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 for a

it jumped back as its

would come

Shang felt like he had run against a

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

drain their reserves, and it would even

he knew that he would only need to evade its

point, he

condition to dodge the next attack naturally, which meant that he had to rely on his left arm

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

was thrown to the side as he unleashed a Fire Blast, barely

over the place,

see thin droplets of blood shooting out of

injured, and it wouldn't take

and this time, Shang managed

wasn't good at fighting, which was why Shang had been able to

more and more blood came out of the

two more attacks!' Shang thought

Bird focused on Shang

BOOOOOOOOOOM!

widened as a violent explosion suddenly consumed

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

moment, Shang's

"SHUT UP!"

angry shout of a man come from

looked over, and

in the

certain that there hadn't been

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

for Shang to

reached its climax, but his opponent had

did that gate

"Sir?" Shang asked uncertainly.

humble. He definitely wasn't someone who

not forbidden for you younglings to walk around this place outside the trial period, but this is obviously

one taught you any manners?! What did your parents teach you that you think it's a good idea

only looked with shock at the

anyone was

"What? You didn-… hmm."

rebut Shang, but then he noticed something.

this was what most Mages called

Shang nodded.

man scratched the back of his head in a mixture of annoyance and acceptance. "Fine. Then, you

keep these annoying things away from

looked at the man and at the