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 while adding more power

Shang's eyes widened.

couldn't stop Astor before he charged at

by using some water, Astor had been able to completely

Water Affinity was only

jumped to the

beneath

then, Shang's

he was

at Astor

BANG!

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

CRK!

horror as the water beneath him hardened, and in

feet

shone as

enough to freeze that

then why had

something he had

in the Empress Cobra Zone had a

Why?

Water Mana into Ice Mana as

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

it with a lot of Ice Mana, it would

didn't have an Ice Affinity, which meant that he

And it had worked!

to ice, and Astor lost his

Shang charged forward.

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

Shang closed in.

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

eyes widened, and he

began to rotate, and the rotating hilt came between

BANG!

with his sword and

But he missed!

on instinct, and he was approaching Shang with a raised

Astor released his fist

expected this

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

moment, Shang's mind

instincts honed over years of training took

of habit, Shang

Shang wasn't even thinking about his

by the

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

habit, Shang jumped

to Astor's back as Shang

again,

BANG!

knee on Astor's back while