Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang definitely didn't look forward to fighting the Trash Bird. Sadly, such an opponent was the optimal choice for him.

Beasts at the Initial General Stage already had overwhelmingly powerful bodies, and Shang had to use his entire repertoire of smarts and tactics to fight them.

And then, he could only fight the weakest General Stage beasts.

Shang didn't dare to attempt to fight a beast that was actually powerful in a direct confrontation. Just their speed alone was already ridiculous.

Shang charged into the northwestern forest, leaving the defense behind. He was actually glad that the Trash Bird fled into the forest since Shang wouldn't have to worry about prying eyes.

The Trash Bird was around three meters tall, and it didn't have it very easy passing through the Wild Forest. It wasn't built for traversing a dense forest since its home was the Wasteland. On top of that, whenever it destroyed a tree, it got slowed down by a lot.

Following the Trash Bird's trail wasn't difficult. It would be harder to not know where it was with its constant screeching.

After a couple of seconds, Shang came close to the Trash Bird. Right now, Shang didn't need to be careful since the hunters were blocking all General Stage beasts from entering the Wild Forest.

Ironically enough, the day that the most beasts entered battle was also the day the Wild Forest was at its safest.

As Shang started to close in on the Trash Bird, something happened to his body.

A white mist was left behind by Shang's legs as he accelerated to higher speeds.

If someone with an Ice Affinity were here, they would be able to feel a cloud of Ice Mana leaving Shang's body.

At this moment, Shang reached the speed of an Initial General Stage warrior.

And even more, this was not a momentary increase!

Shang could keep this going indefinitely!

How?!

Well, after a lot of training with his Affinities, Shang had unlocked the ability to release his Affinities from other parts of his body with a lessened effect.

At the moment, Shang was continually shooting out Ice Mana from his back and legs, increasing his speed.

But wouldn't that heat up his body?

Yes, it would, but if it got too hot, Shang could simply switch to releasing Fire Mana. As long as he didn't change the temperature of his body too quickly, it wouldn't become injured.

Something like this would be impossible if Shang only used his left arm. After all, his left arm had only so much mass.

distributed the negative effects over his

keep his speed permanently at a higher level was the very ability that allowed Shang to jump to the top of his

counted for the Caterpillar Class. Amongst the other students, there were still several that

course, one first needed to train for a long time

already

someone in the Caterpillar Class, Shang was

for Mattheo, but only if he used his

Bird reached two meters, the Trash Bird suddenly

mouth

gnashed his teeth and tensed his entire

was about

SCREEEEEEEEEE!

like an explosion of sound left the Trash Bird's beak and reverberated throughout the entire

began to

BANG!

the explosion of

so insanely

his brain was bumping into

Bird's primary defensive weapon. If any predator came close to it, it would gather Wind Mana in its mouth and release it in a shockwave

wasn't directly dangerous. After all, the most it could do was to

wouldn't die from

also inflict pain upon their ears. On top of that,

not a weapon to

one of the reasons why hunters hated

a terrifying amount about all the beasts in the Storm Eagle Zone over the last year. Because of that, Shang had known what would come for

to retain his balance,

but he quickly managed to accelerate

weird feeling of

almost like he wasn't inside his own

like he was watching someone

the Trash Bird again, it turned its head to him again and

time, Shang heard

felt his head hurt and his vision

out his sword and pointed towards his back with his left

accelerate even

saw that it was under attack

its next step, its talons dug into

a cloud of dirt thrown into his

the dirt assault his eyes,