Sword God in a World of Magic

"You're also joining this time?" a young man with ocean blue hair asked another guy with grey hair.

"Yep," the other guy said with a smile. "All my gains from the Trial of Want have been used up. Now, I need some new resources."

"Man, I wonder how strong you've gotten after that trip," the first guy said. "I heard you got a pretty good evaluation."

The other guy laughed. "It wasn't bad," he said with a smirk.

"Maybe you can actually take down- oh, speak of the devil. There he is," the first guy said as he looked in a different direction.

The other guy raised an eyebrow and also looked in that direction.

And he wasn't the only one.

Right now, over 200 people were gathered in a big plaza near the middle of the Hibye.

There were around 150 High Mages, 30 Archmages, and about 20 Ancestral Mages, and right now, they were all looking at the new arrival.

Shang landed near the edge of the plaza, not greeting anyone.

"You know him?" the guy with grey hair asked the guy with blue hair via voice transmission.

"Everyone knows of him," the blue-haired guy answered.

"Really? Is he that strong?" the grey-haired guy asked.

"Well, he was definitely above average when he was amongst the Archmage Clouds, but I'm not sure about right now," the blue-haired man transmitted. "But his power is not why he is so well known. Can't you feel how strange his Aura feels?"

"Yeah, sure," the other guy answered. "I can feel that his Aura is very weird, but there are many Clouds with weird Auras."

"He's not a Mage," the first guy said.

The eyes of the other guy shot open in shock. "Wait, what?"

"He joined after a century after you went into seclusion. Turns out, there's a warrior with a fourfold Spirit Sense, and he is that warrior."

warrior? You mean like those guys that fight with spears and hammers

guy nodded. "Yes,

produce an actual Cloud?" he asked. "I mean, can a warrior

and a third one

Shocked silence.

almost couldn't believe what he had

non-Mage that could actually win

"How?!"

the battle, and

said, "and now, he's an Ancestral, excuse me,

the blue-haired guy said. "And judging by the power of his Aura, I would say

Realm? Like a century, maybe? Why is he rushing through his Realm like that? He should know that this is

idea," the first guy

of them continued talking, but they were definitely not the

other Clouds were talking

them were stupid. They had seen how strong Shang was. Shang's Battle-Strength might have taken a temporary hit since he had just reached a new Realm and rushed through the first level, but they knew

wasn't actually at the Early

and small attachment to Shang's Space Ring. This was a permanent talisman, and it

was still at the Initial Void

you're the

his head to face

with a bright

do you want?" Shang

blinked a couple of times

expected such

she said awkwardly. "I just wanted to start a

as he turned his

a couple of seconds, the girl smiled awkwardly, not knowing what to

said as she

focused forward, waiting for the

these Clouds are my enemies,'

grey-haired man looked at Shang with a skeptically raised eyebrow. "Is he always such an

blue-haired man nodded. "From