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.

cost to move the Mana Shield around with the

Spell. The Mage could probably just move

particularly fast with the earth claws, but he was very good at moving

An Earth Mage with a lot of

blasting toward the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing his

side to avoid the

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

Shield was moved to the side, its

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

WHOOOOM!

appeared between the two, and it

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

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

releasing his attacks, but this time, they hit the wave between him and his

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

he immediately blasted to the

SHING!

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

already expected that

when he saw that Shang had evaded

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

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

how Shang had known

hadn't known how the Mage would manage to release such a fast attack, but he assumed that the Mage had a way to achieve

seeing the attack, Shang realized what the Earth

this

Wind Mana, and the way the Wind Mana behaved was very, very familiar to

the Concept

knew the same

quickly through the Earth also can't be easy. But as a powerful Early High Mage, he already

that allows them

with the ground. By using the Earth Claws, he has

blink of an eye, and he

the Mage had also failed

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

only evaded to the side and then evaded back

as he released more Blasts, and the Mage had

usage of Mana Step was expensive and would exhaust the

his opponent had used Mana Step, a fire appeared