Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang reached the Trash Bird very quickly again and unleashed another strike.

The Trash Bird threw another clump of earth at Shang's face, which he managed to block this time by closing his eyes for an instant.

Shang felt his sword hit part of the Trash Bird's thigh, but he sadly couldn't hear the satisfying sound of his opponent getting injured this time due to his hearing loss.

The Trash Bird stopped its shouting again and jumped forward, blood flowing down its right leg.

Shang recovered from the strike and shot towards the Trash Bird again. Shang's Mana had been used up healing his left arm, which meant that his hearing wouldn't recover for at least several seconds.

The Trash Bird and Shang reached a small clearing with a twenty-meter-tall and ten-meter-wide rock in the middle of it.

The Trash Bird's steps became uncertain with its injured leg, and it slowed down by a lot.

Then, when it saw the rock in front of it, it realized that fleeing wouldn't work. If everything continued as it had been for the last seconds, it would eventually die.

The Trash Bird suddenly stopped in front of the rock and faced Shang, who was charging at it.

It opened its mouth again and unleashed its soundwave again.

Luckily, Shang was currently deaf, but his mind still shook from the soundwaves.

The Trash Bird lifted its left foot and stabbed forward with it. Its strike was surprisingly fast.

Shang had to cancel his attack since he hadn't known that the Trash Bird's attack would be so fast. He had read about it, but he had actually never fought one.

Instead of striking the Trash Bird's body, he tried to hit the leg.

However, the leg pulled back with just as much speed, and Shang's strike missed.

Then, the Trash Bird jumped forward by using its injured leg.

The Trash Bird didn't just simply pull its leg back into a passive stance but into another aggressive one.

As the Trash Bird jumped forward, it unleashed another stab with its left leg.

Shang's sword was currently lowered, which meant that it wouldn't be able to block.

Well, that would be true if this were the Shang from a year ago.

Out of reflex, Shang took a step back as his entire power was focused on his sword.

And then, he slashed upward with all his power.

BANG!

The Trash Bird pulled its leg back when it saw the sword, but it wasn't fast enough. The front halves of its talons exploded off its foot as the sword hit them.

the Trash Bird saw that, it stopped its cry for

back as its chest

knew what would come next and

opened its beak again, Shang felt like he had run against

considering its health. If Trash Birds were backed into a corner, they could gather all their Wind Mana and unleash

that would severely drain their reserves,

to evade its next couple of attacks. After that, it would be

point, he would win the

the next attack naturally, which

average with his new ability, but his left arm was still the best thing when

side as he unleashed a Fire Blast, barely evading the Trash Bird's

was all over the place, but

at the Trash Bird, Shang could see thin droplets of

already being injured, and it wouldn't take

Trash Bird jumped at Shang again, and this time, Shang

why Shang had been able to evade without his left

more blood

two more attacks!' Shang thought as his vision

focused

BOOOOOOOOOOM!

widened as a violent explosion suddenly consumed the

wave of terrifying heat washed over Shang's body, but he

that moment, Shang's

"SHUT UP!"

shout of a man come from the big

over, and

had appeared in

there hadn't been one

greying red hair stood at the gate as he glared with anger at the distributed, burned pieces that had once been the

difficult for Shang to

just reached its climax, but his opponent had suddenly

that gate come

"Sir?" Shang asked uncertainly.

He definitely wasn't someone who put much

with a frown. "Why did you bring a Trash Bird here?!" he shouted with annoyance. "It's not forbidden for you younglings to walk around this place outside the trial period, but this is obviously just

you think it's a good idea to

shock at the

anyone was here," Shang said with

"What? You didn-… hmm."

but then he

this was what

Shang nodded.

scratched the back of his head in a mixture of annoyance

future, please keep these

at the man and at the