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 adding more power

Shang's eyes widened.

couldn't stop Astor before he charged at Shang again like a

had been able to completely

a Water Affinity was only useful

to the

appeared beneath

then, Shang's

he

at Astor and unleashed

BANG!

Mana washed over Astor's entire body, but it only counted as a cool

CRK!

as the water beneath him hardened, and in just a moment, it had transformed

over his water, and his feet hit the

as he charged

wasn't powerful enough to freeze that much

then why had

he had learned

Empress Cobra Zone had a

Why?

into Ice Mana as long

natural

blast it with a lot of Ice Mana, it would transform

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

And it had worked!

to ice, and Astor lost his

Shang charged forward.

ground as he slid forward. He was trying

Shang closed in.

control of his sword

eyes widened, and he threw

began to rotate, and the

BANG!

with his sword and

But he missed!

instinct, and he

his fist

expected

the one to throw his weapon away. He

moment, Shang's mind

over years

habit, Shang dropped

moment, Shang wasn't

pushed Astor's arm away by

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

habit, Shang

knee went to Astor's back as Shang pulled

destroyed again, and he hit

BANG!

while clinging closely to his arm with both of