Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang knew that Lucius hadn't kept all of his abilities as the Child of Calamity a secret.

He had made some of his abilities public, but he had disguised them as something else.

"You can use Anti-Magic?!" the Lightning Emperor asked in shock.

"I don't know exactly how Lucius' Anti-Magic works," Shang said. "This is a Domain that I can use to turn Elemental Mana into Neutral Mana in exchange for parts of my body."

"In exchange for parts of your body?" the Lightning Emperor repeated. "This is..."

The Lightning Emperor became silent.

"Very different," he said.

"You called it Anti-Magic," Shang said. "You said Lucius can use something like that."

"He could," the Lightning Emperor said. "Since when did you have access to this Domain?"

"I comprehended it at the Peak of the Second Realm," Shang said.

Silence.

At this moment, the Lightning Emperor became incredibly shocked.

Peak of the Second Realm?!

"Lucius had something very similar," the Lightning Emperor said. "However, he only comprehended it as a Peak Ancestral Mage shortly before he became a Mage Lord."

"And yet, you comprehended it in the Second Realm?"

"However, your Domain is different in a fundamental way. Lucius didn't need to sacrifice anything for his Domain, but you need to sacrifice parts of your body."

"I'm certain Lucius couldn't do that."

This shocked Shang.

Shang had assumed that the Domain of Entropy was something that every Child of Calamity could use. After all, Abominations could also use it.

And yet, Lucius had only been able to use it as a Peak Ancestral Mage?

had had no access to

Children of Calamity shared the same powers, but

question for Shang, and he wasn't sure if

Lightning Emperor seemed shocked, but not in a bad way. Shang felt like the Lightning Emperor wasn't about to kill

end, Shang's curiosity won out, and he decided to

power I have," Shang

the Lightning Emperor

breath and

powerful attack," Shang said. "I lost my first eye when I used this ability to kill someone at the Mid Third Realm when I was at the Peak Second Realm, and I used it again to kill someone at the Peak Fourth Realm when I was at the Initial

Silence.

an Abomination," the Lightning

Shang nodded. "Correct."

More silence.

back then? Is the Concept you are trying to comprehend right now the one Lucius had also comprehended as a Peak Ancestral Mage?"

"Most likely," Shang said.

Silence.

that you've had so many troubles. You're not even

Lucius are intrinsically connected, and even more, you have unlocked

power, but

even closer to

Silence.

you can actually become even more powerful

have a shot

to earn every little bit of resources ourselves, and we didn't have a

don't want to believe it, but this lack of resources has probably stopped us from

Mage Lord and later

things

of a Mage Emperor and

are connected, but I am willing to invest in

enter the Trial of

am certain now that Lucius left the

"I'm

said. "You have access to way more than we've had access to back then. The only thing

left his Isolation Barrier to fly

Silence.

the Lightning Emperor said