Sword God in a World of Magic

As the Mage died and the cheering returned, Shang took a deep breath.

His body had become smaller by a bit.

His Long Sword State could be likened to a meteorite. It had incomprehensible offensive power, but every single action sapped Shang of his Mana and life energy.

If the offensive power in this State weren't enough, Shang would vanish.

The opponent wouldn't even need to kill him since his own powers would do that for them.

Shang recovered the lost life energy by absorbing the corpse. Luckily, the Mage's meager life energy was just enough to recover the bit of life energy Shang had used.

Shang summoned some more ore and returned Sword to its Saber State before the wheel appeared.

"Level seven: Weak Mid High Mage."

'This is the first time I've reached level seven against the Mages. On my first time, I used Entropy on level six, and during my second time, the fight on level six ended in a draw.'

This represented a major step in Shang's growth.

He could now defeat nearly every single Mage that was one level above him, except for the very select few that had created a similarly impressive path as Shang.

Finally, Shang had reached the power necessary to jump two levels against Mages.

Shang wasn't certain if he could win against a powerful Mid High Mage, but he was confident in fighting an average one.

The wheel stopped, but Shang didn't look at it.

The Affinity of his opponent wouldn't matter.

SHING!

Shang's opponent appeared, and the bell rang.

Shang immediately unleashed Shooting Stars and Hidden Suns, and his opponent summoned Mana Shield and retreated with Mana Step.

Then, Shang's opponent unleashed an illusory hand that swatted some of Shang's attacks to the side, but some of them still got through.

Spell, but only the prideful and arrogant ones actually used it. They believed that

Mage realized that they couldn't block all of Shang's attacks,

SHING!

they used a Mana Step to arrive

used the same

some kind of forcefield that mimicked the shape

probably wanted to slap Shang away for his disrespect of hitting

Mage getting close

BOOOOOM!

Star Shatter!

Mage was thrown back with incredible force and lost nearly 20% of their

by their opponent's attack, Shang had already arrived in front of

BANG!

incomprehensibly fast barrage of attacks hit their Mana Shield, and their Mana dropped at

Mage fell into a panic, and they didn't know how they should react to such an

had never fought a physical

they

decided to

instant, they appeared a kilometer away from

WHOOOOM!

Shang had

was like the two of them hadn't

BANG!

Shield cracked, and an instant later, the Mage was cut into

breath and refilled his exhausted life energy with his Mana. Then, he absorbed the

the waiting time between

long black streak in Shang's inner world

Shang's original spot to his current

Shang's new techniques for

in the past, and it had saved his life many

wouldn't use Mana Step anymore unless there was some kind of

Affinity into his fights, he had found new ways

created by supplementing Mana Step's significant Mana cost with

of the Mana inside his mind, Shang now only used 20%

Step left no traces, but this technique left a black trail behind due to the life energy that had been turned