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

Shang's eyes widened.

couldn't stop Astor before he charged at Shang again

had

a Water Affinity

to the

beneath Astor's

Shang's

time, he was

his left arm at

BANG!

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

CRK!

as the water beneath him hardened, and

water, and his feet

shone as

Ice Blast definitely wasn't powerful enough to freeze

then why had it

had

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

Why?

Mana into Ice Mana as long as

natural water, but water

with a

that he wouldn't be able to control it

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

Shang closed in.

for Astor to regain control of his sword in a short

eyes widened, and he threw his sword

sword began to rotate, and the rotating hilt

BANG!

his sword and quickly slashed

But he missed!

had sidestepped on instinct, and he

Astor released his fist

hadn't expected

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

that moment, Shang's

years of training

of habit, Shang

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

as Shang pulled

was destroyed again, and

BANG!

back while clinging closely to