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 they hadn't expected

only been

last one," Shang said as he

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

"Now, things are reversed."

won't count this one. Let's go again," Shang said as he slowly walked back

calmed down, and their brows

for a Late

then they remembered that Shang

speeds above their level for a short time. Shang definitely

could reach these speeds with

reach these speeds by throwing

Shang had also

a lot of them could. Of course, there were also students that could increase their power or their defense by

nearly every student could upgrade something of

one shouldn't take Shang's

a

last time Shang had been here, he hadn't had

just a single

a significant gap

intense smirk. One could see

there's another person in our class that can fight me properly.

lost the last fight because I underestimated you. That is one of my shortcomings, and it

sword. "Let's go

as

said while Shang and Astor were

entire class just to watch Astor

Shang with

knew what she was

BANG!

but this time, he didn't

Affinity, just like all the other ones. Sure, it was on the rarer side, but

Astor, Astor swung

potential, higher speed into account, and if

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

water appeared below Astor's feet, and he got carried forward

Shang's eyes widened.

swing would hit

BANG!

blocked Astor's attack, but it 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

his Ice Affinity, but that was still a risk. After all, Shang could only release his Ice Blast once before he needed some time for his arm to

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

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

Ice Blast per fight unless the fight took a