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 get in close in order to gain a weapon that could kill the snake, but now,

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

in the

instant seemed to go on forever

was the moment before the

And then, time continued.

tail and head shot

kill it with this

Shang readied himself.

at the base of the snake's tail. In an instant, a terrifying blade of

CRKSH!

of hard scales, bones, and flesh being

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

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

eyes shone when he saw the tail falling

expected that the green bird would strike right now,

held a grudge for its failure to kill the Vanishing

instant, the snake

moment, Shang saw

his left arm

BANG! BANG!

a Fire and

incredible speeds as he directly shot toward the

it

which the snake had lost its focus, Shang's shooting body

And then, Shang struck.

CRRRRRK!

through the snake's mouth,

skull eventually stopped the sword. Even with the upgrade, the

his sword. The force

BANG!

snake's head fell to the

head made its face rather mushy,

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

distorted sounding wind

attempting

same time, the Vanishing Snake

And then, it fled.

had lost its tail and its

It had to regenerate!

get his breathing under control again as he stood