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

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

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

in a fight was incredibly

subpar strike during one's offense,

performed a subpar

theoretically continue attacking forever. They only had to wait for their

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

long as they used a fitting strike during that time. Not every

the user could jump back, resetting the fight. At that point, the opponent would lose

Shang also hadn't been the biggest fan of it. However, he had still been willing to give it a

the first technique?' Shang thought as he

has its uses. If I were in a passive situation, it would definitely be useful. Just looking at its performance, I see no flaws. It's

thought about this situation a

'I mean, it is

just feels wrong. It's like

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

not entirely 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.

just don't like

at

it's similar with this technique? I can see

technique? The sword felt unfamiliar

really used something

make

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 it also gave them a lot of space and

opponent fell for the feint, they would have either

they slashed towards the feint, they would be caught off-guard, literally. Their equilibrium and power would be fully focused on

since the enemy could simply unleash a quick counter. If a boxer just suddenly started pulling back their shoulders to unleash a