[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic":3,"chapter-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-355":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Sword God in a World of Magic",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1492240,1940,"Chapter 355 – Difference in Growth","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-355",355,"\u003Cp>Chapter 355 – Difference in Growth\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang looked at the wheel. His next opponent wouldn’t be a big issue, but he also couldn’t take them as lightly anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wheel eventually stopped at the Lightning Affinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHING!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang’s opponent appeared, and he looked over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a young woman who looked to be in her early twenties. She had long silver-whitish hair, and there was a serious expression on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jester slowly lifted his hammer and struck the bell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>DING!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mage opened her eyes and saw Shang quickly charge at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She immediately cast Mana Shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHING!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, she used Mana Step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang’s attack missed, but he quickly charged after her again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Shang was only ten meters away from her, her Focus lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG! BANG! BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning gathered around her Focus, and it looked like it was ready to attack Shang with lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, no lightning actually shot toward Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It simply continued exploding around the Focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the Focus moved between the two, standing in Shang’s way now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the Mage finished her Spell and pointed at her Focus, which was between the two opponents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gigantic bolt of lightning shot from her hand towards her Focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang quickly angled his body, jumped, and put his wide sword in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Focus released several beams of lightning, all shooting in random directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like a disco ball that shot lasers out of every surface!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clouds in the sky were split apart, and destructive, burned lines were left on the ground all around Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the perfect Spell against a very fast opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Focus shot the beams of lightning at random, which made it impossible for the opponent to predict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SSSSSSS!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the beams cut through the place where Shang currently was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang wasn’t entirely thin enough to fit behind his sword, which meant that two holes were left behind at the sides of his torso, which hadn’t been covered by Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even worse, Shang was thrown back by the force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he immediately charged forward again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, the Focus was still filled with lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Shang realized what his opponent’s plan was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang reached the Focus before the Mage could ready another Spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mage wasn’t in a panic since she knew that Shang had to get past her Focus first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang’s left arm touched the side of Sword, and it quickly withered into a nearly useless state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, Shang attacked the Focus with his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aggressive lightning on the Focus finally found a target. All the lightning around it immediately homed in on Shang’s sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Getting hit by that much lightning wasn’t much weaker than getting hit by an actual Lightning Bolt Spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Spell could severely injure Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lightning entered Sword and rapidly moved towards Shang’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, it vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Darkness Mana inside Sword nullified the lightning!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword hit the Focus with full force, and it exploded into many pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Mage lost her connection to her Focus, her eyes widened in horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did her opponent survive being hit by that much lightning?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, the fight was basically over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Early True Mage without a Focus was no threat to Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe if the True Mage was a Late True Mage, but not an Early True Mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mage released several Mana Steps, but without her Focus, it became very difficult to create attacks that would threaten Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After two strikes, her Mana Shield broke. Her constant usage of Mana Step had used up the remaining Mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang killed her, and he absorbed her life energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fight had been so long that Shang’s left arm had already recovered via his passive regeneration, but he still wanted to have more life energy for his next fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, Shang was at his absolute peak. He was fully healed, his Mana was full, and he had more life energy than normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t enter the next fight in a better state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cheering had already passed, and the wheel returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang looked at it as it began to spin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Level six: Powerful Early True Mage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This is it,’ Shang thought. ‘This fight will determine how many points I get.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Shang remembered his last trial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, Shang had barely won against an average Mage one level above him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same fight had been relatively easy for him this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had definitely grown more powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the Mages had also grown more powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the last trial, Shang had only gotten seven points against the beasts and warriors without using Entropy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Shang had gotten ten and fourteen points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an insane difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But against Mages?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang could count himself lucky if he got six.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, Shang was at the same place he had been the last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The powerful True Mage would be his next opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last time, Shang knew that he had absolutely zero chance at victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, he had a shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the difference between how much the Mages had grown and the others was insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang had gotten several more points in the other categories, but he would be happy if he got a single point more than last time in the Mage category.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mages were truly powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Shang knew that this wouldn’t be where their escalation of power stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would grow more and more powerful in relation to other beings on their power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang was growing at unimaginable speeds when compared to warriors and beasts, but when compared to Mages, he was growing only a little faster than them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang closed his right eye and took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that this fight would be brutal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he heard that the wheel had stopped spinning, he looked over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw the Affinity, Shang grew a bit more confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Affinity of the powerful Early True Mage was…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>",1015,"2026-06-06T04:07:02.167Z",1,"novelbin.me","92d18964631f64f9b22fdf02e9bcd64fa53779dc00df21aeb07ec7e6f8d70d92","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-356","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-354",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]