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

one," Shang said as he pulled his

took you lightly, and I lost without even being

"Now, things are reversed."

this one. Let's go again," Shang said as he slowly walked back

had calmed down,

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

Shang

speeds above their level for a short time. Shang definitely

reach these

could reach these speeds by throwing himself forward with

had also

of them could. Of

upgrade something of themselves to the next

take

had trained for a long time to unlock this

Shang had been

in just a single

meant that Shang had closed a significant gap

Astor said with an intense smirk. One could see

in our class that can fight me properly. You

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

his sword. "Let's go

nodded as he readied

Loran said while Shang and Astor were focusing

the entire class just to watch Astor

Shang

one knew what she

BANG!

charged forward again, but this time, he didn't

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

Shang reached Astor, Astor

and if Shang accelerated,

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

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

Shang's eyes widened.

would

BANG!

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

break. Block, Ice," the sword said

still a risk. After all, Shang could only release his

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

he suddenly showed a Fire Affinity, people would become

had a single Ice Blast per fight unless the fight took a very