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

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

the aggressive one, while the other one had to

offensive in a fight

strike during one's offense, no one would

one performed a subpar block, one would

offense, they could theoretically continue attacking forever. They only had to wait

first technique, the 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 of the power of the user, and since it went from the bottom to the top,

an attack and also block a strike, as long as they used a fitting strike during that

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

and Shang also hadn't been the biggest fan of it.

like the first technique?' Shang thought as he scratched his

passive situation, it would definitely be useful. Just

this situation

frown. 'I mean,

just feels wrong. It's like it's

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 crime. Everyone loves it, and every crime fanatic recommends

don't

looked at his

this technique? I can see the quality, but I

sword felt unfamiliar with this

used something

had 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

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

they would have

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

counter. If a boxer just suddenly started pulling back their shoulders to unleash a devastating hook, the enemy