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.

much Mana it cost to move the Mana Shield around with the claws,

as using a Spell. The Mage could probably just move them as long as

particularly fast with the earth claws, but he was very good at moving them, just barely enough to avoid

An Earth Mage with a lot of mobility.

the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing his barrage

from side to side to avoid

a bad idea to

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

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

WHOOOOM!

between the two, and it was moving

a bit of

wave is cutting off my Spirit Sense.

they hit the wave between him and

up inside the wave, and Shang's Spirit Sense

he immediately blasted

SHING!

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

already expected that attack, he

narrowed his eyes when he saw that Shang had evaded

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

and Shang had immediately assumed that the

was how Shang had known that this

hadn't known how the Mage would manage to release such a fast attack, but he assumed that the Mage had a way to

the attack, Shang realized what the

this is

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

was the Concept

knew 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

Concept that allows

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 entered a

blink of an

had also failed since Shang had already seen it

where there was no hole inside the

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

as he released more Blasts, and the Mage had to use

Step was expensive and would exhaust the Mage's Mana

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