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.

to move the Mana Shield around

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

particularly fast with the earth claws, but he was very good at moving

a lot of mobility. That's usually the weakness of

toward the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing his barrage of

side to avoid the attacks, but he also

it would be a bad idea

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

only a kilometer left between

WHOOOOM!

wave of earth suddenly appeared between the two,

bit of

is cutting off my Spirit Sense. I can't see anything behind

time, they hit the wave between

a hole opened up inside the wave, and Shang's

immediately blasted to the

SHING!

Shang at speeds that should be absolutely impossible for an Earth Affinity

that

he saw that Shang had evaded

the Mage's place, he would have done the same thing. Make the opponent expect

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

known that this attack would

a fast attack, but he

the attack, Shang realized what the Earth

this

around the earthen spear had been Wind Mana, and the way the

the Concept of

knew the

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

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

him mobile, but they also keep the connection with the ground. By using the

in the blink of an eye, and he

the Mage had also failed since Shang had already seen it

where

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

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

and would exhaust the Mage's

that his opponent had used Mana Step, a fire