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.

didn't know how much Mana it cost to move the Mana Shield around with the claws, but he assumed

count as using a Spell. The Mage could probably just move them

was very good at moving them, just

Mage with a lot of

while he

avoid the attacks, but he also had to

a bad idea to let such a powerful warrior come close to

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

between them, the Mage

WHOOOOM!

earth suddenly appeared between the two, and it was moving right toward

Shang saw the wave, a bit of surprise appeared inside

Spirit Sense. I can't

his attacks, but this time, they hit the wave between him and

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

immediately blasted to the

SHING!

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

hadn't already expected that

he saw that

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

assumed that the Mage would choose the best course of action

how Shang had known that this attack would

known how the Mage would manage to release such a fast attack, but he assumed that the Mage had

Shang realized

enough, this

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

Concept of

the

wave is humongous, and moving the claws that quickly through the Earth also can't

Concept of Base, a Concept that allows them to control the Earth around them with incredible skill as long as they have physical

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

of an

also failed since Shang had

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

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

and the Mage

Step was expensive and

used Mana Step, a