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.

had to get in close in order to gain a weapon that could kill

gashes on the snake's side. He hadn't been able to use them to

the air,

to go on forever in

moment before the

And then, time continued.

as the snake's tail

to kill it with this

Shang readied himself.

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

CRKSH!

hard scales, bones, and flesh being destroyed echoed throughout the forest

and it had seen that the snake's

while the snake had been preoccupied with Shang. Due to Shang's threat, the snake had forgotten to pay attention to the bird. A

eyes shone when he saw

would strike

still held a grudge for its failure to kill the Vanishing Snake

snake got distracted by the

that moment, Shang saw his

pointed his left

BANG! BANG!

unleashed a Fire and Ice

instant, Shang reached incredible speeds as

allow it to recover its

the snake had lost

And then, Shang struck.

CRRRRRK!

sword punched through the snake's mouth, destroying

snake's skull eventually stopped the sword. Even with the upgrade,

head after his sword. The force of his body was too much

BANG!

snake's head fell to

the snake's head made its face rather mushy,

an instant, Shang couldn't breathe, but he was

sounding wind came out of the bleeding chunks that were

was attempting

the Vanishing Snake quickly

And then, it fled.

and its teeth. All its

It had to regenerate!

quickly managed to get his breathing under