Sword God in a World of Magic

After the group of five left, Star City crowned the champion of the tournament to find the strongest warrior.

Contestant 1, Elver!

Undeniably, Elver was the strongest warrior in the world. Sure, there might be that one Mage that had also learned how to be a warrior, but that couldn't be counted. If any Mage could just take part in the tournament, any Mage Lord could win the tournament just with their insanely strong bodies.

Only pure warriors counted, and Elver was definitely the strongest among them!

The watching Mages applauded as the strongest warrior in the world received his prize, a humongous spear.

This spear symbolized the creation of a path. The owner of the spear was at the forefront of warriorkind, and it was their duty to blaze a new path.

In essence, they were the head of the spear.

However, while the Mages watched with interest, some of the warriors felt like this entire ceremony was a farce.

Oliver and Elver knew Shang.

They were certain that the person in front of them earlier definitely had been Shang.

Shang, a Mage?

They knew that he had a warrior's body, and even if he didn't, they couldn't imagine him following the Magic Path.

Ever since Shang had been at the Commander Stage, he had done things that warriors believed to be impossible.

His power had always been a level above every other warrior.

And things hadn't changed.

Just when they had expected that they knew what they could expect from Shang, he surprised them yet again.

Elver would have expected to be able to fight Shang, at least. He didn't expect that he would win, but he had expected that he would be able to attack him.

Yet, when Shang had moved his fingers, everything became clear.

Elver hadn't been the target of that attack, but he could feel its power.

By just moving his fingers, Shang had summoned powers of the Sixth Realm.

He hadn't even drawn his weapon.

Fighting him would have been no different from fighting an Ancestral Mage.

Fighting him would have been no different from fighting a Zone Beast.

Elver, the strongest warrior in the world?

No.

part in the tournament were the first warriors that reached the Fifth

Fifth Realm, and

but everyone in the Diamond Body Stage knew that they

that the Diamond Body Stage wasn't truly a real

as a prototype for

strong enough to act as a foundation for reaching the Sixth

see a possible way forward, but it would be difficult to create something

they needed to find a

needed to find a way to fix the control issues of the Mana. Maybe something like different Mana Pathways

Barbarians, Elver thought about a way to exchange control over power for

rage

a Beast Core, change the Mana Pathways, create

become a Fifth Realm that was powerful enough to act as a foundation to reach

be warriors at

could reach speeds several times

a Mage fighting such a warrior, it would be like fighting a beast two levels above

difficult but

be just as

huh?' Elver thought as he looked at the sky. He had

while, he

never supposed to

incomplete Diamond Body. I won't be

under which Elver had learned shot through his mind, especially

the True Path Stage, but he also had

It had been pathetic.

allowed people like Mervin and Shang to become as

thought of his Diamond Body Stage, he felt

the future, but my research will influence

sure

anger,

path had come

as far as he would

would focus on refining his Diamond Body

goal was to

that weren't weaker than

his role, Oliver gritted his teeth in

felt quite melancholic and had gone on about

had said that his path might have also reached

seen Shang,

for vengeance had completely consumed all his

It was him!

his

was King Storm's

He ruined everything!

brought the