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

using a Spell. The Mage could

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

An Earth Mage with a lot of mobility.

while he continued unleashing

had to move from side to side to avoid the attacks, but he also had to move

stupid, and he knew that it would be a bad idea to

it more difficult to avoid Shang's attacks. Whenever the Mana Shield was moved to the side, its

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

WHOOOOM!

of earth suddenly appeared between the two, and it was

bit of surprise appeared inside his right

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

continued releasing his attacks, but this time, they

the wave, and Shang's Spirit Sense could finally

blasted to

SHING!

speeds that should be absolutely impossible

already expected that

Mage narrowed his eyes when he saw that

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

immediately assumed that the Mage would choose the best course of action based on

had known that this attack would

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

Shang realized what

enough, this is

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

the Concept of Wind

the same

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,

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 entered a continuously

had analyzed everything in the blink of an eye,

had also

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

only evaded to the side and then evaded back again, the wave harmlessly passing by

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

Mana Step was expensive and would exhaust the

had used Mana Step, a