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 his sword while adding

Shang's eyes widened.

stop Astor before he charged at Shang

water, Astor had been able to completely

said a Water Affinity was

jumped to

beneath

then, Shang's

he was

his left arm at Astor

BANG!

Mana washed over Astor's entire body, but it only counted

CRK!

him hardened, and in just a moment, it had transformed

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

shone as he charged at

enough

had it suddenly

something he had learned in

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

Why?

into Ice Mana as long as there was more of

feet wasn't natural water, but water created with Water

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

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

And it had worked!

water had turned to ice,

Shang charged forward.

the ground as he slid forward. He was trying to

Shang closed in.

to regain control of his

eyes widened, and he

sword began to rotate, and the rotating hilt came between

BANG!

with his sword and quickly slashed

But he missed!

he was

his fist

hadn't expected this

one to throw his weapon away. He hadn't

moment, Shang's mind shut

instincts honed over years of

of habit, Shang

moment, Shang wasn't even thinking

pushed Astor's arm away by the elbow while

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

habit, Shang

Astor's back as Shang pulled his

balance was destroyed again, and he hit the

BANG!

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