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.

stop Astor before he charged

some water, Astor had been

Water Affinity was

to the

beneath

Shang's eyes

time, he was

at Astor and unleashed an

BANG!

entire

CRK!

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

control over his water, and his feet hit

shone as

wasn't powerful enough to freeze that much water

had

had learned in teacher

Empress Cobra Zone had a partial Water Affinity, they avoided the Ice Wyvern

Why?

Ice Mana could transform Water Mana into Ice Mana as

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

with a lot

which meant that he wouldn't be able to control

And it had worked!

turned to ice, and Astor lost

Shang charged forward.

the ground as he slid forward. He was trying

Shang closed in.

to regain control of his sword in a short amount

and he

and the rotating

BANG!

the hilt with his sword and quickly

But he missed!

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

his fist

hadn't expected this

to throw his weapon away. He

moment, Shang's mind

honed over years of training

habit, Shang

Shang wasn't even thinking

arm away by the elbow while taking a

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

habit, Shang

as Shang pulled his arm to

balance was destroyed again, and he hit the

BANG!

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