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,

had only been

for our match before the last one," Shang said

then, I took you lightly, and I lost without even being able to show my

"Now, things are reversed."

Shang said as

had calmed down,

for a Late Soldier Stage warrior to reach

that Shang was at the Peak Soldier

reach speeds above their level for a short time. Shang definitely wasn't the

these speeds with

could reach these speeds by

also

level, but a lot of them could. Of course, there were also students that could

of themselves to the next

take Shang's

for a long time

time Shang had been here, he

a single week, he

Shang had closed a significant

an intense smirk. One could see burning battle

there's another person in our class that can fight me properly. You didn't

That is one of my shortcomings, and it won't happen a second time," Astor

readied his sword. "Let's

as he

Shang and Astor were

wouldn't stop the entire class

looked at Shang with

one knew what she was

BANG!

forward again, but this time,

unveiled his Ice Affinity earlier, but just as expected, nobody had cared. Ice was a normal Affinity, just like all the other ones. Sure, it was on the rarer side, but the academy had plenty of students with rare

before Shang reached Astor,

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

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

feet, and he got carried forward

Shang's eyes widened.

swing would

BANG!

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

Block, Ice," the

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

he could simply use a Fire Blast and then quickly heal his arm

if he suddenly showed a Fire

that, Shang only had a single Ice Blast