[{"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-356":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},1492241,1940,"Chapter 356 – Fire","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-356",356,"\u003Cp>Chapter 356 – Fire\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Shang saw that his opponent had a Fire Affinity, he knew that he had a chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘If they decide to heat up their surroundings, I can release far more Fire Blasts without injuring my body!’\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 man with short, fiery-red hair. He wore simple red robes, but for some reason, the robes didn’t feel as simple as they appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when Shang looked beside the Mage, his eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘His Focus has two Amplifiers.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside the Mage hovered a Focus with two circlets rotating around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang had never fought a Mage that had a Focus with two Amplifiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Amplifiers decided the cast speed of a Focus. Higher leveled Spells needed more complex chants. Of course, as the Mages got more powerful, their mastery over their Mana and Affinity allowed them to cast faster as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, a Focus was only a tool, and it couldn’t cast faster as the Mage progressed. In order to allow a Focus to cast faster, one needed to add Amplifiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Early True Mage with such a Focus could essentially cast at double their speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Even though he has a Fire Affinity, I’m still not sure if I can win. His Focus took me a bit by surprise.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jester slowly lifted his hammer and struck the bell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>DING!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang immediately exploded forward with a Fire Blast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mage slowly opened his eyes and noticed Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyebrows furrowed, but he immediately began casting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Shang approached, he noticed something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He isn’t casting Mana Shield!’ he thought with furrowed brows. ‘Usually, I would think of my opponent to be stupid if they did that, but the God judged this Mage to be extremely powerful in his Realm.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang quickly closed in on the Mage, but when Shang was only fifty meters away from him, the Mage’s Focus suddenly began to burn violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Focus Fusion!’ Shang thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Focus Fusion meant that a Mage and their Focus cast the same Spell. With that ability, they could cast very powerful Spells in a very short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang knew that the Spell the Mage had prepared had to be insanely powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mage extended his hand towards his Focus and touched it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, the fire from the Focus suddenly vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the Mage looked at Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Shang felt like time had frozen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For an instant that felt like an eternity, the Mage only looked at Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, in that instant, Shang felt like he was about to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His instincts were screaming at him to run away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, Shang saw the young man’s lips move with a familiar word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang’s hair stood up, released a powerful Fire Blast to his front to stop himself, and lifted his sword to block.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ishah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the word the Mage had spoken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as soon as he had finished the word, he vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something impossibly powerful hit Shang’s sword, and the power threw him over a hundred meters away, breaking his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, some small cracks appeared on Sword’s body, and Shang could feel its pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sadly, that wasn’t even everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever had hit Shang had exploded with violent fire, and Sword hadn’t been wide enough to block Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sides of Shang’s body had turned to ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His organs were safe, but his arms and shoulders had effectively become useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang had no choice but to quickly heal his body with his life energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that, all the extra life energy Shang had stored up was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the biggest thing Shang was concerned about was Sword’s crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang could be resurrected in the trial, but he didn’t know if Sword could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it broke, Shang might lose his lifelong companion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang managed to regain control over his body by using a Fire Blast and looked at the Mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mage stood at the place where Shang had just been. However, his entire body was encased in violent fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground around him for over ten meters had turned into nothing but a blackened crater as the Mage stood in the middle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang released another Ice Blast and shot towards the fiery figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no retreat in this trial!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The violent fire around the Mage seemed to grow as Shang approached, and when Shang came close to the Mage, he realized that the fiery figure had grown to a size of ten meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another foreboding feeling entered Shang, and he felt like it was a terrible idea to come close to the Mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what was he supposed to do?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to get close to kill the Mage!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang gritted his teeth and continued running at the gigantic figure. At the same time, his left arm withered as he filled Sword with Darkness Mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure slowly crossed its arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like it was preparing itself to push the entire world away from itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, Shang’s instincts were screaming so loudly that he stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang released a Fire Blast to flee again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring his instincts had been a bad idea!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I should have never ignored my instincts!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a second time, one moment seemingly stretched into eternity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, the fiery figure explosively extended its arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang threw himself to the ground and activated his Domain of Entropy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw an unimaginably hot wave of fire consume everything around him. Even the earth around Shang had vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After what felt like an eternity, the fiery wave finally ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Shang was shocked to see that over 90% of his Mana reserves were gone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang’s Domain of Entropy had never consumed so much Mana to block a single attack before!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang quickly stood up when he saw that the fire had ended, but when he saw his surroundings, cold shivers ran down his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crater the Mage had created was nearly 50 meters wide!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder his Domain of Entropy consumed so much Mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, Shang saw the Mage, and his eye widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mage’s red robes were on fire!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the Mage seemingly didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, his previously neutral expression had transformed into a smirk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re still alive!” he shouted from a distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the Mage opened his arms and pointed his palms upward beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire disappeared from his robe and appeared on his hands as two flames, burning violently like they were flames of a gigantic welding torch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His smirk transformed into a maddened grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Finally, a good fight!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1101,"2026-06-06T04:07:02.167Z",1,"novelbin.me","493f106869846093d6eff116566429dc269dd5b999a8d6ee22502255ba2dc049","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-357","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-355",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]