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.

amount of Ice Mana. Make it

the opposite of the

Blizzard, which doesn't seem to decrease the temperature by a lot more than just

of Ice,

Ancestral Mage to know the

the difficulty rating wouldn't just be a two. Sure, they could expect that

probably needs the level three Concept of Ice,

also don't have

over to the cube and put his hand

began to shine in

Ding!

opened, and the barrier

through that trial

also had two properties each, which could be manipulated with the Concept

absorption and void, void meaning the

cold and

Ice Mana to the

extreme of

of coldness transformed into something that

the

that was where the connection between the

would produce the same

Very bright light.

where these two Affinities were

for ice that was

would just become a very dark

extreme of absorption did just what it

end, one could envision a line

to darkness void to ice void to ice coldness to fire heat

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

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

of that, only the results of the trials

cube behind and exited the second

as soon as he saw it, he realized that this would

CRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

SSSSSSSHHH!

sea of terrifyingly hot flames one instant before being flooded

second, and the extremes

definitely kill an Early

that, there was

the room with his Spirit Sense, which probably meant that