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.

Astor shouted as he changed the trajectory of

Shang's eyes widened.

couldn't stop Astor before he charged at Shang again like

using some water, Astor had been able

a Water Affinity

to the side

appeared beneath Astor's

Shang's eyes

he was

at Astor

BANG!

Mana washed over Astor's entire body, but it only counted as a

CRK!

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

and his feet hit the ground

as he charged at

Blast definitely wasn't powerful enough to freeze that much

had it suddenly

remembered something he had

had a partial Water Affinity, they avoided

Why?

Water Mana into Ice Mana as long as there was more of

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

as long as Shang could blast it with a lot of Ice Mana, it

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

And it had worked!

had turned to ice, and Astor

Shang charged forward.

ground as he slid

Shang closed in.

Astor to regain control of his sword in a short amount

he threw

the rotating hilt came between him and

BANG!

hilt with his sword and

But he missed!

and he was approaching

his fist towards

hadn't expected this

to throw his weapon

that moment, Shang's

instincts honed over years of training took

habit, Shang dropped

this moment, Shang wasn't even

pushed Astor's arm away by the elbow while

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit,

knee went to Astor's back as Shang pulled his arm

was destroyed again, and he hit the

BANG!

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