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.

around with the claws, but he

a Spell. The Mage could probably just move them as

was very good at moving them, just

Mage with a lot of mobility. That's usually

while he continued unleashing his

to avoid

that it would be a bad idea to let such

that made it more difficult to avoid Shang's attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the side, its retreating

was only a kilometer left between them, the

WHOOOOM!

huge wave of earth suddenly appeared between the two,

a bit of surprise appeared inside his right

off my Spirit Sense. I

this time, they hit the wave between

attacks, a hole opened up inside the wave, and Shang's Spirit Sense could finally see what

he immediately blasted

SHING!

should be absolutely impossible for an

expected that attack, he would

he saw that Shang had

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

powerful, and Shang had immediately assumed that the Mage would choose the best course of action based on

had known that this

known how the Mage would manage to release such a fast attack, but he assumed that the Mage had

the attack, Shang realized what

enough, this is

spear had been Wind Mana, and

was the Concept

knew the

also can't be easy. But as a powerful

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

connection with the

of an eye, and

the Mage had also failed since Shang

avoid the attack, they would have moved to a place where there

only evaded to the side and then evaded back

more Blasts, and the Mage had to use another

was expensive and

that his opponent had used Mana Step, a fire appeared in his