Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang let go of the tail.

BANG!

The tail slammed into the ground, destroying the earth beneath it. If Shang had kept hold of the tail, his spine would have most probably been broken. At that point, he would be unable to move, which would have been a huge issue in this fight.

As the tail hit the ground, a small explosion of blood appeared below it. Shang had consumed a huge amount of life energy from the snake's tail, making it weak. Because of that, it couldn't perfectly withstand the strong impact.

At the moment, Shang's left arm was swollen with life energy, and he felt like it was about to explode. However, that didn't matter.

Just as predicted, the snake's head shot towards Shang. It would be difficult for Shang to block that attack with his sword in his position, but he didn't plan on doing that anyway.

Shang's arm pointed downwards.

BANG! BANG!

Shang released a Fire Blast and an Ice Blast in rapid succession. The knockback of the two blasts shot him upward for a couple of meters, and the snake's attack missed.

Shang's arm was nearly destroyed again, but it quickly regenerated thanks to it being filled to the brim with life energy. In nearly an instant, Shang's arm was in peak condition again, and its life energy got depleted.

Right now, Shang was over five meters above the snake.

As Shang stopped in the air, his eyes became cold as he readied his sword.

CRRR!

A new coat of metal appeared around the snake's tail, and it sharpened the tail in an instant.

Shang had just stopped in the air when the tail had already transformed into a blade again.

Shang had already expected that this would happen.

'I can't absorb all the metal instantly during an attack. Even if I could, the sheer weight and force behind it would destroy a huge part of my body.'

The snake readied both its head and blade as it looked at Shang.

'If the head hits me, my death is certain. If the tail hits me, I won't immediately die, but I will be severely injured. I can't block both attacks at once.'

'I have to end it here!'

Shang had already anticipated this situation.

He had been lucky that everything had gone according to plan up to now, but he couldn't trust his luck forever.

stay close to the snake. Earlier, he had to get in close in order to gain a weapon that could

that he had only survived until now due to the three gashes on the snake's side. He hadn't been able to use them to injure the snake, but the gashes had probably slowed

the air, time

go on forever

was the moment

And then, time continued.

snake's tail and head

with this attack and

Shang readied himself.

green blur arrived at the base of the snake's tail. In an instant,

CRKSH!

of hard scales, bones, and flesh being destroyed echoed throughout the forest as the tail was

Mana, and it

threat, the snake had forgotten

he saw the tail falling to

would strike right now, but he

still held a grudge for its failure to kill the

an instant, the snake

that moment, Shang saw

his left arm

BANG! BANG!

arm unleashed a Fire and Ice

as he directly shot toward the snake's

it

had lost its focus, Shang's shooting body reached

And then, Shang struck.

CRRRRRK!

snake's mouth, destroying the entire

stopped the sword. Even with the upgrade, the sword wasn't powerful

The force of his body was

BANG!

snake's head fell to the

snake's head made its face rather mushy, cushioning

Shang couldn't breathe, but he

a distorted sounding wind came out of the bleeding chunks that were

attempting

the same time, the Vanishing Snake quickly turned

And then, it fled.

had lost its tail and its teeth. All its weapons were

It had to regenerate!

to get his breathing under