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 while adding more

Shang's eyes widened.

he charged

some water, Astor had been

a Water Affinity was

to

appeared beneath Astor's

Shang's

he

his left arm at Astor and

BANG!

wave of Ice Mana washed over Astor's entire body, but

CRK!

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

and his feet hit the ground

as he charged

enough to freeze

then why had

had learned in

beasts in the Empress Cobra Zone had a partial

Why?

transform Water Mana into Ice Mana as long as there was more

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

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

that he wouldn't be able

And it had worked!

water had turned to ice, and Astor lost his

Shang charged forward.

he slid forward. He was trying to

Shang closed in.

to regain control of his

eyes widened, and he threw

sword began to rotate, and the rotating hilt came

BANG!

his sword and quickly slashed

But he missed!

and he was approaching

released his fist

expected this

his weapon

moment, Shang's

instincts honed over years of training

habit, Shang

wasn't even thinking

by

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

habit, Shang

knee went to Astor's back as Shang pulled his arm to the

balance was destroyed again, and he hit

BANG!

landed with his left knee on Astor's back while clinging