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.

as he changed the trajectory of

Shang's eyes widened.

he charged at Shang again like a

Astor had been

Water Affinity

to

appeared beneath

then, Shang's

time, he was

pointed his left arm at

BANG!

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

CRK!

then, Astor's eyes widened in horror as the water beneath him hardened, and in just a moment, it had

water, and his feet hit

shone as he

Ice Blast definitely wasn't powerful enough to freeze that

then why had

had learned in

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

Why?

Ice Mana could transform Water Mana into Ice Mana as long as

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

as long as Shang could blast it with a

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

And it had worked!

water had turned to ice, and

Shang charged forward.

as he slid forward. He was

Shang closed in.

of his sword

widened, and he threw

sword began to rotate, and the rotating hilt came

BANG!

blocked the hilt with his sword and quickly slashed

But he missed!

and he was approaching Shang with a

his fist towards Shang's

expected

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

moment, Shang's

over years

of habit, Shang dropped his

moment, Shang wasn't even

hands pushed Astor's arm away by the elbow while taking a

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit, Shang jumped

knee went to Astor's back as Shang pulled

balance was destroyed again, and he hit the

BANG!

knee on Astor's back while