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 cheaper

using a Spell. The Mage

moving particularly fast with the earth claws, but he was very good at moving them, just barely enough

a lot of mobility. That's usually the weakness of Earth

Earth Mage while he continued

avoid

he knew that it would be a bad idea to let such a powerful warrior come close

Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the side, its retreating speed from Shang slowed down,

was only a kilometer left between them, the Mage used

WHOOOOM!

between the two, and it was

bit of surprise appeared inside his right

my Spirit Sense. I can't see

but this time, they

three attacks, a hole opened up inside the wave, and Shang's Spirit Sense could finally

he immediately blasted to the

SHING!

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

Shang hadn't already expected that attack, he

eyes when he saw that Shang

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

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

was how Shang had known that this attack would

a fast attack, but he

the attack, Shang realized

enough, this is a

had been Wind Mana, and the way the Wind Mana

was the Concept of

the same

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.

words correctly, 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 have physical

keep him mobile, but they also keep the connection with the ground. By using the Earth Claws, he has essentially entered a continuously

had analyzed everything in the blink of an

also failed since Shang had already

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

evaded to the side and then evaded back again, the wave

and the Mage had to use another Mana Step to

of Mana Step was expensive and would exhaust

his opponent had used Mana Step, a fire appeared in his right