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.

Astor shouted as he changed the trajectory of his sword while adding

Shang's eyes widened.

Astor before he charged at Shang again like

some water, Astor had been able to

said a Water Affinity was only useful for

to the

appeared beneath Astor's

Shang's

time, he

left arm at

BANG!

wave of Ice Mana washed over Astor's entire

CRK!

Astor's eyes widened in horror as the water beneath him hardened, and in just a moment, it had transformed into

over his water, and his feet hit the ground unexpectedly, completely ruining

as he charged

definitely wasn't powerful enough to freeze that

then why had it

something he had learned in teacher

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

Why?

Ice Mana as long as there

water beneath Astor's feet wasn't natural water, but water created

a lot of Ice Mana, it would transform into Ice

meant that he

And it had worked!

water had turned to ice, and Astor lost his

Shang charged forward.

knees hit the ground as he slid forward. He was trying

Shang closed in.

of his

and he

the rotating hilt came between

BANG!

his

But he missed!

had sidestepped on instinct, and he was

his fist towards

hadn't expected this

the one to throw his weapon away. He

Shang's mind

honed over years of training took

of habit, Shang dropped his

wasn't even

arm away by the

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

habit,

Astor's back as Shang pulled his

balance was destroyed again, and he hit the

BANG!

left knee on Astor's back while