[{"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-796":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},1492631,1940,"Chapter 796  796 – Shooting Through The Levels","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-796",796,"\u003Cp>The jester had been watching Shang with interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost everyone only experienced death once, and they never had an opportunity to think back to how it was to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearly dying and being in the process of dying were very different from actually dying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people would gain the opportunity to feel how it was to come close to death, but they weren't allowed to actually touch it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there still were ways to comprehend the level four Concept of Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the Death Empress had once put herself into a coma for over a thousand years, which was about as close to death as one could get.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One wouldn't be able to experience the world or think about one's decision while one was lying in a coma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything only happened after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was interesting to see someone actually experience death and have the opportunity to reflect on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure,\" the God said as the Affinity Wheel spun again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang didn't move or say anything as he waited for the Affinity Wheel to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it finally stopped, he simply used Void Break and unleashed Missile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the Mage had been killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang reloaded his swords and waited for the next fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, Shang actually had to put some effort into fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next level was the powerful Mid Ancestral Mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang's attack was powerful enough to break their Mana Shield in one strike, but it was slow enough that an experienced Mid Ancestral Mage could avoid it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, instead of using Missile, Shang used up the Mana in his Subsis to create a vast corridor of darkness, engulfing him and the Mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shot through the corridor at insane speeds and reached the Mage in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mage released a powerful and quick spear made of metal, but Shang vanished and reappeared to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Missile later, and the Mage was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang waited for the Affinity Wheel again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Level ten: Weak Late Ancestral Mage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the bell rang, Shang released another corridor of darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opponent readied a couple of powerful Spells, waiting for Shang to arrive in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, the Mage died as Meteor struck him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Missile wasn't powerful enough to get through a Late Ancestral Mage's Mana Shield in one shot, but Meteor was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sadly, Meteor was quite a bit slower, but the opponent wasn't very experienced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang waited for the Affinity Wheel again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The differences in power between the Mages were far greater than between beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing a weak Late Ancestral Mage was about as easy as killing a weak Late Ancestral Beast, but killing a powerful Late Ancestral Mage was even more difficult than killing a powerful PEAK Ancestral Beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Level eleven: Average Late Ancestral Mage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opponent appeared, and Shang shot toward them after summoning the corridor of darkness again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mage released two Spells, but Shang side-stepped them without too much trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang hit the Mage's Mana Shield with a Needle, but it didn't deal a lot of damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, the Mage noticed that Shang was quite dangerous and used Mana Step to flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang absorbed the corridor of darkness with Void Break and released it again, engulfing the Mage once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mage readied his next Spell, but then Shang suddenly disappeared and reappeared right in front of the Mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang's Addum swung forward, and Missile was released.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mage realized that the attack was powerful but not that powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could take that attack and hit his opponent with a Spell of his own from melee range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Missile hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A huge hole appeared in the Mana Shield, and the Mage's body was blown apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A second later, the Mana Shield dispersed, which was unusual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, a Mana Shield exploded or collapsed when the Mage ran out of Mana, but this one dispersed after a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that the Mage hadn't actually been out of Mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bit later, Shang began to age and fell to the ground as a half-dead husk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Shang had used Needle earlier, he had loaded it with Death Mana using the Concept of Weakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But instead of using it to eat up and destroy the Mana in front of it, he essentially infused it into the Mage's Mana Shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In comparison to the Concept of Sickness, this kind of usage of the Concept of Weakness didn't continuously eat the opponent's Mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what it did do was infuse its surroundings with weakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang had created a weak spot in the enemy's defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Needle hadn't been nearly strong enough to break that weak spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Missile was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Missile couldn't make the opponent use up all their Mana, but it was strong enough to break through that weak spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that location, the Magic Circle that represented the Spell Mana Shield had become so weak that it broke under the stress of moving so much Mana through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was like weakening Shang's Mana Pathways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that case, when Shang used Void Break, his Mana Pathways would explode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same thing was true here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Magic Circle broke apart, creating a gap in the Mana Shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the Mage hadn't run out of Mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The God waited for Shang to refill his Death Mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, Shang sat back up again, and the Affinity Wheel began to spin again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Level twelve: Powerful Late Ancestral Mage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang knew that the next battle would be quite difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His enemy might not be on the level of a Cloud, but they were still three levels above him and quite talented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Affinity Wheel eventually stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, a tall woman with long brown hair appeared several kilometers away from Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang readied his two swords and planned his strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jester slowly lifted its small hammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>DING!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hit the bell, and the brown-haired woman opened her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang immediately shot forward.\u003C\u002Fp>",1005,"2026-06-06T04:07:23.285Z",1,"novelbin.me","d14639ace483abf627de3dcc10126dfa775f8b7dda2193fde3d7bc2cc5cfee66","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-797","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-795",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]