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.

Disruptor," the Sweeper said after noticing Shang's curiosity. "The Mana the normal Barrier

tossed the Remote Disruptor over

to the Remote Disruptor in his hands, and his Spirit

so many tiny Magic Circles in there that

assumed that this Remote Disruptor was on the level of

and he could see how some parts of them worked, but this Remote Disruptor was just

a second, Shang tossed the Remote Disruptor

need to be tuned towards the barrier during their creation, a Remote Disruptor can adapt to any kind of barrier or Magic Circle," the Sweeper explained. "Additionally, they don't need specialized Mana,

but having one will save you money in

nodded, showing that

away again and turned

the Sweeper now stood in front of

a way, it didn't seem any different from all the forest around

something weird about this

on it, but this area

like this place wasn't supposed to be

about this area, he wouldn't have known why all of this felt so

a place with warped time, space, and gravity

will eventually reach the end," the Sweeper explained. "Due to the immense time acceleration, just entering a millisecond later will put

to

Shang nodded.

the dangerous area, but his body wasn't thin enough to do

for the Spirit Sense that went

it

first," the Sweeper

the Sweeper's body enter the space

the other end in

like she

Shang only remained silent.

Suddenly, something happened.

The Sweeper casually stretched.

moment later, Shang felt the Sweeper's Spirit

relaxed and put her hand to her

And removed her cloak!

out from beneath the cloak, and a

like a young woman in her early