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

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

he was very good at moving

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

toward the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing his barrage of

from side to side to avoid the attacks, but he

stupid, and he knew that it would be a bad idea to let

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

there was only a kilometer left between them, the

WHOOOOM!

suddenly appeared between the two, and it was moving right toward

Shang saw the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside

Spirit Sense. I can't see anything behind

this time, they

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

he immediately blasted

SHING!

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

that

his eyes when he saw

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

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

Shang had known that

release such a fast attack, but he

realized

this

had been Wind Mana, and the way

Concept of Wind

knew the

is 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 and incorporated it into

Base, a Concept that allows them to control the

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

an eye, and he

had also failed since Shang had

a place where there

the side and then evaded back again, the wave harmlessly passing by

more Blasts, and the Mage had to use another Mana

Mana Step was expensive and would exhaust the Mage's

Mana