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.

trajectory of his sword while adding more power to

Shang's eyes widened.

he charged at Shang again like

by using some water, Astor had been able to completely conserve his

Affinity

jumped to the side

appeared beneath

then, Shang's

he was

his left arm at Astor and unleashed an Ice

BANG!

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

CRK!

the water beneath him hardened, and in just a

his feet hit the ground unexpectedly, completely ruining

eyes shone as

enough to freeze that

had it

remembered something he had learned in teacher Niria's

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

Why?

transform Water Mana into Ice Mana as

natural water, but

long as Shang could blast it with a lot of Ice

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

And it had worked!

to ice, and

Shang charged forward.

he slid forward. He was trying to

Shang closed in.

to regain control of his sword

he threw his

rotate, and the rotating hilt came between him and

BANG!

his sword

But he missed!

sidestepped on instinct, and he was approaching

his

hadn't expected

always been the one to throw his weapon

that moment, Shang's

years of training

Shang

moment, Shang wasn't even thinking about

arm away by the elbow while

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

habit, Shang jumped

as Shang pulled his arm

balance was destroyed again,

BANG!

on Astor's back while clinging closely to his arm with both of his