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.

more powerful, but they hadn't expected something like

only

the last one," Shang said as he pulled

lost without even being able to show

"Now, things are reversed."

Let's go again," Shang said as he slowly walked back to his

now, the students had calmed down, and

shocked since it was basically impossible for a Late

then they remembered that Shang was at the Peak

reach speeds above their level for

reach these

reach these speeds by throwing himself forward with his

also

the ability to increase their speed by a level, but a lot of them could. Of course, there were

every student could upgrade something of themselves

one shouldn't take Shang's new

had trained for a long time to unlock this

Shang had been here,

single week,

had closed a significant gap between him and the

said with an intense smirk. One could see burning battle intent in his

class that can fight

That is one of my shortcomings, and it won't

readied his sword.

as

said while Shang and Astor were focusing on each

entire class just to watch

Shang

what

BANG!

charged forward again, but this time, he didn't use his Ice

nobody had cared. Ice was a normal Affinity, just like all the other ones. Sure, it was on the

before Shang reached Astor,

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

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.

Block, Ice," the sword said

was still a risk. After all, Shang could only release his Ice Blast once before

a Fire Blast and then quickly heal

his Ice Affinity, and if he suddenly showed a Fire Affinity,

Shang only had a single Ice Blast