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.

the trajectory of

Shang's eyes widened.

before he charged at Shang again like a

using some water, Astor had been able to completely

said a Water Affinity was only useful

jumped to the

appeared beneath Astor's

Shang's eyes

time, he was

at Astor and unleashed an

BANG!

entire body, but it only counted as a

CRK!

horror as the water beneath him hardened, and in

feet

shone as he charged at

enough to freeze that much

why had it

remembered something he had learned in teacher Niria's

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

Why?

Water Mana into Ice Mana as

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

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

meant that he wouldn't be able to control it

And it had worked!

ice, and Astor

Shang charged forward.

he slid forward. He was trying to

Shang closed in.

to regain control of his sword in a

and he

rotate, and the rotating hilt

BANG!

the hilt with his sword and quickly

But he missed!

sidestepped on instinct, and he was approaching Shang with a raised

released his fist towards

hadn't expected

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

Shang's

honed over years of

habit, Shang

this moment, Shang wasn't even thinking

by the elbow

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit, Shang jumped

as Shang

destroyed again, and he hit the

BANG!

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