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.

couldn't stop Astor before he charged at Shang again

water, Astor had been able to completely conserve

a Water Affinity was only useful for

jumped to the

beneath Astor's feet

Shang's eyes

he was

at

BANG!

Astor's entire

CRK!

Astor's eyes widened in horror as the water beneath him

over his water, and his feet hit the ground

shone as he

powerful enough to freeze

then why had

remembered something he had learned in teacher

Zone had a partial Water

Why?

Mana could transform Water Mana into Ice Mana as long as there was

Astor's feet wasn't natural water, but

as Shang could blast it with a lot of Ice

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

And it had worked!

water had turned to ice, and Astor

Shang charged forward.

the ground as he slid forward. He was

Shang closed in.

control of his

he threw

rotate, and the rotating hilt

BANG!

the hilt with his sword and quickly

But he missed!

sidestepped on instinct, and he was approaching Shang with

his fist

hadn't expected

always been the one to throw his weapon away. He hadn't met someone else that did

Shang's mind

years

of habit, Shang

wasn't even

pushed Astor's arm away by

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit, Shang jumped

went to Astor's back as Shang pulled his arm to

destroyed again, and

BANG!

his left knee on Astor's back while