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 was compressed

as

Shang jumped and

to recover

WHOOOM!

several claws made of Darkness

Oh no!

An ambush!

Shang was at his

WHOOOOM!

the Mana in the surroundings vanished, leaving a

absorb Mana that had someone

there was one

spot in the void that was also filled with

arm immediately grabbed his Subsis and slashed at

DING!

Subsis hit the

the same time,

there was one

a long edge

BANG!

the foreign Mana inside himself to avoid the

his darkness-filled Subsis at the one spot in the

BANG!

shot out of Shang's Subsis at incredible speeds and hit the opponent before they could

BANG!

scattered. It was like someone had

the piece of Darkness Mana

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

The opponent had retreated.

had believed that Shang had been at his

recover in an instant, they

still managed to hit them with the blade of

that attack wasn't too

the attack's speed had

way

was one of the attacks Shang had designed to finish off a Mage after they deactivated their Mana

have a lot of power, but it

Shang called it Needle.

made to

be used after Infection had

didn't change as he

used to "infect"

moment, Shang felt a clear

and Fire

using Comet to shoot forward

without wasting resources, and it was faster than average Mid Ancestral Mages could move without Mana

faster, but that also wouldn't

knew where

didn't know where Shang

Shang saw half a sphere of Death Mana rapidly moving

sphere suddenly changed directions, and