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.

close in order to gain a weapon

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

Shang stopped in the air, time seemingly

seemed to go on forever

the moment

And then, time continued.

tail and head shot

kill it with this

Shang readied himself.

the snake's tail. In an instant, a terrifying

CRKSH!

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

it had seen that

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

eyes shone when he saw the tail falling to the

green bird would

bird still held a grudge for its failure to

instant, the snake got distracted by the searing

Shang saw his

his left arm towards the

BANG! BANG!

regenerated arm unleashed a Fire

Shang reached incredible speeds as he directly shot

it to

had lost its focus, Shang's

And then, Shang struck.

CRRRRRK!

punched through the snake's mouth, destroying

upgrade, the sword wasn't powerful enough to cut through the entire

his sword. The force of his body was too much

BANG!

the snake's head

of the snake's head made its face

he

a panic, the Vanishing Snake's head quickly lifted as a distorted sounding wind came out of

attempting to

the Vanishing

And then, it fled.

had lost its tail and its

It had to regenerate!

breathing under control again