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

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

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

offensive in a fight

strike during one's offense, no

subpar block, one

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

slice would include nearly all of the power of the user, and since it went from the bottom to the top, it basically

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 used under

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

sword had hated that technique, and Shang also hadn't been the biggest fan of it. However, he

I like the first technique?' Shang thought

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

about this situation

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

feels wrong. It's like

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

simply don't like it. It's like some amazing series

don't like

looked at his

this technique? I can see the quality, but I just don't like

The sword felt

really used something

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

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

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

be fully focused on their front. If

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