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 the first

jump to the back. The purpose of this

advantage. One of the two sides was very often the aggressive one, while the other one had to react. The reason why

offensive in

performed a subpar strike during one's offense, no one

performed a subpar block, one would be

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

the first technique, the upward slice with the jump to the back, was a technique to 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

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

attacked and their own attack blocked, the user could jump back, resetting the fight. At that point, the opponent would

also hadn't been the biggest fan of it. However, he had still been

don't I like the first technique?' Shang thought as

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

thought about this situation

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

just feels wrong. It's like it's

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

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

just don't like

looked at

similar with this technique? I can see

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

used something

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 the

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

would have either slashed to their

be caught off-guard, literally. Their equilibrium and power would be fully focused on their front. If they decided

wind-up times were risky since the enemy could simply unleash a quick counter. If a boxer just suddenly started pulling