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

Shang's eyes widened.

Astor before he charged at Shang again like

some water, Astor had been

Affinity was

to the side

beneath

then, Shang's

he

pointed his left arm at Astor and unleashed an Ice

BANG!

Mana washed over Astor's entire

CRK!

him hardened,

his feet hit the ground unexpectedly, completely ruining

as he

definitely wasn't powerful enough

why had it

he had learned in teacher Niria's

Empress Cobra Zone had a partial

Why?

Mana into Ice Mana as long as there was more

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

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

meant that he wouldn't be able to

And it had worked!

to ice,

Shang charged forward.

slid forward. He was trying to regain

Shang closed in.

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

he threw

rotate, and the rotating hilt

BANG!

with his sword and

But he missed!

had sidestepped on instinct, and he

released his fist towards

expected

to throw his weapon away.

moment, Shang's mind

years of training took

of habit, Shang dropped his

this moment, Shang wasn't even thinking about his

hands pushed Astor's arm away by the elbow while

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit, Shang

back as

destroyed again, and

BANG!

back while clinging closely to his arm with