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 the first

first technique was an upward slice with a simultaneous jump to the back. The purpose of this slice was to

other one had to react. The reason why one side could be aggressive in the first place was that the

offensive in

strike during one's

one performed a subpar block,

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

get one out 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 the top, it basically went

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

the fight. At that point, the opponent would

fan of

I like the first technique?' Shang thought as he scratched his

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

this situation a bit

feels wrong,' Shang thought with a frown. 'I mean, it

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

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

like some amazing series TV show about crime. Everyone loves it, and every

don't

looked at his

technique? I can

the second technique? The sword felt unfamiliar with

never really used something

make it harder for them to react to unsuspecting attacks. In

right side, but on a lower level. This left the

the feint, they would

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

boxer just suddenly started pulling back their shoulders to unleash a devastating hook, the