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.

charged at Shang

by using some water, Astor had been able to completely conserve his

Affinity was only

to

beneath Astor's feet

then, Shang's eyes

time, he

left arm at

BANG!

Mana washed over Astor's entire body,

CRK!

then, Astor's eyes widened in horror as the water beneath him hardened, and

lost control over his water, and his feet hit the ground

as he charged

definitely wasn't powerful enough to freeze that much water

why had it suddenly

he had learned in

the Empress Cobra Zone had a partial Water Affinity,

Why?

into Ice Mana as long as there

wasn't natural water, but water

blast it with a lot of

meant that he wouldn't be able to control it

And it had worked!

to ice, and

Shang charged forward.

hit the ground as he slid forward. He was trying to regain his

Shang closed in.

was impossible for Astor to regain control of his sword in a short

and he threw his sword

sword began to rotate, and the rotating hilt came

BANG!

hilt with his sword and quickly

But he missed!

sidestepped on instinct, and he was approaching

his fist towards

hadn't expected this

one to throw his weapon away. He hadn't

that moment, Shang's mind shut

honed over years of training

of habit, Shang dropped

moment, Shang wasn't

away by the elbow

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit, Shang

went to Astor's back as Shang pulled

was destroyed again, and

BANG!

left knee on Astor's back while clinging closely