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.

shouted as he changed the trajectory of his sword

Shang's eyes widened.

stop Astor before he charged at Shang again like a

Astor had

said a Water Affinity was only useful

to the

appeared beneath Astor's feet

then, Shang's

he

at Astor and unleashed an

BANG!

Astor's entire body, but it only counted as a cool

CRK!

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

water, and his feet hit the ground unexpectedly,

eyes shone as

wasn't powerful enough to freeze that much

then why had

he had learned

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

Why?

into Ice Mana as long as there

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

Shang could blast it with a lot

which meant that he wouldn't be

And it had worked!

to ice, and Astor lost

Shang charged forward.

slid forward. He was trying to regain

Shang closed in.

regain control of his sword in a short amount of

widened, and he

and the rotating hilt came between

BANG!

the hilt with his sword and

But he missed!

and he was approaching Shang with

his fist towards

hadn't expected

the one to throw his weapon away.

moment, Shang's

instincts honed over years of

habit, Shang

wasn't

away by the elbow while

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit,

back as

balance was destroyed again, and

BANG!

back while clinging closely to his arm with both of his