Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang was stuck between three choices.

Charge at Astor with his Ice Blast.

Try to evade the strike and counter.

Try to evade with his Ice Blast.

All of them had different advantages and disadvantages.

In the end, Shang went with the second option.

Why?

Because he needed his Ice Blast to end the fight.

He couldn't reliably end the fight by charging in now.

If he evaded with his Ice Blast, he would be on the safe side, but he would lose his best shot at winning against Astor.

Astor's defense was incredible, and without a severe speed advantage, Shang couldn't break through it.

So, Shang ran into the distance.

Astor had already built up his momentum, and he would soon jump forward with his sword.

It was essentially the same situation as when Shang had first fought Astor.

But this time, Shang's instincts had been honed a lot more. On top of that, he had seen that attack before, and he knew of a good way to evade it.

By widening the distance between them, Astor's momentum would weaken on his way to Shang.

And then, Astor unleashed his strike.

BOOM!

The earth cracked beneath him as his body was thrown forward with his sword.

Shang saw Astor approach, and he was sure that Astor was even faster than back then.

Obviously, Astor hadn't unleashed his full power in their first fight.

Shang jumped to the side.

At that moment, water appeared beneath Astor's feet, and he slid to the side while keeping hold of his sword.

Astor had slid more to the side than Shang due to his higher momentum.

Shang could only jump to the ground to let the sword pass above him.

Astor's strike missed, and Shang quickly slashed at where Astor should be.

Yet, Astor had already passed by Shang.

More water appeared beneath him as his body rotated.

Then, the water vanished.

trajectory of

Shang's eyes widened.

he charged at Shang

water, Astor had been able to completely conserve

said a Water Affinity was only useful for

to

beneath Astor's feet

Shang's eyes

he

pointed his left arm at Astor and unleashed

BANG!

wave of Ice Mana washed over Astor's entire body, but it only

CRK!

him hardened, and in just

feet

eyes shone as he charged at

definitely wasn't powerful enough to

why had

had learned in teacher

beasts in the Empress Cobra Zone had a partial Water Affinity, they avoided

Why?

Ice Mana could transform Water Mana into Ice Mana as

natural water, but water created with

Shang could blast it with a lot of Ice Mana, it would transform

Affinity, which meant that he wouldn't be able to

And it had worked!

turned to ice, and Astor lost his

Shang charged forward.

hit the ground as he slid forward. He was

Shang closed in.

Astor to regain control of his sword in a short amount of

and he threw his sword

began to rotate, and the rotating hilt came between

BANG!

hilt with his sword and

But he missed!

instinct, and he

his fist towards Shang's

hadn't expected

the one to throw his weapon away. He hadn't met

moment, Shang's mind

instincts honed over years of training

habit, Shang dropped his

moment, Shang wasn't even thinking about

by

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

habit,

went to Astor's back as Shang pulled his

balance was destroyed again, and he hit

BANG!

on Astor's back while clinging closely to his arm with both of his