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

with a simultaneous jump to the back. The purpose of this slice was to reset the flow

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

in

a subpar strike during one's offense,

one performed a subpar block,

could theoretically continue

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 through the entire fighting

threaten the opponent with an attack and also block a strike, as long as they used a fitting strike during that time. Not every technique could be

that point, the opponent would lose their momentum, and the two of

also hadn't been the biggest fan of it.

first technique?' Shang thought

definitely has its uses. If I were in a passive situation, it would definitely be useful. Just looking

this situation

mean, it is strong. I

it just feels wrong. It's like it's disrupting

that's the point, right? It's

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.

don't

at his

can see the quality, but I just

about the second technique? The sword felt unfamiliar

used

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

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

for the feint, they would have either slashed

slashed towards the feint, they would be caught off-guard, literally. Their equilibrium and power would be

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