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.

actually funny. Training in my Affinity and releasing it in a more sophisticated way is literally what a Mage does. So, to increase my power even

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

Sure enough, everyone was still fighting

Stage beasts had joined, and most of the teams were embroiled in a

on the sidelines had either already finished their

"Boy, we heard that Trash Bird from

"Annoying," Shang grumbled.

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

at the

should go grab some. You will earn a lot

only looked

this another Spire

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

only looked at Chuck

won't fall for your shit anymore," a hunter beside Chuck shouted with

other hunters in the team

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

other hunters and noticed that none of them seemed to have a

a team filled with Early General Stage hunters. They exclusively

that they were willing to let him join meant that they valued his future power very

to decline,"

the team shouted with

hadn't asked

really think that's a good

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

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

in the entire world if you can take out a beast on your own level without any

at the Early Commander Stage," Chuck

see that Chuck

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

the beasts have the advantage in. Our intelligence and tactics can

Mountain Turtle

Shang nodded.

Commander doesn't keep his level a secret. He is at the Early True Path Stage, just like the Exploding Mountain

the fight with

Shang nodded again.

Dean and the Exploding Mountain Turtle

Dean had

was to cut some stone