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 his sword while

Shang's eyes widened.

couldn't stop Astor before he charged at Shang again

some water, Astor had been able to

Water Affinity

to the side

beneath

Shang's

he

arm at Astor and unleashed an Ice

BANG!

entire body,

CRK!

as the water beneath him

control over his water, and his feet

as he

Ice Blast definitely wasn't powerful enough to

had it suddenly

had learned in

the Empress Cobra Zone had a partial Water Affinity, they avoided the Ice

Why?

could transform Water Mana into Ice Mana

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

could blast it with a

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

And it had worked!

turned to ice, and Astor lost his

Shang charged forward.

as he slid forward. He was trying to

Shang closed in.

regain control of his sword in a

and he threw his sword

began to rotate, and the rotating hilt came between him and

BANG!

with his sword and quickly slashed

But he missed!

had sidestepped on instinct, and he was approaching Shang with a raised

released his fist

expected this

throw his weapon

Shang's mind shut

instincts honed over years of training

habit, Shang dropped

wasn't even thinking about

away by the

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

habit, Shang jumped

went to Astor's back as Shang pulled

was destroyed again,

BANG!

with his left knee on Astor's back while clinging closely to his arm with