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

Spell. The Mage could probably just move them

Mage wasn't moving particularly fast with the earth claws, but he was very good at moving them, just barely enough to avoid

Mage with a lot of mobility. That's

while he continued unleashing his barrage of

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

knew that 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 them, the Mage

WHOOOOM!

earth suddenly appeared between the two, and it was moving right toward

Shang saw the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside

Sense. I can't see anything behind

his attacks, but this time, they hit the

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

immediately blasted to

SHING!

spear, cloaked in green Mana, shot past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely impossible for

hadn't already expected that attack, he would have

when he saw that Shang had evaded his

Shang had been in the Mage's place, he would have done the same thing. Make the opponent expect one attack with a certain speed, but then release an

and Shang had immediately assumed that the Mage would choose the best course of action

was how Shang had known that this

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

attack, Shang realized what the Earth Mage had

enough, this is

been Wind Mana, and the way the Wind Mana behaved was

Concept of Wind

the

main Concept is probably 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

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

his Mana Shield keep him mobile, but they also keep the connection with the

an eye,

the Mage had also failed since Shang had already seen

where there was no hole inside the

to the side and then evaded back again, the

and the

and would

used Mana Step, a fire