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.

changed the trajectory of his sword while

Shang's eyes widened.

charged

had been able to completely conserve

Water Affinity was only useful

to the

appeared beneath Astor's feet

Shang's

time, he

arm at Astor and unleashed an

BANG!

Astor's entire body, but it only

CRK!

beneath him

and his feet hit the ground

shone as

wasn't powerful enough

had it suddenly

something he had learned

beasts in the Empress Cobra Zone had a partial Water Affinity, they avoided

Why?

could transform Water Mana into Ice Mana as long as

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

as Shang could blast it with a lot of

didn't have an Ice Affinity, which meant that

And it had worked!

had turned to ice, and Astor lost his

Shang charged forward.

knees hit the ground as he slid forward. He was trying

Shang closed in.

of his sword in a short

and he threw

rotate, and the rotating hilt came between him and

BANG!

the hilt with his sword

But he missed!

had sidestepped on instinct, and he was approaching Shang

Astor released his fist

expected this

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

Shang's

over years of training took

Shang dropped

Shang wasn't even

hands pushed Astor's arm away by the

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit,

left knee went to Astor's back as Shang

again,

BANG!

back while clinging closely to his arm