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

it jumped back as

would come next and readied

the Trash Bird opened its beak again, Shang felt like he had

Trash Birds were backed into a corner, they could gather all their Wind Mana

their reserves,

that he would only need to evade its next couple of

point, he would

the next attack naturally, which meant that

higher speeds on average with his new ability, but his left arm was still

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

as his equilibrium was all over the place, but he still managed to remain on

could see thin

injured,

and this time, Shang managed to

why Shang had been

saw that more and more blood

more attacks!' Shang thought as his

Trash Bird focused

BOOOOOOOOOOM!

violent explosion suddenly consumed the Trash

wave of terrifying heat washed over Shang's body,

moment,

"SHUT UP!"

the angry shout of a man come from the big rock beside

over, and his

had appeared in the

there hadn't been

hair stood at the gate as he glared with

for Shang to come to terms

its climax, but his opponent

did that gate come

"Sir?" Shang asked uncertainly.

rather humble. He definitely wasn't someone who

frown. "Why did you bring a Trash Bird here?!" he shouted with annoyance. "It's not forbidden for you younglings to

taught you any manners?! What did your parents teach you that you think it's a good idea to bring the loudest and most

with shock

I didn't know that anyone was here," Shang

"What? You didn-… hmm."

rebut Shang, but then he noticed something. "You're a physi?" the old man

was

Shang nodded.

head in a mixture of annoyance and acceptance. "Fine. Then, you probably didn't

keep these

the man and at the