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.

cube can only hold a limited amount of Ice Mana. Make it as

of the first

decrease the temperature by a lot more than just the level

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

Early Ancestral Mage to know the

the difficulty rating wouldn't just be a two. Sure, they could expect that from Peak Ancestral Mage Clouds, but not from

probably needs the level three Concept of

don't

walked over to the cube

later, the cube began to shine in a

Ding!

opened, and

got through that trial

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

void, void meaning the absence of light

had cold and

simply pushed his Ice Mana to the extreme of coldness, which had

the extreme of heat transformed

coldness

about the other

connection between the Affinities came into

fire to the extreme of brightness would produce the same thing as what pushing light to the extreme

Very bright light.

these

true for ice that

just become

did just

could envision

light brightness to light mass to darkness absorption to darkness void to ice void to ice coldness to fire heat and so

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

had designed the trials probably

the trials were important, not how the

left the blue cube behind

as soon as he saw it, he realized that this would be very different

CRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

SSSSSSSHHH!

by a sea of terrifyingly hot flames one instant before being

second, and

definitely kill an

top of that, there was

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