Sword God in a World of Magic

A man with purple hair opened his eyes widely in terror.

'No!' he thought.

And then, the unstoppable flood of water rushed past his destroyed Mana Shield, distorting his body and compressing him into a cube.

Shang extended his arm and pocketed the Space Ring and the Focus without thinking much of it.

This had been the third Early Ancestral Mage he had killed in the trial in the last seven years.

Yes, it had already been seven years since Shang had entered the Deep Crevices.

And he had made quite a killing.

In total, he had killed one Mid Ancestral Mage with Sepsis on the first day, three Early Ancestral Mages, and five Initial Ancestral Mages.

From 36 Ancestral Mages that had come with Shang to the Deep Crevices, he had killed nine of them, which was 25% of the total.

Shang estimated that he had probably earned enough money to pay for the thing he wanted, but having more money was never wrong.

By getting more money now, Shang could avoid going outside and earning money in the future.

Shang thoughtlessly pocketed all the belongings and went back to the bottom of the Eternal Ocean.

He still hadn't found a trial.

For the past seven years, Shang had continually searched for a trial, but sure enough, the trials weren't easy to find.

Shang guessed that he had probably passed by several trials without noticing them.

Sadly, amongst the belongings of his victims, he also couldn't find any written accounts of trials, but that was to be expected.

After all, people only carried extensive documentation and their diaries with them in movies and novels. In real life, people didn't carry their entire life story with them in their pockets.

searching

Two more years passed.

years, Shang only managed to kill one Initial Ancestral

number of other Mages

number of Mages Shang could defeat

Peak Ancestral Mages, and Shang saw them pass

didn't really care about Shang's presence since his level was far too low

them even asked Shang if he had seen any other Ancestral Mages, and Shang earned a couple of Mana Crystals by giving them

seemed like the Wilderness Hunt would end without Shang being able

Shang actually noticed something fishy

in one place were slightly

was very subtle, but since a major part of Shang's power was temperature, he managed to

inspected the temperature and

eventually, he managed to make sense

summoned some protected Ice and Fire Mana and shot them at

WHOOOM!

barrier came out of the ground, expanding

the water was pushed away from Shang, and a

a long while, Shang was not surrounded by water or earth anymore, but

it, revealing a staircase

staircase, closing

closed the door, the barrier and the door vanished again, making everything seem

the staircase until

entered a

of some darker stone, and there

needed torches. Shang guessed that this was just for decoration and

in the entrance hall

and Fire Trial," Shang

"Rarity: Two of five."

"Difficulty: Two of five."

"Levels: Three."

"Realm: Automatically adjusted."