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 does. So,

the warrior's path and learn Magic. Even I can see how much a proper control of my Affinity can

reached the defensive line again. Sure enough, everyone

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

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

from here.

"Annoying," Shang grumbled.

know that the Trash Bird's excrement can increase potency. Not many people know about this, but the ones that

looked at the

only smirked. "You should go grab some. You will

looked at

another Spire Mire thing?" he

McGuiness, tried to keep his laughter in check. "No," he said with barely contained

looked at

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

in the

really talented," the other hunter said. "Your name's Shang, right? Would you be interested in joining

looked at the other hunters and noticed that none of

team filled with Early General Stage

fact that they were willing to let him join meant that they

I'll have to decline," Shang said

of the team shouted with a

something like that. They hadn't asked Shang previously, but Shang seemed like someone that wasn't

think that's a good idea,

Shang looked at Chuck.

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 powerful than

while being at the Early General Stage, but as soon as you fight a Late General Stage beast, you

Commander Stage, you would already count as one of the strongest hunters in the entire world

becomes completely impossible at the

see that Chuck genuinely

that joke on Shang, he had given Shang advice several times. It

the very thing the beasts have the advantage in. Our intelligence and tactics can only achieve so much. At some point, the gap in

Mountain Turtle a year ago,

Shang nodded.

a secret. He is at the Early True Path Stage, just like the Exploding Mountain

saw the fight

Shang nodded again.

and the Exploding Mountain Turtle had been on

the Dean had been absolutely

best he had managed was to cut some