[{"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-884":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},1492952,1940,"Chapter 884  884 Trial Of Want","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-884",884,"\u003Cp>Shang felt a bit nervous about this entire thing, but there was nothing he could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lightning Emperor was so powerful that nothing Shang could do would influence anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Shang sacrificed his entire body to Entropy, he wouldn't be able to even scratch the Lightning Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Shang sacrificed his entire body, he might be able to heavily injure a Mage King, but that was it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavily injure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more powerful Shang became, the less powerful his Entropy became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, that wasn't entirely correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His powers of Entropy had always had the same power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that Shang's Battle-Strength reached such incredible heights that the difference between his Battle-Strength and the power of Entropy had shrunken by quite a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the Peak of the General Stage, Shang could have sacrificed an eye to kill a Peak Commander Stage warrior or Peak True Mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was one attack that would kill someone an entire Realm above him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, this had been crazy powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang could kill a Peak Mage Lord, but in order to kill an Initial Mage King, he would probably need to sacrifice an entire arm, and Initial Mage Kings basically didn't exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From what Shang had heard, all the Mage Kings received enough Mana in the inheritance to reach the Peak Mage King Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang couldn't kill someone like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang was unstoppable in the Sixth Realm, and he could probably also win against an average Mid Mage Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the average Late Mage Lord would be very, very difficult to defeat just due to the sheer difference in quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The average Mage Lord had a twofold Spirit Sense already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the average Peak Mage Lord?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, there were all the talented Mage Lords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, while Shang's Entropy didn't feel as impressive as it felt back then, it was still quite a bit stronger than his actual power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Entropy could kill even a Peak Mage Lord with a fourfold Spirit Sense, but it would require quite a sacrifice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang thought about his powers of Entropy for quite a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the revelation that Lucius' powers had been different, Shang had come to a conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucius' powers were not just different but different in an inferior way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang's powers of Entropy compared to Lucius' power of Entropy, before Lucius had become a Mage Lord, were objectively superior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, what was the difference between Lucius and Shang?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why were Shang's powers superior?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only one difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bloodline Infusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang's body had been fused with an actual Abomination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucius' body had been 100% human from beginning to end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This little operation created by a weak True Path Stage warrior had given Shang powers that made him superior to the most powerful Mage that had ever existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a weird and unexpected turn of events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I don't know if the Lightning Emperor suspects me of being the Child of Calamity or not, but there's nothing I can do. For now, I can only enter the Trial of Want and try to find a way to comprehend the mysterious level five Concept of Entropy.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After around an hour, Shang arrived in the Hibye for the first time in a long while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hibye had become more crowded than the last time Shang had been here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like the Lightning Manor was slowly recovering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Shang didn't exactly care about all of this and simply shot through the Hibye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one paid any attention to Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone knew of the Ancestral Hero, but the Ancestral Hero never appeared in public.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, nobody was actually paying attention and thinking that the Ancestral Hero could be right beside them right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, Shang arrived in front of the Trial of Want.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As always, there were two Bolts guarding the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang walked over to the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a second, the two Bolts looked at Shang and wanted to ask why he was here, but their eyes widened in shock when they saw the pin on Shang's chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had never seen this pin before, but their Thunders reminded them regularly about what this pin meant and what they should do if they met the owner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two Bolts talked to each other via voice transmission at rapid speeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, the two Bolts stepped to the side, not saying anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the rules, they were not allowed to start a conversation with the owner of the pin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their instructions were to let him pass without interacting with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the outside, the Trial of Want looked like a door that led into a green hill. It looked neither luxurious nor grand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just a simple door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang reached the door and pushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door didn't budge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Open it,\" Shang ordered coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the two Bolts cast a quick Spell, and a rune in the middle of the door lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, the doors opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang just nodded and entered the Trial of Want.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the door closed behind Shang, the two Bolts just looked at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, one of the Bolts took out a Transmission Medal and contacted his Thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short exchange, the Thunder told the Bolts that they had acted correctly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Thunder then contacted Amarius and told him that Shang had entered the Trial of Want.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amarius thanked the Thunder for the information and told Wester about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wester made a mental note.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was important to know where Shang was at all times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wester informed the Mage Kings responsible for the war about where Shang had gone, and the Mage Kings quickly prepared themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Trial of Want could take anywhere from one year to a thousand years, depending on the reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trial itself wasn't as long. It was just that sometimes, people needed to comprehend something in the trial, which would take a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could only hope that Shang wouldn't take too long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the worst case, they would need to hold out for a thousand years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be very difficult but doable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would just be very, very expensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, after Shang entered the Trial of Want, he entered a small hall with an elaborately designed fountain in the middle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fountain was filled with blood.\u003C\u002Fp>",1050,"2026-06-06T04:07:23.884Z",1,"novelbin.me","b7bcb7414d449654619bf9f25e42cc09c785d106d8456d44a2b8c4c42f86c199","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-885","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-883",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]