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 a

jumped back as its

what would come next and

its beak again, Shang felt like he

Trash Bird was no longer considering its health. If Trash Birds were backed into a corner, they could

their reserves, and it would

knew that he would only need to evade its next couple

point, he would

the condition to dodge the next attack naturally, which meant that he had to

but his left arm was still the best thing when it came

unleashed a

his equilibrium was all over the place, but

Bird, Shang could see

injured, and it wouldn't

Trash Bird jumped at Shang again, and this time, Shang managed to evade the

why Shang had been able to evade without

and more blood came out of the

or two more attacks!' Shang

focused

BOOOOOOOOOOM!

eyes widened as a violent

heat washed over Shang's body, but

that moment, Shang's hearing

"SHUT UP!"

of a man

and his eyes

appeared in the middle of

was certain that there hadn't been

hair stood at the gate as he glared with anger at

it was difficult for Shang to come

fight had just reached its climax, but

did that gate come

"Sir?" Shang asked uncertainly.

old man wore bronze-colored robes that seemed rather humble. He definitely wasn't someone who put much importance on

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

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

shock at the old

didn't know that anyone was here," Shang

"What? You didn-… hmm."

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

was what most Mages called

Shang nodded.

scratched the back of his head in a mixture of annoyance

know. In the future, please keep these annoying things away from here," he

at the man and at