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.

powerful, but they hadn't expected

had only been a

match before the last one," Shang said as

lightly, and I lost

"Now, things are reversed."

said as he slowly walked back to his starting

now, the students had calmed down, and

since it was basically impossible for a Late Soldier Stage warrior to reach speeds

that Shang was at the

students could reach speeds above their level for a short time. Shang

these speeds with

by

had also

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

way, nearly every student could upgrade something of themselves to the next level

shouldn't take Shang's

for a long time

Shang had been here, he hadn't

single week,

significant

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

another person in our class that can fight me properly. You didn't disappoint,

underestimated you. That is one

his sword.

nodded as

Sarah," teacher Loran said while Shang and

stop the entire class just to watch

Shang

one knew what she was thinking

BANG!

but this time, he didn't

his Ice Affinity earlier, but just as expected, nobody had cared. Ice was a normal Affinity, just like

Shang reached Astor, Astor swung his

into account, and if

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

below Astor's feet, and

Shang's eyes widened.

swing would hit

BANG!

creak. Luckily, Astor hadn't been able to put his entire power into the swing. Otherwise, it would

I, break. Block, Ice," the sword

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

wild, he could simply use a Fire Blast and then quickly heal his arm with his Mana, but he couldn't do

Affinity, and if he suddenly showed a Fire Affinity,

of that, Shang only had a single Ice Blast per fight unless the fight took a very