Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang put everything about Mattheo to the back of his mind. He had several more questions to ask him, but his fight with Astor was far more important.

Shang had done a lot in the past week.

He had upgraded his weapon.

He had killed his first General Stage beast.

He had gotten very familiar with his new Affinities.

Now, it was his time to prove that he had become more powerful.

"Start!" teacher Loran announced.

BANG!

Shang exploded forward, the ground below him cracking.

The watching students' eyes shone.

Shang was faster than before!

His body obviously hadn't become more powerful, but his speed was definitely higher. That meant that Shang had gained far greater control over his body.

Astor readied his sword as he stepped backward with one leg. He was obviously readying a counterattack to Shang's offensive.

Shang pointed his left arm to the back.

BANG!

Shang unleashed an Ice Blast, which shot him forward at incredible speeds.

At this moment, Shang reached the speed of an Initial General Stage warrior.

Astor readied a shoulder check.

Yet, Astor's eyes widened when he saw Shang appear right in front of him in an instant.

Shang's sword swung.

CLINK!

Teacher Loran stopped the sword just before it hit Astor's head.

Silence.

Deafening silence.

Astor looked with shock at the sword in front of his eyes.

The students watched with slack jaws.

knew that Shang had become more powerful,

had only been a

for our match before the last one," Shang said as he pulled

took you lightly, and I lost

"Now, things are reversed."

Shang said

calmed down,

they had been shocked since it was basically impossible for a Late Soldier Stage warrior

that Shang was at the Peak

their level for a short time. Shang definitely

could reach these speeds with his

could reach these speeds by

had also

every student had the ability to increase their speed by a level, but a lot of them could. Of course, there were also students that could increase their power or their defense

upgrade something of themselves

shouldn't take Shang's

warriors had trained for a long time to unlock

last time Shang had been here, he hadn't

a single week,

closed a significant gap between him and the

an intense smirk. One

person in our class that can fight me properly. You

That is one of my shortcomings, and

readied his sword. "Let's

nodded as he readied

Sarah," teacher Loran said while Shang and Astor were focusing

wouldn't stop the entire class

Shang

what she was

BANG!

again, but this time, he didn't

but just as expected, nobody had cared. Ice was a normal Affinity, just like all the other ones. Sure,

before Shang reached Astor, Astor swung his sword

account, and if Shang accelerated, he would

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

water appeared below Astor's feet, and

Shang's eyes widened.

would

BANG!

wasn't easy. Shang's entire body shook, and he heard his sword creak. Luckily, Astor hadn't been able to put his entire power into the swing. Otherwise, it would have

the

with his Ice Affinity, but that was still a risk. After all, Shang could only release

use a Fire Blast and then quickly heal

he suddenly showed a Fire Affinity,

only had a single Ice Blast per fight unless the fight