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.

the Mana Shield around with the claws, but he assumed that it

as using a Spell. The Mage could probably just move

he was very good at moving

Earth Mage with a lot of

while he continued unleashing his barrage

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

stupid, and he knew that it would be a bad idea to let such a powerful

Shang's attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the side, its retreating speed from Shang slowed down, allowing

only a kilometer left between them, the

WHOOOOM!

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

the wave, a bit of surprise appeared

my Spirit Sense. I can't

continued releasing his attacks, but this time, they hit the

three attacks, a hole opened up inside the wave, and Shang's Spirit Sense

he immediately blasted to the

SHING!

should be absolutely impossible for an Earth

already expected that attack, he

his eyes when he saw that Shang had evaded

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

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

how Shang had known that this attack would

manage to release such a fast attack, but

attack, Shang realized what the

this is a

spear had been Wind Mana, and the way the Wind Mana behaved was very, very

was the Concept of

the

some kind of connection 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 Mage, he already comprehended a second Concept from a different

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

keep the connection with the ground. By using the Earth Claws, he has essentially

blink of an

also failed since Shang had

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

and then evaded back again, the wave

Blasts, and the Mage had to use another Mana Step

Mana Step was expensive and would exhaust the

Mana Step,