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.

much Mana it cost to move the Mana Shield around with the claws, but he assumed that it

a Spell. The Mage could probably just

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

with a lot of mobility.

continued blasting toward the Earth Mage while he

side to avoid the

wasn't stupid, and he knew that it would be a bad

Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the side, its

kilometer left between them,

WHOOOOM!

appeared between the two, and it was moving right

Shang saw the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside

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

this time, they hit the wave between him and his

wave, and Shang's Spirit Sense could finally see what

blasted

SHING!

at speeds that should be

already expected that

his eyes when he saw that Shang

done the same thing. Make the opponent expect one attack with a certain speed, but then release an even faster one behind the

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

known that this attack would

Mage would manage to release such a fast attack, but

after seeing the attack, Shang realized what the Earth Mage

enough, this is a

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

the Concept

knew the

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 Affinity and

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

Mana Shield keep him mobile, but they also keep the connection with the ground. By using the Earth Claws, he has essentially

blink of an eye, and he had already continued his

secondary plan of the Mage had also failed since Shang had already seen it

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

the side and then evaded back again, the wave

the Mage had to use another Mana

expensive and would

that his opponent had used Mana Step, a