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.

to the snake. Earlier, he had to get in close in order to gain

survived until now due to the three gashes on the snake's side. He hadn't been able to use them to

stopped in the air, time seemingly

to go on

was the moment

And then, time continued.

began to fall as the snake's tail and head shot towards him

kill it with this attack and

Shang readied himself.

base of the snake's tail. In an instant,

CRKSH!

being destroyed echoed throughout the

of its Mana, and it had seen that the snake's

Shang. Due to Shang's threat, the snake had forgotten to pay attention to the bird. A human might have remembered the

shone when he saw

expected that the green bird would

the bird still held a grudge for its

snake got distracted

that moment, Shang

his left arm

BANG! BANG!

a Fire and

speeds as

couldn't allow it to recover its

in which the snake had lost its focus,

And then, Shang struck.

CRRRRRK!

the snake's mouth, destroying the

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

The force of his body was

BANG!

the snake's head fell to

injuries of the snake's head

but he was

as a distorted sounding wind came out of the

was attempting

same time, the Vanishing Snake quickly turned

And then, it fled.

lost its tail and its teeth. All its weapons

It had to regenerate!

get his breathing under control again as he