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.

the trajectory of his sword while adding more power to

Shang's eyes widened.

stop Astor before he charged

using some water, Astor had been able to completely conserve

Affinity was only

to

appeared beneath

Shang's eyes

he was

at Astor and unleashed

BANG!

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

CRK!

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

water, and his feet hit

as

Blast definitely wasn't powerful enough to freeze that much water

why had it

he had learned

beasts in the Empress Cobra Zone had a partial Water

Why?

Water Mana into Ice Mana as

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

with a lot

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

And it had worked!

water had turned to ice, and Astor lost

Shang charged forward.

hit the ground as he slid forward. He was

Shang closed in.

control of

and he

sword began to rotate, and the rotating hilt came between him and

BANG!

hilt with his sword

But he missed!

he was approaching Shang with a

Astor released his fist towards Shang's

expected this

been the one to throw his weapon away. He

Shang's mind shut

over years of training

Shang dropped

Shang wasn't even thinking about his

away by the elbow

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit, Shang jumped

Astor's back as Shang

balance was destroyed again, and he

BANG!

with his left knee on Astor's back while clinging