Sword God in a World of Magic

Several days passed.

Shang exited his inner world and killed the bird watcher.

After a couple of seconds, the barrier turned transparent again, and Shang waited in the middle.

As always, Shang looked calm and emotionless.

And then, he waited for his opponent.

Silence.

The barrier didn't become cloudy, which meant that no one had entered the barrier.

Some seconds later, Shang's Communication Crystal rang.

"Hold your position! No matter what!" came an urgent but unknown voice.

However, based on the aura Shang had felt, he knew exactly who had just spoken.

Kiran, the Catastrophe King.

Before Shang could answer, the Communication Crystal became silent.

Shang tried to contact some people of the Lightning Manor, but his Communication Crystal couldn't reach anyone.

He was isolated.

Shang moved to the edge of his territory without retrieving the flag to look out of the transparent barrier with his Spirit Sense.

At the southeastern end, there was nothing too surprising.

It was just the start of the Judgment Palace Empire.

There were no powerful Mages that Shang could see.

Then, Shang went to the southern end.

There was the Land and Sky Empire.

There was also no one there.

After that, Shang went to the east.

There was the Twilight Dusk Empire.

No noteworthy Mages present.

And when Shang reached the north, he realized what had happened.

To the north of Shang's barrier, he saw a different barrier.

Defender Barrier for an Initial Ancestral Mage, and it belonged to

Shang curved towards the west, he

a Defender Barrier for an Initial Ancestral Mage, but

immediately knew

two Empires had conquered the territories behind

territories had been heavily defended by the Lightning Manor. Conquering them had

Defender Flags down that made it impossible for Shang

though a big part of it had

put down Peak Ancestral Mage Flags,

if Shang could break through rapidly and

decided to

couldn't even attack them since

it was impossible for Shang

to the southwest, south,

Shang would be going into

but not for

the enemy wanted Shang to leave

the direction

quick Initial Ancestral Mage would probably swoop

same time, new Defender Flags would appear around Shang's territory, barring him from

enough to plant an Attack Flag

further, and Mage Kings would be allowed to kill

he would be encased by

entered them, he would

he flew past them, he would

he waited for an hour, he would die as well since the territory would vanish under

why Kiran had told Shang to hold his position, no matter

as Shang's Defender Flag didn't

Empires were blocking all forms of communication. The single communication with Kiran had probably cost the Lightning Manor a ridiculous number of Mana Crystals, and Kiran had only been able to say

Shang was alone.

surrounded

from the

How did Shang feel?

He didn't care.

kill him, they would need to send someone stronger than him that was on

a

as safe as ever,

also

people of other Empires entered here, they

Shang sat down in the middle of his own

feel his bandages reacting strongly, but he acted like he

he was

all waiting to see if he would fall for the

watched Shang for

the severity of his new situation, Shang didn't appear nervous

Several days passed.