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

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

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

in

during one's offense, no one would

one performed a subpar block, one would

continue attacking

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

long as they used a fitting strike during that time. Not every technique could be

At that point, the opponent would lose their momentum, and the two of them could have their first clash again, which

also hadn't been the biggest fan

technique?' Shang thought as

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

this situation a

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

like it's disrupting

that's the point, right? It's supposed to disrupt

like some amazing

don't like

at his

it's similar with this technique? I can see the quality, but I just don't like

The sword felt unfamiliar

really used something

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

top right, but instead of slashing at the enemy, it went into a curve and went back to the right side, but

for the feint, they would have either slashed to their left or

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

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