Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang walked back to the defensive line. Even though the fight hadn't been ended by him, he had still gained some knowledge.

Now, he truly knew how annoying the Trash Birds were.

Shang now knew exactly why every single hunter avoided fighting Trash Birds.

They were worth nothing.

They mainly focused on running away.

And their defensive weapons were at the peak of being annoying and painful.

It was like that species specifically evolved to be as unappealing to humans as possible.

It was ugly, useless, annoying, loud, and worthless.

An animal from Earth with equivalent status and worth would probably be a rat.

Of course, a Trash Bird was still much stronger than a rat.

'I would have only needed to resist two more attacks. I should have been able to avoid the next attack with another Blast of mine. The last attack would have been up in the air, but even if it hit me, its feet had already been injured quite badly. Even if it hit me, I would have probably survived.'

'I think I had a good chance at victory.'

'That's one step closer to fighting an actually powerful Initial General Stage beast.'

Shang's brows furrowed.

'However, there is only so much I can improve on. I have already reached the greatest speed possible, and my body has also reached its peak. There are only two ways to increase my power without advancing in my Realm or undergoing the procedure.'

'First, specific knowledge and experience regarding my target. I'm already very experienced in fighting beasts in general, but I don't have a specialized fighting tactic for every single beast I can fight.'

'After today, I learned a lot about the Trash Bird, and the next time, it will be even easier. At that point, I will have created a specific technique to deal with it.'

'That's one way to increase my power.'

'The other way is to work on my Affinity. At the moment, I can use my Affinity for speed and flexibility, but I don't have a good way to turn it into a direct weapon.'

Shang looked at his left arm.

'I've been training on my Affinity for a while now, and I can feel that I'm getting close to being able to concentrate it. If I manage to achieve that, I can increase my offensive power by a lot.'

'However, the price of my Affinity will make it harder for me to increase my speed if I also use it offensively. The attack with my Affinity could only be used as a finishing blow, and if the opponent manages to evade that, I will be in trouble since I can't increase my speed anymore for quite some time.'

'But that's about it.'

Shang snorted.

a more sophisticated way is literally what a Mage

so many warriors give up on the warrior's path and learn Magic. Even I can see how much

Sure enough, everyone was

now, the Peak and Late General Stage beasts had joined, and most of the teams were

on the sidelines had either already finished their fights or were waiting for their first

returned, one particular hunter smirked. "Boy, we heard that Trash Bird from here. So, how was it? How

"Annoying," Shang grumbled.

laughed loudly. "That's what I thought!" the hunter shouted with laughter. "Anyway, you should know that the Trash Bird's excrement can increase potency. Not many people know about this, but the ones that know will pay a lot

at

smirked. "You should go grab some. You will earn a lot of

looked at

Spire

his laughter in check. "No," he

looked at

like he won't fall for your shit anymore,"

other hunters in the

said. "Your name's Shang, right? Would you be interested

looked at the other hunters and noticed that none of

that this was a team filled with Early General Stage hunters. They exclusively hunted Early General

willing to let him join meant that they

to

leader of the team shouted with a loud

hadn't asked Shang previously, but Shang seemed

you really think that's a good

Shang looked at Chuck.

amazing that you can kill a weak Initial General Stage beast on your own, but that won't keep working forever," Chuck said. "You should know that their bodies become more and more

you might still be able to kill a Mid General Stage beast while being at the Early General Stage, but as soon as you fight a Late General Stage beast, you have to be at the Late General Stage as

you reach the Commander Stage, you would already count as one of the strongest hunters in the entire world if you can take out

impossible at the

could see that Chuck genuinely worried for

had given Shang advice several times. It was

Chuck said with a bitter smile. "We are fighting with the very thing the beasts have the advantage in.

the Exploding Mountain Turtle a year ago, right?"

Shang nodded.

doesn't keep his level a secret. He is at the Early True Path Stage, just like the Exploding Mountain Turtle," Chuck said with

fight

Shang nodded again.

Dean and the Exploding Mountain Turtle had

had

he had managed was to cut some