Sword God in a World of Magic

Several thoughts immediately shot through Shang's mind.

Had the enemy hidden themselves very well from Shang's senses, and they were actually closer?

No, the Starlight Queen would have informed Shang of that. Defenders nearly always stayed in the middle of the barrier, and if that weren't the case, the Starlight Queen would have told him.

Were there some contraptions that enlarged the enemy's Spirit Sense?

No, very unlikely. A Mage Lord couldn't attack from so far away. Seeing an opponent wouldn't make a difference.

Lastly, the sheer intensity of the feeling that the bandages were transmitting to Shang was enormous.

Yet, not even Emperors could look into the barriers. They were specifically designed to isolate all kinds of Spirit Senses.

How intense was the feeling of the bandages?

Very intense.

It felt about as intense as when the Starlight Queen looked at Shang.

Just based on the feeling, Shang knew that this was not someone he could fight against.

This was someone as powerful as a Mage King!

Was this what the enemy had planned?

They had sent a Mage King to kill Shang? But how?!

The barriers would immediately feel the presence of a Mage King and alert the outside while deactivating!

Yet, somehow, the three Empires managed to get a Mage King into this Defender Flag to fight Shang without alerting the Defender Flag.

"You've caused quite a lot of trouble," Shang heard in his mind.

The voice sounded like an old man.

pin from the Lightning

But it was impossible.

simply too good at isolating the

was jointly created by several Mage Kings, giving them enough power to even withstand one

of the

voice asked. "I don't know how you did it, but I could see the moment you realized that

Shang didn't answer.

the old voice transmitted. "Honestly, if our Empires hadn't agreed to take no risks, I

there's nothing else I can do. Guess I have to end your life

Emperor with the pin. He even tried to check if the pin had some

there was nothing Shang could

in the barrier with a Mage King, and based on the power the Mage

King whose life would soon end due

knew

didn't even know a single

"How?" Shang asked.

"Well, this Defender Flag just

at once, who have been chosen at random. And for this one, it just

that he made this Defender Flag in case we need to kill the Lightning Emperor's

Mage Kings and Mage Emperors would notice that

only

Mana density of someone's Aura instead of someone's body and mind. Like this, as long as I don't use Mana denser than what an Early Mage Lord can use, it won't see my true

your hopes up," the old voice said with some amusement. "You probably think that you only need to force me to use more Mana to defend myself. Sadly, that's

had enough of gambling. No, this time, I

already accepted

even if the Lightning Emperor immediately notices it, he can't use too much power to destroy

means I get around two seconds of uninterrupted time with

King wasn't in a hurry. which

attacked, he would

none of this was

how many more years the Mage King had left, but it was probably

words?" the