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.

move the Mana Shield around with the claws,

claws probably didn't count as using a Spell. The Mage could probably just move them as long as

Mage wasn't moving particularly fast with the earth claws, but he was very good at moving them, just barely enough to avoid Shang's

a lot of mobility. That's usually

continued blasting toward the Earth Mage while

side to avoid the attacks, but he also had

that it would be a bad idea to let such

Shield was moved to the side, its retreating speed from Shang slowed down, allowing him

a kilometer left between them, the Mage used his first offensive

WHOOOOM!

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

wave, a bit of surprise appeared

Sense.

releasing his attacks, but this time, they hit the wave between

and Shang's Spirit Sense could finally see what was

immediately blasted to the

SHING!

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

Shang hadn't already expected that attack, he

Mage narrowed his eyes when he

opponent expect one attack with a certain speed, but then

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

known that this attack

hadn't known how the Mage would manage to release such a fast attack,

the attack, Shang realized what the

enough, this is

had been Wind Mana, and the

the Concept

knew the same

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

I remember Jerald's words correctly, most Earth Mages go for the Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them to

connection with the

in the blink of an eye, and he had already continued

plan of the Mage had also failed since Shang

moved to a place where there was no

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

released more Blasts, and the Mage

of Mana Step was expensive and would

saw that his opponent had used Mana Step, a