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.

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

as using a Spell. The Mage could

particularly fast with the earth claws, but he was very

with a lot of mobility. That's usually the

the Earth Mage while he continued

avoid the attacks, but he also

that it would be a bad idea to let

that made it more difficult to avoid Shang's attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the side, its retreating

only a kilometer left between them, the

WHOOOOM!

wave of earth suddenly appeared between the two, and it was

saw the wave, a bit of surprise

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

continued releasing his attacks, but this time, they hit

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

he immediately blasted

SHING!

Mana, shot past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely

Shang hadn't already expected that attack, he

his eyes when he saw that Shang had evaded his

the opponent expect one attack with a certain speed, but then release an even faster one behind the first

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

Shang had known that this attack would

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

realized what the Earth Mage

enough, this

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

Concept

the same

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

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

they also keep the connection with the ground. By using the

in the blink of an eye, and he had

Mage had also failed since Shang

would have moved to a place where there was no hole inside the Earth Wall. At that point, the Earth Wall would hit

only evaded to the side and then evaded back again, the wave harmlessly passing

as he released more Blasts, and the Mage had

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

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