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

later, the Sweeper tossed the Remote Disruptor over to Shang, who caught

in his hands,

many tiny Magic Circles in there that Shang

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

looked at the normal Barrier Disruptors several times, and he could see how some parts of them worked, but this Remote Disruptor was just too

Shang tossed the

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

they are very complex and expensive, but having one

showing that

Disruptor away again and turned towards the

and the Sweeper now stood in front of a

seem any different

just something weird about this

fingers on it, but this area just felt

place wasn't supposed

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

warped time,

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

you just need to go forward.

Shang nodded.

pass around the dangerous area, but his body

for the Spirit Sense that went

felt like it

go in first,"

the Sweeper's body enter the

the other end in nearly an

was like she

Shang only remained silent.

Suddenly, something happened.

The Sweeper casually stretched.

Shang felt the Sweeper's Spirit Sense make a careless sweep of

and put her hand to her

And removed her cloak!

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

a young woman in her early twenties, and she had this