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, but they hadn't expected

had only

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

lightly, and I lost without even being able to show my

"Now, things are reversed."

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

calmed

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

they remembered that Shang was at

students could reach speeds above their level for a short time. Shang definitely wasn't

these

by throwing himself

Shang had also

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

could upgrade something of themselves to the next

take Shang's new

trained for a long

time Shang had been here,

a single week, he unlocked

closed a significant gap between him

Astor said with an intense smirk. One could

person in our class that can fight

lost the last fight because I underestimated you. That is one

sword. "Let's

nodded as

Loran said while Shang and Astor were focusing

wouldn't stop the entire class just to watch Astor

at Shang with

knew what she was

BANG!

charged forward again, but this time,

Affinity 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

before Shang reached Astor, Astor swung

potential, higher speed into account, and

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

BANG!

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

I, break. Block, Ice," the sword

obviously wanted Shang to block with his Ice Affinity, but that was still a risk. After all, Shang could only release his Ice Blast once before

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

Affinity, and if he

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