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.

of Ice Mana. Make

of

doesn't seem to decrease the temperature by a lot more than

Ice,

Mage to know the

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

guess it probably needs the level three

don't have

over to the cube and

the cube began

Ding!

and

through that trial

fire and light, ice and darkness also had two properties each, which could be

void meaning the absence of light in

had cold and

to the extreme of coldness, which had

pushed to the extreme of heat

of coldness transformed

the

was where the connection between

brightness would produce the same thing as what pushing light

Very bright light.

was where these

true for ice that was

become

extreme of absorption did just

to end, one could envision a line

light brightness to light mass to darkness absorption to darkness void

the contestant to use the pure Concepts of Fire and Ice to get through

the trials probably

of that, only the results of the trials were important,

cube behind and exited the second

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

CRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

SSSSSSSHHH!

sea of terrifyingly hot flames one instant before being

times per second, and the extremes of temperatures were

could definitely kill an Early

there was something else that

his Spirit Sense, which probably meant