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.

the tournament were the first warriors that reached the

in the Fifth Realm, and they still needed

Body

fact, the stronger and more introspective warriors even realized that the Diamond Body Stage wasn't truly a

be counted as

lot of refining to become strong enough to act

possible way forward, but it would be difficult

a way to create a

find a way to fix the control issues of

thought about a way to exchange

using one's rage to

a Beast Core, change the Mana Pathways, create techniques to push

a Fifth Realm that was powerful

still be

these physical fighters could reach speeds several times faster than

such a warrior, it would be like fighting a beast two

but not

would be

thought as he looked at the sky. He had just

while, he

was never supposed to be

my incomplete Diamond Body. I won't be part of the

under which

had created the True Path Stage, but he also had the

It had been pathetic.

and

his Diamond Body Stage, he

not be part of the future, but my research

wasn't sure

frustration, anger,

come to an

far as he

would focus on

goal was to create

than Mages or Shang's

Elver was accepting his role, Oliver gritted

felt quite melancholic and had gone on about his lack

said that his path might have also reached

had seen Shang, he had forgotten

desire for vengeance had completely consumed all his

It was him!

was his teacher's

was King

He ruined everything!

had brought the