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

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

one had to react. The reason why one side could be aggressive in the first place was that the other side had

in a fight was

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

performed a subpar block, one would

they could theoretically continue attacking forever. They only had to wait

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

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

the opponent

had hated that technique, and Shang also hadn't been the biggest fan

first technique?' Shang

would definitely be useful.

this situation a bit

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

like it's disrupting my

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

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 like

looked at

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

felt unfamiliar with

really used something like

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 the reactive flexibility of the

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

fell for the feint, they would have either slashed to

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

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