Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang looked at his sword with a lifted eyebrow. Earlier, he had assumed that his sword didn't like the technique because he hadn't perfectly used it. After all, the sword had only been mildly disgusted, not completely.

But apparently, it was the opposite.

The sword really didn't like the technique.

"What don't you like?" Shang asked.

He still felt a bit weird talking to his sword like it was another person or a pet, but he knew that he should get used to it.

Of course, the sword didn't answer.

Shang had a couple of suspicions, but they would need further testing.

So, Shang tried the second technique. All of these techniques were short, singular movements. They weren't a complex array of complicated moves or something like that. At most, they described how one should move one's arms generally and how one should move their legs. One could call these techniques even basic instruction manuals.

When Shang finished the technique, his sword gave feedback again.

It felt a bit weird.

It was like it was eating something with an unknown flavor. It was like it wasn't certain if it should like that flavor or not.

After unleashing the strike and feeling the sword's feedback, Shang stopped with a frown.

He felt the sword's feelings to be familiar.

'Actually, I felt similar to the sword,' Shang thought. 'Although, during the first technique, I wasn't as disgusted as it. However, I still didn't like it.'

'Why is that? Why do I not like this technique?' Shang thought as he scratched his chin.

to

technique was an upward slice with a simultaneous jump to the

a battle, one side nearly always had the advantage. One of the two sides was very often the aggressive one, while the other one had to react. The reason why one side could be aggressive in the first place was that the other side had been unable to completely

on the offensive in a fight

performed a subpar strike during one's offense, no one would

one performed a subpar block, one would

didn't lose the offense, they could theoretically continue attacking forever.

get one out of such a bind. The upward slice would include

attack and also block a strike, as long as they used a

with the opponent attacked and their own attack blocked, the user could jump back, resetting the fight. At that point, the opponent would lose their momentum, and the two of them could have their first clash again,

hated that technique, and Shang also hadn't been the biggest fan of it. However, he had still been willing to give it a

technique?' Shang thought

in a passive situation, it would definitely be useful.

this situation a

thought with a frown. 'I mean, it is strong. I can't deny that. It's also

just feels wrong. It's like

scratched the back of his head. 'I mean, that's the point, right? It's supposed to disrupt the flow of

not entirely sure why, but I think the issue is that I simply don't like it. It's like some amazing series TV show about

don't like

at his

I can see the quality, but I just don't

sword felt unfamiliar with this technique, and

used something like

of making the opponent move in a certain manner, which would make it

slash that came from the top right, but instead of slashing at the enemy, it went into a curve and went back to the right side, but on a lower level. This left the user in a very wide and open stance, but it also gave them

the feint, they would have either slashed to their

towards the feint, they would be caught off-guard, literally. Their equilibrium and power would be fully focused on their front. If they decided to block, they would lose

times were risky since the enemy could simply unleash a quick counter. If a boxer just suddenly started pulling back their shoulders to unleash a devastating hook,