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.

didn't know how much Mana it cost to move the Mana Shield around with the claws, but he assumed that it was probably cheaper

a Spell. The Mage could probably just move them as long

the earth claws, but he was

Earth Mage with a lot of

Earth Mage while he

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

would be a bad idea to let

avoid Shang's attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved

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

WHOOOOM!

between the two, and it was

Shang saw the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside his

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

time, they hit the wave between him and his

opened up inside the wave, and Shang's

he immediately blasted to the

SHING!

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

already expected that attack, he would have

when he saw

Shang had been in the Mage's place, he would have done the same thing. Make the opponent expect one attack with

judged to be powerful, and Shang had immediately assumed

was how Shang had known that this

hadn't known how the Mage would manage to release such a fast attack,

the attack, Shang realized what the Earth Mage

this

had been Wind Mana, and the way the

was the Concept

knew the

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 Affinity and incorporated it

of Base, a Concept that allows them to control the Earth around them with incredible skill as long as

but they also keep the connection with the ground. By

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

the Mage had also failed since Shang had already seen

attack, they would have moved to a place where there was no

side and then

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

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

had used Mana Step, a fire appeared in his right