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.

limited amount of Ice Mana. Make it as cold as

of

three Concept of Ice is Blizzard, which doesn't seem to decrease the temperature by

of Ice,

expect an Early Ancestral Mage to

Sure, they could expect that from Peak Ancestral Mage Clouds, but not

it probably needs the level

don't have

walked over to the cube and

began to shine

Ding!

opened, and the barrier

through

two properties each, which could be manipulated

had absorption and void, void meaning

had cold

Ice Mana to the extreme

pushed to the extreme of heat

pushed to the extreme of coldness transformed into something that resembled azure

the

that was where the connection between the Affinities

of brightness would produce the same thing as what pushing light

Very bright light.

these two Affinities

ice that was pushed to

just become a very dark

was pushed to the extreme of absorption did just what

end, one could envision a line of

light mass to darkness absorption to darkness void

of Fire and Ice to get through the trials, but the Concepts of Subtraction and Addition worked just

involving the Clouds was special, and the Bolts that had designed the trials probably also expected the Clouds to get through

trials were important, not how

blue cube behind and exited

trial, and as soon as he saw it, he realized that this would be very different from the

CRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

SSSSSSSHHH!

of Shang was consumed by a sea of terrifyingly hot

temperatures were changing several times per second, and the extremes of temperatures were

could definitely kill an Early

there was something else that was

feel the end of the room with his Spirit Sense, which probably meant that the inside of the room had been enlarged with