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.

as long as he distributed the negative effects over his entire

higher level was the very ability that allowed Shang to jump to the top

this only counted for the Caterpillar Class. Amongst the other students, there were still several that were more powerful than

first needed to train for a long

had already reached

the Caterpillar Class, Shang was essentially above all

for Mattheo, but only if

two meters, the Trash Bird suddenly turned its head

mouth

teeth and

knew what was about

SCREEEEEEEEEE!

left the Trash Bird's beak and reverberated throughout the entire

began to sway violently under

BANG!

the explosion of sound appeared, Shang's eardrums

was so

spun as he felt like his brain was bumping into all the corners of his

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

dangerous. After all, the most it could

die from

the predator but also inflict pain upon their ears. On

to hunt but

was also one of the reasons why hunters hated hunting Trash

Shang had learned a terrifying amount about all the beasts in the Storm Eagle Zone

bit difficult for him to retain his balance, but Shang managed

a bit, but he quickly

Shang also felt a very weird feeling of dissociation as he lost

wasn't

he was watching

Bird again, it turned its head to him again and released

Shang

felt his head hurt

took out his sword and

unleashed a Fire Blast to accelerate even more, and he lifted

that it was under attack and stopped using

next step, its

step, Shang got a cloud of dirt thrown into

eyes, but he still committed