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.

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

probably didn't count as using a Spell. The Mage could probably just move them as long

but he was very good at

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

while he continued

to side to avoid the attacks, but he also

wasn't stupid, and he knew that it would be a bad idea to let such

Shield was moved to

was only a kilometer left between them, the

WHOOOOM!

appeared between the two,

saw the wave, a bit of surprise

Spirit Sense. I can't see anything behind

continued releasing his attacks, but this time, they

up inside the wave, and Shang's Spirit Sense

blasted to

SHING!

at speeds that should be

hadn't already expected that attack, he would have been

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 attack with a certain speed, but then release an even faster one behind the

Shang had immediately assumed that

Shang had known that this

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

Shang realized

this is a

Mana around the earthen spear had been Wind Mana, and the way the Wind Mana behaved was

the Concept of

knew 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

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 contact with

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

in the blink of an eye, and he had already

Mage had also failed since Shang had already seen it

would have moved to a place where there was no hole inside the Earth

then evaded back again, the wave harmlessly passing by

speed increased as he released more Blasts, and the Mage had

and would exhaust the Mage's Mana by a

had used Mana Step, a fire appeared