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!

broke, and as soon as it did, it was compressed into a small tendril

his teeth in pain as his head

Shang jumped and started

had to recover

WHOOOM!

of Darkness Mana appeared around

Oh no!

An ambush!

when Shang was at

WHOOOOM!

instant, Shang's entire body healed, and all the Mana in the surroundings vanished, leaving a void and the

absorb Mana that had someone else's will on

was one

spot in the void that was also filled with Darkness Mana that

Subsis and slashed at one of

DING!

as the Subsis hit

time, Shang's body atrophied

was one

a long edge

BANG!

used the foreign Mana inside himself

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

BANG!

at incredible speeds

BANG!

like someone had launched a

the piece of Darkness

Eternal Ocean filled the void, and Shang faced a

The opponent had retreated.

had been at his weakest,

seen Shang recover in an instant, they decided to

hit them with the

that attack wasn't

the attack's speed had been

way too

of the attacks Shang had designed to finish off a

but it was

Shang called it Needle.

to

it didn't need to be used after Infection had

expression didn't change as he shot

used to "infect" the

moment, Shang felt a

Ice and Fire Mana and

using Comet to shoot forward at rapid

it was faster than average Mid Ancestral Mages could move without

were quite a bit faster, but that also

knew where his

know where Shang

second, Shang saw half a sphere of Death Mana

changed directions, and Shang followed