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,

only

for our match before the last one," Shang said as

and I lost

"Now, things are reversed."

again," Shang said as he slowly

the students had calmed down, and

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

remembered that Shang was at the

for a short time. Shang definitely

could reach these speeds

could reach these speeds by throwing himself forward with his

had also unlocked this

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

something of themselves to

shouldn't take

had trained for a long time

last time Shang had been here, he

single week, he

closed a significant gap between him

with an intense smirk. One could see burning battle intent

another person in our class that can fight me properly.

last fight because I underestimated you. That is one of

his sword.

as he

while Shang and Astor were focusing

entire class just to watch Astor

looked at Shang with narrowed

what

BANG!

this time,

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

before Shang reached Astor, Astor

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

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

Astor's feet, and

Shang's eyes widened.

would hit

BANG!

Shang's entire body shook, and he heard his sword creak. Luckily, Astor hadn't been able to put his entire power into the

break. Block, Ice," the sword said

block with 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

simply use a Fire Blast and then quickly heal his

to go public with his Ice Affinity, and if he

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