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.

of his sword

Shang's eyes widened.

before he charged at Shang

using some water, Astor had been able

said a Water Affinity was only useful

jumped to the side

beneath Astor's feet

Shang's

time, he was

arm at Astor

BANG!

over Astor's entire

CRK!

eyes widened in horror as the water beneath him hardened, and in just a moment, it

water, and his feet hit

eyes shone as he

powerful enough to freeze that much water

then why had it

had learned in teacher Niria's

Empress Cobra Zone had a partial Water Affinity, they avoided the Ice Wyvern

Why?

Mana could transform Water Mana into Ice Mana as long as

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

it with a lot of Ice Mana, it

which meant that he wouldn't be able

And it had worked!

turned to ice, and Astor

Shang charged forward.

the ground as he slid forward. He was trying

Shang closed in.

impossible for Astor to regain control of

eyes widened, and he threw

the

BANG!

the hilt with his sword and quickly slashed

But he missed!

and he was approaching

Astor released his fist towards Shang's

hadn't expected

to throw his weapon away.

moment, Shang's mind

over years

Shang dropped

moment, Shang wasn't even thinking about

hands pushed Astor's arm away by

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

habit, Shang jumped

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

destroyed again,

BANG!

Astor's back while clinging closely to his arm