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

the

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

in a fight was incredibly

during one's offense, no

one performed a subpar block,

as long as the offensive side didn't lose the offense, they could theoretically continue attacking forever. They only had to wait for their opponent to make

upward slice would include

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

the opponent would lose their momentum, and the two of them could have their first clash again, which often decided

biggest fan of it. However, he had still been willing to give

I like the first technique?'

I were in a passive situation, it would definitely be useful. Just looking at its performance, I see

thought about this

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

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

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

sure why, but I think the issue is that I simply don't like it. It's like some amazing series TV show about

don't

at

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

sword felt unfamiliar with this technique,

used something

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

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

fell for the feint, they would have either

be fully focused on their front. If they decided to block, they would

could simply unleash a quick counter. If a boxer just suddenly started pulling back their