Sword God in a World of Magic

"Increase the temperature inside the furnace as much as possible while using as little Fire Mana as possible," Shang read.

'Interesting. This is a trial that tests someone's mastery over the Fire Affinity. Hotter fire is more destructive, and by using as little Fire Mana as possible, this trial is testing the quality of someone's Concepts and mastery over fire.'

'The level four Concept of Fire is Explosion, which can probably produce extremely hot flames. Even the level three Concept Incineration can create powerful flames, but for a Cloud that found this place, this is probably the bare minimum.'

'However, this is also just the first trial. I would expect it to be easy.'

'I guess it needs the level three Concept of Fire, Incineration to complete it. I guess a Cloud that knows a lot about temperatures would have comprehended that Concept.'

'Sadly, I don't have that Concept.'

Shang walked over to the glass furnace and flew to its top.

Then, he extended his right hand.

A moment later, the space below his hand seemed to distort with some invisible waves.

After some time, the air in the entire furnace seemed to warp and wave in a strange manner. It was almost like the world inside the furnace was about to break down.

Ding!

At that moment, the door leading out of the room opened as the barrier vanished.

Shang had fulfilled the requirements.

He might not have the Concept of Incineration, but he had the Concept of Addition.

Light had two aspects, which were mass and brightness.

Fire also had two aspects, which were heat and brightness.

Shang had converted all the brightness in the fire into heat, which was why the fire he had just dropped in the furnace had been nearly invisible to the eye.

Naturally, this kind of fire was far hotter than normal fire since all of its power was focused on heat.

And that had been enough for Shang to get past the first trial.

Shang landed in front of the exit and walked through it.

Some seconds later, Shang opened the door to the second trial.

This time, there was a blue cube in the middle of the room.

Shang looked to the side at an emblem and read the instructions.

hold a limited amount of Ice Mana. Make it as cold as possible," he

of the

doesn't seem to decrease the temperature

level four Concept of Ice, Zero, would

to know the

a two. Sure, they could expect that from Peak Ancestral Mage Clouds,

it probably needs the level three Concept of Ice,

also don't

walked over to the cube and put

second later, the cube began to

Ding!

and

got through that

two properties each, which could be manipulated with the

meaning

cold

Ice Mana to the extreme of coldness,

of heat

coldness transformed into something that resembled

about the other

that was where the connection

fire to the extreme of brightness would produce the same

Very bright light.

where these two Affinities were

true for ice that

just become a

to the extreme of absorption did just what

one could envision

to darkness absorption to darkness void to ice void to

makers of this trial probably envisioned the contestant to use the pure Concepts of Fire and Ice to

the Bolts that had designed the trials probably also expected the Clouds to get through the trials in ways

trials were important, not how

cube behind and exited

saw it, he realized that this would be very different from the

CRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

SSSSSSSHHH!

front of Shang was consumed by a sea of

several times per second, and the extremes of temperatures

definitely kill an Early Ancestral

that, there was something

Sense, which probably