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.

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

Sweeper tossed the Remote Disruptor over

Disruptor in

Magic Circles in there that Shang didn't

and he assumed that this Remote Disruptor was on the level of

see how some parts of them worked, but this Remote Disruptor was just too

a second, Shang tossed the Remote

kind of barrier or Magic Circle," the Sweeper explained. "Additionally, they

expensive, but having one will save

nodded, showing that he

Disruptor away

Sweeper now stood in front of a mostly normal-looking

way, it didn't seem any different from all

was just something weird about

on it, but this area just felt

this place wasn't

strange about this area, he wouldn't have known

place with warped time,

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

you just need to go forward. Nothing

Shang nodded.

easily pass around the dangerous area, but his body wasn't thin enough

Spirit Sense that went into

it went on

in first," the

body enter the space in front

out the other

was like she had

Shang only remained silent.

Suddenly, something happened.

The Sweeper casually stretched.

Sweeper's Spirit Sense make a careless sweep of

that, she relaxed and put her hand to her

And removed her cloak!

out from beneath the cloak, and a

a young woman in her early