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.

as he changed the trajectory of his sword while adding more

Shang's eyes widened.

charged at

by using some water, Astor had been able to completely conserve

Affinity was only useful

to the

beneath

Shang's eyes

time, he was

his left arm at Astor and unleashed an

BANG!

entire body, but it only counted

CRK!

beneath him hardened, and in just a moment, it had

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

as

Ice Blast definitely wasn't powerful enough to

had

he had learned in

had a partial Water Affinity,

Why?

Ice Mana as long as there was more

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

as Shang could blast it with a lot of

didn't have an Ice Affinity, which meant that

And it had worked!

ice, and Astor lost

Shang charged forward.

he slid

Shang closed in.

of his sword

eyes widened, and he threw his sword

the rotating hilt came between

BANG!

the hilt with his sword and

But he missed!

sidestepped on instinct, and he was approaching Shang with a

Astor released his fist

expected

to throw his weapon away. He hadn't met someone else

Shang's mind

over years of training took

Shang dropped his

wasn't even

Astor's arm away by the elbow

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit, Shang

went to Astor's back as Shang pulled

again, and he hit the

BANG!

Astor's back while