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.

he changed the trajectory of his sword while adding

Shang's eyes widened.

charged at

using some water, Astor had been able

Affinity was

to the

beneath Astor's feet

Shang's

time, he

left arm at

BANG!

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

CRK!

water beneath him

over his water, and his feet hit the ground unexpectedly, completely ruining

eyes shone as

powerful enough to freeze that much

had it

had learned in

the Empress Cobra Zone had a

Why?

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

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

a lot of Ice Mana,

Affinity, which meant that

And it had worked!

water had turned to ice,

Shang charged forward.

ground as he slid forward. He was trying

Shang closed in.

control of his sword in a short

he threw

sword began to rotate, and the rotating

BANG!

with his sword and

But he missed!

he was approaching Shang

Astor released his fist

expected this

his weapon away.

Shang's mind

honed over years of

Shang dropped

this moment, Shang wasn't even thinking

away by the elbow while taking

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

habit, Shang

Astor's back as Shang pulled his arm to

balance was destroyed again, and he

BANG!

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