seeing the attack, Shang realized what the Earth Mage had

this is a

green Mana around the earthen spear had been Wind Mana, and

the Concept of

the same

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

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

analyzed everything in the blink of an eye, and he

plan of the Mage had also failed since Shang

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

and then evaded back again, the wave harmlessly passing by

speed increased as he released more Blasts, and the Mage had to use another Mana

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

Shang saw that his opponent had used Mana