Sword God in a World of Magic

BANG!

Like it had hit a wall, the snake's head was stopped by the sword. The snake was long, but it wasn't incredibly massive. Its head was barely half a meter across.

Because of that, Shang was able to block the snake's head with his sword.

To paint a clearer picture, one only needed to imagine an attacking dog. The dog bit forward, but the human in front of it took a long stick and held it vertically, pushing it back. Since the dog's head was in its normal position, its mouth couldn't open wide enough to get the entire length of the stick into its mouth. Sure, if the stick were horizontal, it wouldn't be a problem.

Shang's arms shook under the weight, but the snake hadn't put its full power behind its bite. After all, it still had to keep an eye out for the green bird.

Because of that, Shang managed to keep his sword relatively straight.

When the snake's snout hit the blade, it began to bleed. The wound wasn't deep, but it had drawn blood.

BANG!

Shang stepped forward and angled his sword on the snake's head. Then, he struck upward with the handle, making the snake's head fly up. Usually, Shang wouldn't have the power to push the snake away due to the difference in power in their bodies. However, the lever principle applied here.

The snake's head was far extended, essentially putting it out of balance and putting the head far away from its center of mass. Because of that, Shang could shove the head upward.

At the same time, Shang's sword was above him, and with the step he had just taken, his stance was perfect for a devastating strike downward.

Then, Shang struck forward, cutting along the underside of the snake's jaw.

CRRRRRRRR!

Sparks flew, and a couple of scales fell off, but the snake barely bled. Its scales were simply too hard.

Shang gritted his teeth, and the snake's head quickly went back into an attacking position.

The snake bit forward again.

Shang blocked with his sword.

Whoosh!

stopped and angled to the side before striking forward

angle Shang would hold his sword this time,

the snake's head rotate, he quickly let himself fall to the

ended up in the snake's teeth, it would be destroyed. Sure, if Shang's sword were sharp enough to cut through the snake easily, he could have used

BANG!

of his sword again. The distance was too small, which made it impossible to slash it with his sword effectively. From such a position, Shang's sword wouldn't be able to get through the snake's

quickly angled his knees so that he could shoot

BANG!

used all his power and charged forward. The snake's head had barely regained its control when it noticed Shang arriving near its

snake thought about using its tail to strike Shang, but it was still

have the spring effect from its main

noticed that the

'This is it!'

scratch and he would die. Vanishing Snakes had terrifying metal poison, which would immediately destroy Shang's insides if that got into

saw that his block wouldn't work as intended, he could have always

his retreat

snake's head was behind him while its tail and body were in front

sword, it would most likely strike with its tail. Yes, the snake was paying attention to the bird, but if it saw a surefire way of killing its prey,

'Let's hope this works!'

Shang pointed his left arm towards

BANG!

unleashed

enough to hurt the snake in any way, but the wind

Shang's feet as his

the tail

Shang's arm nearly being frozen, the Ice Blast had a lot of power behind it, ruining the snake's

put his sword to the

Shang urged in

the blade, Shang saw his

nearly an instant, all the metal around the snake's

that's not a human

weapons. After all, it would be ridiculous if an opponent with a Metal Affinity could just

course, these Magic Runes only became common at the General Stage.