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

water, Astor had been able to completely conserve his

a Water Affinity was only useful

jumped to the side

beneath Astor's feet

then, Shang's eyes

he

arm at Astor and unleashed an Ice

BANG!

washed over Astor's entire body, but it only

CRK!

him hardened, and in just a moment, it had transformed into

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

as

enough to freeze that much

then why had it

something he had learned in

in the Empress Cobra Zone had a partial Water

Why?

Mana could transform Water Mana into Ice Mana as long as

Astor's feet wasn't natural water, but water

as Shang could blast it with a lot of Ice

an Ice Affinity, which meant that he wouldn't

And it had worked!

to ice, and

Shang charged forward.

ground as he slid forward. He was

Shang closed in.

regain control of

widened, and he threw his

to rotate, and the rotating hilt came between him

BANG!

the hilt with his sword and

But he missed!

had sidestepped on instinct, and he was approaching Shang with a raised

Astor released his

hadn't expected this

weapon

Shang's mind

years of

of habit, Shang dropped

this moment, Shang wasn't

pushed Astor's arm away by the elbow while taking a

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit,

to Astor's back as Shang pulled his arm

again, and he

BANG!

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