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

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

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

in a fight

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

if one performed a subpar

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

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

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

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 often decided the offensive and defensive

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

technique?' Shang thought

in a passive situation, it would definitely be useful. Just looking at its performance, I see no flaws.

this situation a bit

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

just feels wrong. It's like

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

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don't

looked at

I can see the quality, but

technique? The sword felt unfamiliar with

really used

goal of making the opponent move in a certain manner, which would make it harder

second technique was a slash that came from the top right, but instead of slashing at 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 very wide and open stance, but

they would have either slashed to

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

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