Sword God in a World of Magic

The young man opened his eyes, and when he saw his opponent, he lifted an eyebrow with a confused smile.

Then, he looked around and didn't see anyone else.

He looked back at the nearly-dead Shang lying on the ground.

After some seconds, the young man put the butt of his spear to his head and scratched it in a mix of helplessness and confusion.

And then, he simply walked over to Shang.

Shang continued to breathe heavily. His entire body was beyond exhausted, and his passive regeneration wasn't nearly powerful enough to heal it in a short amount of time.

Shang could only barely manage to stay alive. Sure, if given enough time, he could recover, but he wouldn't get that time.

Shang only heard the sounds of light footsteps slowly coming closer.

He didn't even look at this executioner.

After some seconds, a face with long green hair entered Shang's vision.

"Man, that last opponent sure did a number on you," the green-haired man said with a smile.

For a second, Shang was surprised that his opponent could speak, but he quickly remembered that his opponent was a human. It wasn't actually strange for him to speak.

"I lost the last fight," Shang said with difficulty.

The man scratched his head in confusion. "But you won, right? Otherwise, I wouldn't be here."

Shang tried to chuckle helplessly, but he had to cough violently.

"I cheated."

"Cheated?" the man asked. "In what way?"

"I used a power I wouldn't normally use," Shang said. "My power permanently cripples me, but since I will die in this trial, I will resurrect without any lasting damage."

"If the drawback of my power were real in here, I wouldn't have used it."

"Therefore, I cheated."

The man hummed a bit.

Silence.

"Eh, it's too much to think about," he said with a chuckle. "It's definitely a grey area, but I can't be bothered to find out if it is blacker or whiter."

"Anyway, I should do my job," the man said as he readied his spear.

"Can I ask you a question?" Shang asked.

The man smiled.

"No."

BANG!

The man's spear penetrated Shang's brain, killing him instantly.

Then, the man vanished with a smile.

…

slowly opened

while, Shang only looked at

"Dick," he muttered.

feeling of death wasn't as bad this time, mainly because

for a bit longer, but the

to feel the approach of death

as he sat up. Sword was already

Shang took hold of

bit and noted that his

get ten, and I

that moment, a new

only had

get very far," Shang

one: Weak Initial

began to

definitely won't win against a powerful Early

The wheel slowed down.

Adepts, it's up in the air. No idea if I will win

stopped on the Fire

24 points. At worst, I will

light, Shang's opponent appeared in

man with a beautiful face and long, flowing

of Mattheo, but when it came to power,

a hardworking

This guy?

hammer

man slowly opened his

disdain

A warrior?

he have

BANG!

with all his

by Shang's speed,

was only

was only a

Peasants couldn't touch him.

his Mana Shield without

now, Shang was only

to create his

only needed to take one attack and shoot a fireball into his

It couldn't be easier.

left arm onto his sword, and his arm

BANG!

Shang exploded forward with even more speed,

a stupid idea to injure oneself at the beginning of a

sword hit the Mana

BOOOOM!

second, one could

attention and focused

his sword and

the Adept thought

But then…

His Spell was interrupted.

eyes