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

moment later, the Sweeper tossed the Remote

the Remote Disruptor in his hands, and

many tiny Magic Circles in there that Shang didn't

an Initial High Mage, and he assumed that this Remote Disruptor was on the level

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

Shang tossed the Remote

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, and

are very complex and expensive, but having one will save you

nodded, showing

Sweeper put the Remote Disruptor away again and

the barrier, Shang and the Sweeper now stood in front of a mostly

didn't seem any

was just something weird

his fingers on it, but this area

felt like this place wasn't supposed

hadn't known what was so strange about this area, he wouldn't have

that a place with warped time, space, and

the end," the Sweeper explained. "Due to the immense time acceleration, just entering a millisecond later will put thousands upon thousands of kilometers between us. This means you will

just need to

Shang nodded.

dangerous area, but his body wasn't

Sense

felt like it went

first," the Sweeper

Sweeper's body enter

come out the other end

like

Shang only remained silent.

Suddenly, something happened.

The Sweeper casually stretched.

later, Shang felt the Sweeper's Spirit

that, she relaxed and put her hand to her

And removed her cloak!

black hair came out from beneath the cloak, and a youthful face was

looked like a young woman in her early twenties, and