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."

that fight with spears and hammers and stuff?" the

guy nodded. "Yes,

to produce an actual Cloud?" he asked. "I mean,

Clouds, and a third

Shocked silence.

couldn't believe what he had

non-Mage that could actually win against the best

"How?!"

battle, and the other guy listened with rapt

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

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

could he have been in the Sixth Realm? Like a century, maybe? Why is he rushing through his Realm like that? He should know that

the first guy said with

of them continued talking, but

other Clouds were talking

temporary hit since he had just reached a new Realm and rushed through the first level, but they knew that he was still

actually at

Primordium had created an inconspicuous and small attachment to Shang's Space Ring. This was a permanent talisman, and it made Shang seem

still at the Initial Void Break

the

his head

girl with a

want?"

blinked a couple

hadn't expected such an

awkwardly. "I just wanted to start

interested," Shang said as he turned his

girl smiled awkwardly, not

okay then," she said as

focused forward, waiting for

these Clouds are my enemies,' he thought

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

man nodded. "From what I've heard,