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.

that Shang had become more powerful, but

had only

our match before the last one," Shang

then, I took you lightly, and I lost

"Now, things are reversed."

go again," Shang said as he

had calmed down, and

was basically impossible for a Late Soldier Stage warrior to reach speeds equivalent to an Initial

that Shang was at

their level for a short time. Shang

could reach these

these speeds by throwing himself forward

had also

level, but a lot of them could.

a way, nearly every student could upgrade something of

one shouldn't take Shang's new power

warriors had trained for a long time to unlock this

had been here, he hadn't

single

significant gap between

intense smirk. One could see burning battle intent

person in our class that can fight

you. That is one of my shortcomings, and it

readied his sword.

nodded as

said while Shang and Astor

stop the entire class just

Shang

knew what

BANG!

again, but this time, he didn't use

unveiled his Ice Affinity earlier, but just as expected, nobody had cared. Ice was a normal Affinity, just like all the other

before Shang reached Astor, Astor

took Shang's potential, higher speed into account, and if Shang accelerated, he would run right

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

Astor's feet, and

Shang's eyes widened.

swing would hit

BANG!

heard his sword creak. Luckily, Astor hadn't been able to put his entire power into the

break. Block, Ice," the sword said

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

the wild, he could simply use a Fire Blast and then quickly heal his arm with

to go public with his Ice Affinity, and if he suddenly showed a Fire Affinity, people would become very interested

that, Shang only had a single Ice Blast