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.

how much Mana it cost to move the Mana Shield around with the claws, but he assumed that it

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

earth claws, but he was very good at moving them, just barely enough to avoid Shang's

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

blasting toward the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing his barrage of

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

knew that it would be a bad idea

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

a kilometer left between

WHOOOOM!

suddenly appeared between the

bit

Spirit Sense. I can't see anything behind

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

opened up inside the wave, and Shang's Spirit

he immediately blasted to

SHING!

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

Shang hadn't already expected that attack, he would have been

his eyes when he saw that Shang had evaded his

Make the opponent expect one

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

was how Shang had known that

would manage to release such a fast attack, but he assumed

the attack, Shang realized what the Earth

this

and the way the Wind Mana behaved was very, very familiar

the Concept of Wind

the same

ground. The wave is humongous, and moving the claws that quickly through the Earth also can't be

Earth Mages go for the Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them to control the Earth around them with incredible skill

claws around his Mana Shield keep him mobile, but they also keep the connection with the ground. By using the Earth Claws, he

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

Mage had also

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

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

speed increased as he released more Blasts, and the Mage

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

used Mana Step, a