Sword God in a World of Magic

After thinking about his options for a while, Shang decided to walk along the bottom of the Eternal Ocean.

If he could find an entrance to a trial, he could earn a lot of money.

As long as he actually won the trial fairly, his rewards wouldn't be destroyed.

He walked along the ground of the Eternal Ocean and focused on all manners of fluctuations around him.

There were no beasts or humans around him.

There was only the deep darkness and pressure of the Eternal Ocean.

There were no streams at the bottom of the Eternal Ocean, making it feel dead.

Shang just kept walking through the darkness and pressure.

It was like he had been transported to a different world.

When he reached a crevice, Shang jumped down and inspected the entire thing.

Some crevices were small, while others were huge.

Yet, everything seemed to be the same, and Shang found no traces of strange fluctuations.

But he also hadn't expected to. After all, the Deep Crevices was a huge wilderness, and Shang's Spirit Sense wasn't that big right now.

The Early Ancestral Mage from earlier had probably known about the location of the trial before she had even jumped into the ocean.

The Clouds weren't stupid, and they even used information as resources.

Just pay a couple of Mana Crystals, and we will tell you where you can find one of the trials in the Deep Crevices. If you get lucky and get sent to the Deep Crevices, you will earn far more, and if you don't, there's always next time.

No one wanted the others to earn money without them getting a cut themselves.

As for people that weren't willing to purchase the locations of trials, they had to search for them on their own, and the chances of them finding one weren't very high.

After all, the trials were well hidden, and the wilderness was vast.

Nevertheless, Shang continued slowly searching through the crevices.

He moved methodically and efficiently.

Several days seemed to pass in the blink of an eye.

The surroundings hadn't changed.

However, Shang had changed.

Shang's body was losing a bit of blood through a couple of cuts, and his skin didn't seem as healthy anymore.

It looked like Shang's body couldn't permanently stay at the bottom of the Endless Ocean without slowly deteriorating.

But Shang didn't seem to mind.

A couple more days passed, and Shang's body released a bit more blood than before.

CRK!

it did, it

gritted his teeth in pain as his head

jumped and started to

recover in

WHOOOM!

claws made of Darkness

Oh no!

An ambush!

Shang was at

WHOOOOM!

instant, Shang's entire body healed, and all the Mana in the

Mana that had someone else's will

was

in the void that was also filled with Darkness Mana that wasn't

arm immediately grabbed his Subsis and

DING!

the Subsis hit the

time, Shang's body

was one more

long edge made of

BANG!

himself to avoid

he pointed his darkness-filled Subsis at the one spot in the void that

BANG!

Shang's Subsis at incredible speeds

BANG!

It was like someone

then, the piece of Darkness Mana

Mana from the Eternal Ocean filled the void, and Shang faced a certain

The opponent had retreated.

been at his weakest, but that had been a

recover in an instant, they

hit them with the

that attack

attack's speed had

was way

one of the attacks Shang had designed to finish off a Mage

have a lot of power, but it

Shang called it Needle.

made to work

didn't need to be used after Infection had taken

expression didn't change

could also be used to "infect" the

Shang felt a clear trail of

Ice and Fire

using Comet to shoot forward at rapid

was the fastest way Shang could move without wasting resources, and it was faster than average

bit faster, but that also

where his opponent

didn't know

less than a second, Shang saw half a

sphere suddenly changed directions, and Shang