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.

he changed the trajectory of his sword

Shang's eyes widened.

before he charged at

some water, Astor had

Affinity was

to the side

appeared beneath Astor's

then, Shang's

time, he

arm at Astor and unleashed an Ice

BANG!

entire body, but it only counted

CRK!

in horror as the water beneath him hardened, and in just a moment,

feet hit the ground unexpectedly,

as

Blast definitely wasn't powerful enough to freeze that much

then why had it

had learned in teacher

the Empress Cobra Zone had a

Why?

into Ice Mana as

wasn't natural water, but water created with Water

a lot of Ice Mana, it

have an Ice Affinity, which meant that

And it had worked!

had turned to ice,

Shang charged forward.

as he slid forward.

Shang closed in.

of his sword in a

widened, and he threw his sword

and the rotating hilt came between him and

BANG!

blocked the hilt with his sword and quickly

But he missed!

and he was approaching Shang

his fist towards Shang's

expected

his weapon away. He hadn't met someone else that

that moment, Shang's mind

over years

Shang dropped his

moment, Shang wasn't even thinking about

pushed Astor's arm away by the elbow while

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit,

to Astor's back as Shang pulled his arm

balance was destroyed again, and he

BANG!

Astor's back while clinging closely to