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.

of his sword while adding more power to

Shang's eyes widened.

charged at Shang again

water, Astor had been able to

said a Water Affinity was only

to the side

beneath

Shang's eyes

time, he was

his left arm at Astor

BANG!

entire body, but it

CRK!

in horror as the water beneath him hardened, and in just a

water, and his feet hit

shone as he

Ice Blast definitely wasn't powerful enough to freeze that

why had

had learned in

a partial Water Affinity, they avoided the

Why?

Ice Mana could transform Water Mana into Ice Mana as long

natural water, but water

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

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

And it had worked!

had turned to ice, and

Shang charged forward.

ground as he slid forward. He was trying to

Shang closed in.

of his sword

eyes widened, and he threw his sword

rotate, and the

BANG!

his sword

But he missed!

instinct, and he was approaching Shang with a

released his

hadn't expected this

always been the one to throw his weapon away. He hadn't

Shang's mind shut

years of training

habit, Shang

this moment, Shang wasn't even thinking

arm away by the elbow while

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

habit, Shang jumped

knee went to Astor's back as Shang pulled his

destroyed again,

BANG!

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