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 with the claws, but he assumed that it was probably cheaper than

Spell. The Mage could

he was very good at moving them, just

with a lot of mobility. That's usually

blasting toward the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing his barrage

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

he knew that it would be a bad idea

the Mana Shield was moved to the side, its retreating speed

between them,

WHOOOOM!

between the two, and it

bit of

Sense. I can't

releasing his attacks, but this time, they hit the

up inside the wave, and Shang's Spirit Sense could finally see what was

he immediately blasted to the

SHING!

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

already expected that attack, he would have been

his eyes when he saw

same thing. Make the opponent expect

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

had known that this attack

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

after seeing the attack, Shang realized

this

earthen spear had been Wind Mana, and the

Concept of Wind

knew the same

Earth also can't be easy. But as a powerful Early High Mage, he already comprehended a second Concept from a different Affinity and

most 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

connection with the ground. By using the Earth Claws, he has essentially entered a continuously

of an eye, and he had already continued his

Mage had also

somehow managed to avoid the attack, they would have moved to a place where there was no hole inside the Earth

evaded to the side and then evaded

released more Blasts, and the Mage had to use another

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

that his opponent had used Mana Step,