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.

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

a Spell. The Mage

but he was

lot of mobility.

blasting toward the Earth Mage while he continued unleashing his barrage of

move from side to side to avoid the attacks, but

that it would be a bad idea to

difficult to avoid Shang's attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the side, its retreating speed from Shang slowed down,

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

WHOOOOM!

earth suddenly appeared between the two, and it was moving

saw the wave, a bit of

my Spirit Sense. I can't see

this time, they hit the wave

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

he immediately blasted to

SHING!

in green Mana, shot past Shang at speeds that should be absolutely impossible for an Earth Affinity Mage to achieve at this

that attack, he would have

eyes when he saw that Shang had evaded

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

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

had known

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

realized what the Earth Mage

enough, this

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

Concept of Wind

knew the

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 a different Affinity and incorporated

Concept that allows them to control the Earth around

his Mana Shield keep him mobile, but they also keep the connection with the ground. By using the

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

of the Mage had also failed

moved to a place where there was no hole inside the Earth Wall. At that

only evaded to the side and then

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

Mana Step was expensive and would exhaust

Shang saw that his opponent had used Mana