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 more power

Shang's eyes widened.

stop Astor before he charged at Shang again like a

some water, Astor had been able to completely

a Water Affinity was

jumped to

appeared beneath Astor's feet

Shang's

he

left arm at Astor and

BANG!

Ice Mana washed over Astor's entire body, but

CRK!

eyes widened in horror as the water beneath him hardened, and in

his water, and his feet hit the ground

as he charged

Ice Blast definitely wasn't powerful enough to freeze

then why had

remembered something he had learned in teacher Niria's

the Empress Cobra Zone had a partial Water

Why?

Water Mana into Ice Mana as long as there was more of

water beneath Astor's feet wasn't natural

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

which meant that he

And it had worked!

ice, and Astor

Shang charged forward.

ground as he slid forward.

Shang closed in.

of his sword in a

widened, and he threw

sword began to rotate, and the rotating

BANG!

the hilt with his sword and

But he missed!

he was

his fist towards

expected

weapon away. He hadn't met someone else that

moment, Shang's

years of training took

habit, Shang dropped

this moment, Shang wasn't

arm away by the

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit,

went to Astor's back as Shang pulled his arm to

balance was destroyed again, and he

BANG!

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