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

angle Shang would hold his sword this time, which was why it had stopped to fake out

quickly let himself fall to the ground to

were sharp enough to cut through the snake easily, he could

BANG!

again. The distance was too small, which made it impossible to slash it with his

angled his knees so that he could shoot

BANG!

charged forward. The snake's head had barely regained its control when

second, the snake thought about using its tail to strike Shang, but it was still scared of that green

snake moved its head towards Shang from his back. Sadly, since it didn't have the spring effect from its main body due to its head's position, it

its body, he noticed that the head was

'This is it!'

would die. Vanishing Snakes had terrifying metal poison, which would immediately destroy Shang's insides if that got into his bloodstream. Because of

safe location. If he saw that his block

retreat was cut

head was behind him while its tail and body were in front of

Yes, the snake was paying attention to the bird, but if it saw a surefire

'Let's hope this works!'

Shang pointed

BANG!

unleashed a Fire

Fire Blast wasn't powerful enough to hurt the snake in any way, but the wind

mouth barely missed Shang's feet as his

Shang grabbed the tail with his

tried to bite Shang again, but Shang's nearly frozen arm unleashed an Ice Blast. Thanks to Shang's arm nearly being frozen, the Ice Blast had a lot of power behind

the same time, Shang put his sword to the metal blade in

Shang urged in his

touched the blade, Shang saw his sword shine in a bright

metal around the snake's tail was

not a human weapon!' Shang thought

After all, it would

course, these Magic Runes only became common at the General Stage. Because of that, Sarah's ability