Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang wasn't quite sure why there was a fountain of blood in the middle of the hall, but his question got answered rather quickly as letters appeared in the air.

"Put a drop of your blood in the fountain."

Shang walked over to the fountain and cut his finger.

A small stream of blood flowed down Shang's finger since he wasn't really careful with the depth of the cut.

As the first drops of blood hit the fountain, one of the doors at the edges of the hall opened, and Shang walked through.

The door closed behind him, and Shang's Spirit Sense could no longer see the fountain.

Shang found himself in an old hallway, but he didn't really care about it a whole lot as he just continued walking.

Shang walked slightly downward for several minutes. He wasn't moving at his top speed, but he was still moving at quite a brisk pace.

Shang had probably moved around 200,000 kilometers deep into the ground, which was quite surprising.

Why would anyone need such a long hallway?

Eventually, Shang reached another door and opened it.

He was greeted by a dark room with a floating transparent cube in the middle.

Shang could see a small inscription in the middle of the cube.

"Banish the darkness with light."

Shang looked around his new surroundings.

His Spirit Sense was severely suppressed, only allowing him to view a couple of meters of his surroundings. Additionally, Shang could feel very dense Darkness Mana around him.

Even more, the Darkness Mana had a will on it, which seemed to be impossible. After all, how could a dead person imprint their will on Mana?

However, Shang knew that these rules had only remained true for the people he had been fighting against.

Mage Kings and Mage Emperors might have ways to mimic wills with Magic Circles.

Nevertheless, the will was a problem since this meant that Shang couldn't control the Darkness Mana or move it. So, he actually had to do this small challenge the intended way.

over to the cube and put his

infused it

darkness receded, revealing the surrounding five

Illumination to increase the brightness of the light. One had to remember that lower-level Concepts also increased in power as

level one Concept, it had the power of a level

the light extended even more, revealing the surrounding

anything of note in the darkness, which probably meant that he needed to

of Twilight and Addition

the entire room

opposite wall with the door had only been about

have

the ones that had

of

Concept of Illumination, he would have barely

you either have to know the level four Concept Light, Dawn, or the level one Concept of Light paired with

of Want has been created by Lucius for his successor, I can guess what kind of trials will await me next," Shang

door, opened it,

previously, and

guessed that he was about 350,000 kilometers to the north of the

arrived at the next door and opened it, and for once, he was glad that he

It was very bright.

there was a transparent cube levitating

light with

the previous cube, there was

over and infused the cube

Five meters.

Concept of Darkness, Blindness, strengthened by the level three Concept

15 meters.

Shang used the Concept

like the last one,

the first Concept of the Darkness Affinity that pushes Darkness Mana to an extreme of darkness

just knowing the level one Concept of Darkness actually wouldn't be enough to advance, even if someone

than other Concepts. It's just how we classify them based on how

the Concept of Blindness first. It might be unusual, but it's

Lucius simply testing someone on how many Concepts they know, or does he search for specific

next hallway, which was just as long