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

side nearly always 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

the offensive in a fight was incredibly

subpar strike during one's offense, no one would get

subpar block, one would

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

of such a bind. The upward slice would include nearly all of the power

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

resetting the fight. At that point, the opponent would

been the biggest fan of it. However, he had

technique?' Shang thought

passive situation, it would definitely be useful. Just looking at its performance,

about this situation a bit

feels wrong,' Shang thought with a frown. 'I mean, it is strong. I can't deny that. It's also very

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

scratched the back of his head. 'I mean, that's the point,

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, and every crime fanatic recommends it. However, I don't like

don't

at

technique? I can

about the second technique? The sword felt unfamiliar with this technique, and I know

never really used something like

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

went into a curve and went back to the right side, but on a lower level. This left the user in a very

would have either slashed

would be caught off-guard, literally. Their equilibrium and power would be fully

long wind-up 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