Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang spent the next two days digesting the new experiences and information he had received by fighting Erel and Cindy.

Shang had fought a lot of powerful Mages with the Affinity Wheel in his inner world, but not even a single one had been comparable to Erel and Cindy.

The two of them had been on completely different levels.

By now, Shang could also tell how powerful the "powerful" Mages of the Affinity Wheel were.

A Mage deemed to be powerful was someone that could jump one level, which meant they had a 50/50 shot at winning against an average Mage one level above them.

How strong was that for an Empire?

It was strong enough to become a Spark.

It was not enough to become a Boltling.

As Shang thought about everything that had happened, his Spirit Sense threw a glance at the stone stele in the middle of his inner world.

He looked at Jerald's hand.

Jerald had been so powerful back then, but he would have only had a shot at becoming a Spark, and only if he became an Ancestral Mage and kept his Battle-Strength.

As for every other normal Mage in Area 23?

They wouldn't have been good enough to even become Sparks.

'I need to be more careful of these Clouds,' Shang thought. 'I expected Cindy to be an easy fight, but it wasn't easy at all. If I didn't use any of my abilities related to Entropy, I most likely wouldn't have won.'

'There are bound to be more powerful ones among them.'

Cindy had used two things that Shang hadn't expected to see.

She had transformed Fire and Ice Mana into Wind Mana, and she had manipulated the properties of Fire and Ice Mana.

Shang's fight against Cindy hadn't been a truly desperate one, but it had been a bit dangerous at times.

However, even such fights could help someone comprehend new things.

This was why so many Mages sought inspiration when they were stuck.

Two days later, Lucin arrived in front of Shang.

Right now, Shang was sitting in a random cave. It didn't really matter where he was since he was mostly focusing on his inner world.

now, Shang could feel a bit of the outside world when he was in his inner world, which meant that he wasn't completely cut off anymore, but that ability only extended to roughly feeling the condition of his

Spirit Sense contacted Shang, Shang felt it, and he left his inner

in front of Shang, and he held a

said with a smile as

hold of it and inspected it with his Spirit

had earned a lot

Grade Seven Mana Crystals.

Seven Mana

Rowan," Lucin said. "He was one of the

but Shang knew what Lucin was

His fivefold Spirit Sense.

fivefold Spirit Sense was still on a

still several abilities Shang

used

hadn't used

He hadn't used Silence.

only used his Domain of Entropy

was still quite a bit higher than what the Clouds had seen, and Lucin

Shang's powers, but he knew that someone with a fivefold Spirit Sense had to be more powerful than just what Shang

going to spend it all on Furnace Pills again?" Lucin asked with

Shang only nodded.

is exactly what allowed you to get a

didn't answer Lucin and

waited for a couple of seconds

later, his Communication Crystal rang with a request

five Grade

Buyer: Cloud Shang.

sighed and approved

away, Fleros nodded as he received Lucin's

100 for now. The other 1,900 will take about a month to

took them, nodded,

Fleros took out his Communication Crystal

appeared on a desk in

began to float, and a middle-aged Mage Lord looked

saw the secret sigil of the Contender

was a request for 2,000 Furnace

Lord only shook his head in

use

on the piece of paper and

The paper vanished.

paper shot out of a shining circle in a