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.

Ice Mana. Make it as

of the

which doesn't seem to decrease the temperature by a lot

Ice, Zero, would decrease the

to know

think so. Otherwise, the difficulty rating wouldn't just be a two. Sure, they

probably needs the level

don't

the cube and put his

the cube began to shine in

Ding!

opened, and the barrier

through that

darkness also had two properties each, which could be

absorption and void, void meaning the absence of light in

cold and

to the

extreme of heat transformed

coldness transformed into something that

the

that was where the connection between the Affinities came into

the same thing as what

Very bright light.

where these two

for ice that was pushed to

would just become a

did just what it said. It absorbed

could

heat to fire brightness to light brightness to light mass to darkness absorption to darkness void

and Ice to get through the trials,

trials probably also expected the Clouds to get through

results of the trials were important, not how the Clouds got

the blue cube behind

the third trial, and as soon as he saw it,

CRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

SSSSSSSHHH!

consumed by a sea of terrifyingly hot flames one instant

per second, and the

kill an Early

of that, there was something

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