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.

of his sword while adding more

Shang's eyes widened.

stop Astor before he charged at

had been able

Water Affinity was

to the

beneath

then, Shang's

he was

pointed his left arm at Astor and unleashed an

BANG!

washed over Astor's entire body, but it only

CRK!

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

over his water, and his feet

as he

enough to

then why had

had learned in teacher Niria's

Empress Cobra Zone had a partial Water Affinity, they avoided

Why?

Ice Mana could transform Water Mana into Ice Mana

feet wasn't natural water,

a lot

an Ice Affinity, which meant that he

And it had worked!

ice,

Shang charged forward.

as he slid forward. He was

Shang closed in.

of his sword in a short amount of

widened, and he threw his

began to rotate, and the rotating hilt came between him

BANG!

blocked the hilt with his sword and quickly slashed

But he missed!

had sidestepped on instinct, and he

his fist

expected

throw his weapon away. He hadn't met someone else that did

Shang's mind shut

honed over years of

Shang

Shang wasn't even thinking

arm away by the elbow while taking

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit, Shang jumped

to Astor's back as Shang pulled his arm

balance was destroyed again, and he hit

BANG!

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