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.

saw that, it stopped its cry

back as its

would come next

opened its beak again, Shang

were backed into a corner, they could

their reserves, and it would even injure

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

he would win

attack naturally, which meant that he had to rely on his left

could achieve higher speeds on average with his new ability, but his left arm

as he unleashed a Fire Blast,

the place, but he still managed to remain on two

Bird, Shang could see thin droplets of blood shooting

being injured,

this time, Shang managed to evade the attack by jumping

which was why Shang had been

saw that more and more blood came out of the Trash

attacks!'

focused on Shang

BOOOOOOOOOOM!

violent explosion suddenly consumed

terrifying heat washed over Shang's body,

that moment, Shang's hearing

"SHUT UP!"

of a man come from the big

and his eyes

appeared in the middle of

that there hadn't

gate as he glared with anger at the distributed,

was difficult for Shang

reached its climax, but his opponent had

did that

"Sir?" Shang asked uncertainly.

humble. He definitely wasn't someone who put much importance on

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

you that you think it's a good idea to bring the loudest and most annoying

only looked with shock at the old

know that anyone was here," Shang said with

"What? You didn-… hmm."

but then

that this was what most Mages

Shang nodded.

his head in a mixture of annoyance and acceptance. "Fine. Then, you probably

please keep these annoying things away

the man and