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.

thought back to

the back. The purpose of this

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 stop

offensive in a fight was

a subpar strike during one's offense, no one

performed a subpar

as long as the offensive side didn't lose the offense, they could theoretically continue attacking forever. They

a technique to get one out of such a bind. The upward slice would include nearly all of the power of the

to threaten the opponent with an attack and also block a strike, as long as they used a fitting

attacked and their own attack blocked, the user could jump back, resetting the fight. At that point, the opponent

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

technique?' Shang

were in a passive situation, it would definitely be useful. Just looking at its performance, I see no flaws. It's a

about this

frown. 'I mean, it is strong. I can't deny that.

it just feels wrong. It's like it's disrupting my flow or my

back of his head. 'I mean, that's the point, right?

I simply don't like it. It's like some amazing series TV show about crime. Everyone loves it, and every crime fanatic

just don't like

at his

with this technique? I can see

felt unfamiliar

really used something

second technique had been a feint. Feints had the goal of making the opponent move in a certain manner, which would make it harder for them to react to unsuspecting attacks. In short, feints attempted to take away the reactive

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 a lot of space and wind-up time for a devastating

the feint, they would have either slashed to their

off-guard, literally. Their equilibrium and power would be fully focused

quick counter. If a boxer just suddenly started pulling back their shoulders to unleash a