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.

to

the back. The purpose

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

in

performed a subpar strike during one's offense,

performed a subpar block, one

could theoretically continue attacking forever.

the jump to the back, was a technique to get one out of such a bind. The upward slice would include nearly all of the

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

blocked, the user could jump back, resetting the fight. At that point, the opponent would lose their momentum, and the two of them could have their

sword had hated that technique, and Shang also hadn't been the biggest fan of it. However, he had still been willing to

the first technique?' Shang thought as he

a passive situation, it would definitely be useful.

this situation

mean, it is strong. I can't deny

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

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

but I think the issue is that I simply don't like it. It's like some amazing series

just don't

looked at

it's similar with this technique? I can see the quality, but I just

sword felt unfamiliar with this technique,

used something like

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

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

the opponent fell for the feint, they would have either

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

simply unleash a quick counter. If a boxer just suddenly