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

only been a

our match before the last one," Shang said as he pulled his

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

"Now, things are reversed."

go again," Shang said as he slowly

had calmed down, and their

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

remembered that Shang

speeds above their level for a short

could reach these speeds with his

reach these speeds by throwing himself forward with

Shang had also unlocked this

the ability to increase their speed by a level, but a lot of them could. Of course, there were also students that could increase their power or their defense

every student could upgrade something of

one shouldn't take Shang's new power

had trained for a long time to

been

a single week, he unlocked

had closed a significant gap between

Astor said with an intense smirk. One could see burning battle

person in our class that can fight me properly. You

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

readied his sword.

as he

Shang and

the entire class just to watch

looked at Shang with narrowed

one knew what

BANG!

but this time, he didn't use

had cared. Ice was a normal Affinity, just like all the other ones. Sure, it was on the rarer side, but the academy had

Astor, Astor swung his

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

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

below Astor's feet, and he got carried forward by a

Shang's eyes widened.

would

BANG!

it wasn't easy. Shang's entire body shook, and he heard his sword creak. Luckily, Astor hadn't been able to

the sword said

Shang could only release his Ice Blast once before he needed some time for his arm

and then quickly heal

Ice Affinity, and if he suddenly showed a Fire Affinity, people would become very interested

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