Sword God in a World of Magic

The Sweeper and Shang went towards the first barrier.

The Sweeper took out a complex medal that looked a bit like the Barrier Disruptors Shang had used before but far better and more advanced.

She put the medal on the barrier and spoke several complex chants.

After a couple of seconds, a hole appeared in the barrier.

And then, she retrieved the advanced Barrier Disruptor.

Yet, the hole stayed open!

This surprised Shang quite a bit.

Usually, Barrier Disruptors had to stay on the barrier because they were responsible for diverting the flow of Mana. By taking them away, the Mana would flow in the way it was supposed to again, closing the hole.

If one wanted to create a permanent hole in the barrier, one would need to completely reprogram the Magic Circle running the barrier, and there were innumerable safeguards against that.

Even though the barrier seemed to be permanently reprogrammed, Shang refused to believe that it actually was.

This had to be something else.

Shang's mind also focused on the Peak High Mage on the ground, standing guard.

There was barely a kilometer between the Peak High Mage and the barrier. They would have felt the slight change of Mana in the atmosphere.

Yet, they didn't.

Everything the Sweeper had been doing just now was far beyond Shang's ability.

"Hurry," the Sweeper transmitted after stepping through the barrier. "It only stays open for five seconds."

Like a white phantom, Shang's body flew forward and passed through the hole in less than a second.

And a couple of seconds later, the barrier shut again.

None of the surveillance Magic Circles were triggered.

Shang's Spirit Sense investigated the small medal the Sweeper had used to get through the barrier.

the normal Barrier Disruptors use to disrupt the barriers is shot into the barrier with a Remote

Sweeper tossed the Remote Disruptor

turned to the Remote Disruptor in his

in there that Shang didn't even

Mage, and he assumed that this Remote Disruptor was on the level of an Ancestral

he could see how some parts of them worked, but

second, Shang tossed

of barrier or Magic Circle," the Sweeper explained. "Additionally, they don't need specialized Mana, and I

are very complex and expensive, but having one will save

only nodded, showing that he

Disruptor away again

Shang and the Sweeper now stood in

a way, it didn't seem any different

just something weird about

put his fingers on it, but this area just felt

wasn't supposed to be like

about this area, he wouldn't have

warped time,

to the immense time acceleration, just entering a millisecond later will put thousands upon thousands of kilometers between us. This means

just need to

Shang nodded.

area, but

Spirit Sense that

felt like it

go in first," the Sweeper

enter the space in front

out the other end in nearly

was like she

Shang only remained silent.

Suddenly, something happened.

The Sweeper casually stretched.

the Sweeper's Spirit

put her hand to

And removed her cloak!

came out from beneath the cloak, and a youthful face

in her early twenties, and she had