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.

Astor before he charged at Shang

had

said a Water Affinity was

jumped to the

beneath Astor's

Shang's

he was

at Astor and unleashed an Ice

BANG!

wave of Ice Mana washed over Astor's entire body, but

CRK!

water beneath him hardened, and in

feet hit the ground unexpectedly,

shone as

definitely wasn't powerful enough to freeze that much water

had

he had learned in

Cobra Zone had a partial Water Affinity, they avoided the

Why?

Water Mana into Ice Mana as long as

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

with a lot

Ice Affinity, which meant that he wouldn't be

And it had worked!

to ice, and Astor

Shang charged forward.

knees hit the ground as he slid forward. He

Shang closed in.

impossible for Astor to regain control of

widened, and he threw his sword

began to rotate, and the rotating hilt came between him

BANG!

blocked the hilt with his sword

But he missed!

sidestepped on instinct, and he was approaching Shang

his fist towards

expected this

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

Shang's mind shut

honed over years of training

Shang

moment, Shang wasn't even thinking about his

arm away by the elbow while

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit, Shang jumped

knee went to Astor's back as Shang pulled his

was destroyed again, and he

BANG!

while clinging closely to his arm with both of his