[{"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-827":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},1492885,1940,"Chapter 827  827 – Counter","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-827",827,"\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A couple of hours passed, and finally, the barrier became transparent again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Mage King saw Shang, she gritted her teeth again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Shang's Mana Shield was showing signs of instability, and his body was slightly shaking, which was a sign of extreme anxiety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he was still alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had killed someone with a fourfold Spirit Sense!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was literally worse than every death before this combined if one ignored the time Shang had actually won for the Lightning Manor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go!\" the Mage King shouted at the Metal Mage behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Metal Mage narrowed her eyes and charged into the barrier, which quickly became cloudy again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang waited for his enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, he saw her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Metal, huh?' he thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Metal Mage saw him, she narrowed her eyes and prepared her Spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang immediately shot at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, surprisingly, she stopped relatively quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, she moved her hand from one side to the other in a rapid motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang felt his instincts screaming at him and jumped to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHING!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like a line had gone through space at the place where Shang had just been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'That's troublesome,' Shang thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mages could attack from far away, but it was very unusual for a Mage to attack from nearly 2,000 kilometers away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang analyzed the cut that had gone through the space beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Not very fast and not a lot of power, but it would still injure me quite severely if it hit. It probably doesn't cost a lot of Mana.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But the attacking range is insane.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Metal Mage saw that Shang managed to avoid her attack, her eyes narrowed further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't easy to avoid this attack without using Mana Step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, Shang shot at her while using Comet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She readied another couple of Space Cuts and used them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, she used three at once, but Shang managed to avoid those three as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This took the Metal Mage by quite a lot of surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How does he have so much control over his body's movement?' she thought. 'Did he spend years training his body just for that?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she saw Shang get closer and closer, she gritted her teeth and decided to change her approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Spells had been extremely useful in the past, but this time, they were not as useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, she readied several volleys of metal spears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Shang was only 200 kilometers away, she shot them directly at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>DING! DING! DING!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang let go of his two swords and hid behind his Addum as he used several Blasts to stop himself from being pushed into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Shang's hands moved at rapid speeds, catching several spears that were passing by him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the Metal Mage's eyes widened in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the volley passed, Shang came out from behind his Addum and threw one spear after the other at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang's body was in the Early Sixth Realm, which meant that he was essentially as fast and powerful as these Spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, when Shang threw these spears, they weren't much slower or weaker than the ones the Metal Mage had thrown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRK! CRK! CRK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Metal Mage summoned a metallic grinder in front of her that destroyed the spears that were shot at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though she managed to react with impressive speed, she was still deeply shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could her opponent catch her spears like that?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, Shang suddenly arrived in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She immediately used Mana Step to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it failed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WHOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, an intensely burning Addum reached her Mana Shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang hadn't used up the stored Mana inside his Addum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Mana Shield broke apart with one strike!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, another birdwatcher was born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang refilled his Death Mana and retreated to his usual spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fight had been much easier than the last one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason why people with fourfold Spirit Senses were so powerful was that they knew so many Concepts that gave them extremely complex and varied attacks, added with a lot of creativity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their Mana storage or the power of their Spells weren't necessarily higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang couldn't use his body to really fight against a Domain made of gravity, but he could use his body to fight metal spears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of using complex attacks, Shang simply overpowered his opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just straight-up used muscles to overcome brains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the Gravity Mage had been a counter to Shang, Shang had been a counter to the Metal Mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Metal Mage's impressive Spells had been useless against someone with such a strong body and controlled movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the Mage King of the Judgment Palace was waiting with narrowed eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do we have another volunteer?\" she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hearts of the people dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could their opponent actually win again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had already sent two of the three big categories, domain and physical attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing left was energy, which was elements like wind, fire, and lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more, the opponent should have been exhausted by the last fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could he actually still win?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people were talking with each other, but the mood was very different from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the beginning, they had taken the opponent lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, they had looked at the opponent as an equal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, they felt nervous and a bit scared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How powerful was this guy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll do it,\" one guy with red hair said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others looked over and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If even he failed…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This specific person was one of the strongest Mages they had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a Fire and Wind Dual Affinity, and he could even use Blaze with incredible mastery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy was probably within the top 5% of every Mage with a fourfold Spirit Sense, and he was the strongest Early Ancestral Mage they had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the stronger Mages were at different levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was truly the last straw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he failed, the Judgment Palace would have no one left.\u003C\u002Fp>",1010,"2026-06-06T04:07:23.276Z",1,"novelbin.me","0b9b3f52a56e9d77b6952f79f6c61947cf6bf3f462bc239a0c20bc719fc98c16","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-693","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-826",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]