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.

Shield around with the claws, but he

claws probably didn't count as using a Spell. The Mage

the earth claws, but he was very good at moving them, just barely

An Earth Mage with a lot of mobility.

toward the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing his barrage

to avoid

Mage wasn't stupid, and he knew that it would be a bad idea to let

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

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

WHOOOOM!

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

saw the wave, a bit of surprise appeared

my Spirit Sense. I can't see

attacks, but this time, they hit the wave between him and

up inside the wave, and Shang's

he immediately blasted

SHING!

should be absolutely impossible for an Earth Affinity

Shang hadn't already expected that attack, he would

narrowed his eyes when he saw that Shang had evaded

thing. Make the opponent expect one attack with a certain speed, but then release an even faster

assumed that the Mage would

known that

fast attack, but he assumed that the Mage had

Shang realized what the Earth Mage had

this is

been Wind Mana, and the way the Wind Mana behaved

Concept of Wind

the

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

a Concept that allows them to control the Earth around them with incredible skill as long as they have physical contact with

Mana Shield keep him mobile, but they also keep the connection with the ground. By using the Earth Claws, he has essentially entered a continuously based

blink of an eye, and he had already continued

Mage had also failed since Shang had

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

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

more Blasts, and the Mage had

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

used Mana Step,