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.

Astor shouted as he changed the trajectory of his sword while adding more power to

Shang's eyes widened.

before he charged at

had been

Affinity was

to

beneath Astor's

then, Shang's eyes

time, he was

arm at Astor and unleashed

BANG!

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

CRK!

Astor's eyes widened in horror as the water beneath him

his water, and his feet hit the ground unexpectedly,

shone as he charged

Blast definitely wasn't powerful enough to

why had it

he had learned in teacher

a partial Water Affinity, they avoided

Why?

Mana into Ice Mana as long

feet wasn't natural water, but

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

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

And it had worked!

water had turned to ice,

Shang charged forward.

the ground as he slid

Shang closed in.

of his sword in

and he

and the rotating hilt came between him

BANG!

blocked the hilt with his

But he missed!

instinct, and he was approaching Shang with

his fist

expected

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

Shang's mind

honed over years of

of habit, Shang

wasn't even thinking about his

pushed Astor's arm away by the elbow

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit, Shang jumped

as Shang pulled his arm to the

balance was destroyed again, and he

BANG!

back while clinging closely to his arm with both