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.

back to the first

to the back. The purpose of this slice was to reset the flow of

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

the offensive in a fight

subpar strike during

if one performed a subpar block, one would be

as long as the offensive side didn't lose the offense, they could theoretically continue attacking forever. They only had to wait for their opponent to

of such a bind. The upward slice would include nearly all of the power of the user, and since it went from the bottom to

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

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, which often decided

been the biggest fan of it. However, he had still

first technique?' Shang thought as he scratched his

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

thought about this situation

a frown. 'I mean, it is strong. I can't

It's like it's disrupting

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

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 crime. Everyone loves it,

don't like

at his

with this technique? I can see the quality, but I

felt

really used something like

make it harder for them to react to unsuspecting attacks. In short, feints attempted to take away the

curve and went back to the right side, but on a lower level. This

the feint, they would have either slashed to

equilibrium and power would be fully focused on their front. If they decided to block,

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, the enemy would unleash a quick