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

was an upward slice with a simultaneous jump to the

sides was very often the aggressive one, while the other one had to react. The reason

on the offensive in a fight

performed a subpar strike during

a subpar block, one

they could theoretically continue attacking forever. They only had to wait for their opponent to make a

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

an attack and also block a strike, as long as they used a fitting strike during that time. Not every technique could be used under

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

the biggest fan of it.

don't I like the first technique?' Shang

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

about this situation a bit

mean, it is strong. I can't deny that.

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

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

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 like

looked at his

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

The sword felt unfamiliar with this technique,

really used something like

been a 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

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

feint, they would have either slashed to their left or

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

simply unleash a quick counter. If a boxer just suddenly