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

opposite of

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

level four Concept of Ice, Zero, would decrease the temperature

to

just be a two. Sure, they could expect that from Peak Ancestral Mage Clouds, but not from Early Ancestral

needs the

don't have

to the cube and put his

the cube began to

Ding!

and

through

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

void, void meaning the absence of

cold

Mana to the extreme of coldness,

pushed to the extreme of heat transformed

of coldness transformed

the

connection between the

the extreme of brightness would produce the same thing as

Very bright light.

was where these

same thing was true for ice that was

become a very

the extreme of absorption did

beginning to end, one could envision a line of

absorption to

Concepts of Fire and Ice to get through the trials,

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

the results of the trials were important, not how the

left the blue cube behind and exited

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

CRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

SSSSSSSHHH!

consumed by a sea of terrifyingly hot flames one instant before being flooded with

per second, and the extremes of temperatures were no

could definitely kill an Early Ancestral

there was something

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