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 Mana

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

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

of mobility. That's usually the weakness

while he continued

from side to side to avoid the attacks, but he also had to move

be a bad idea to let such a

attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the side, its retreating speed from Shang slowed

left between them,

WHOOOOM!

earth suddenly appeared between the two, and it

saw the wave, a bit of

my Spirit Sense. I can't see

releasing his attacks, but this time, they hit the

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

immediately blasted to

SHING!

that should be absolutely impossible for an Earth Affinity Mage to achieve at

expected that attack, he would have

when he saw that Shang had evaded

the same thing. Make the opponent expect

to be powerful, and Shang had immediately assumed that the Mage would choose the best course of action based on what he would

Shang had known that this attack

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

after seeing the attack, Shang realized what the Earth Mage

this is a

been Wind Mana, and the way the Wind Mana

Concept of Wind

the same

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 from a different Affinity

that allows

with the ground.

everything in the blink of an eye, and he had

of the Mage had also failed since Shang

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

Shang only evaded to the side and then evaded back

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

Step was expensive and would exhaust

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