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."

mean like those guys that fight with spears and hammers and

nodded.

actual Cloud?" he asked. "I mean, can

killed two other Clouds, and a third

Shocked silence.

guy almost couldn't believe what he had just

non-Mage that could actually win against the best

"How?!"

the battle, and the other guy listened

he's an Ancestral, excuse me, he's in

his Aura, I would say he

long could he have been in the Sixth Realm? Like a century, maybe?

first guy said

of them continued talking, but

Clouds were

strong Shang was. Shang's Battle-Strength might have taken a temporary hit since he had

wasn't actually at the Early Void

was a permanent talisman, and it made Shang seem

still at the Initial Void Break

the

his head to

girl with a bright and excited

you want?"

girl blinked a couple of

such an aggressive

"I just

said as he turned his

a couple of seconds, the girl smiled awkwardly,

okay then," she said as

forward, waiting for the Wilderness Hunt

these Clouds are my enemies,'

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

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