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 no access to the Domain before

shared the same powers,

opened another question for Shang, and he wasn't sure if he should ask

in a bad way. Shang felt like the Lightning Emperor wasn't about

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

another power I have,"

Lightning

a deep breath and pointed at his

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

Silence.

the Lightning

Shang nodded. "Correct."

More silence.

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

"Most likely," Shang said.

Silence.

Lucius. I'm not surprised that you've had so many troubles. You're not even a

are intrinsically connected, and even more, you

Lucius share a power, but

seem even closer to Lucius' power than

Silence.

you can actually become even more powerful

a shot at killing

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

believe it, but this lack of resources has probably stopped us from growing even more powerful and

support had been a Mage Lord and

now, things

the backing of a Mage Emperor and several Mage

how or why you and Lucius are connected, but I am willing to invest in the future so that it may be better than

need to enter the Trial of

certain now that Lucius left the Trial of Want

"I'm planning

resources," the Lightning Emperor said. "You have access to way more than we've had access to back then. The only

he left his Isolation Barrier to fly

Silence.

the Lightning Emperor