Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang took a deep breath when he heard Duke Whirlwind's voice.

If beasts got the chance to take a good look at him, they would attack. Dealing with this issue wasn't hard under normal circumstances, but if a Zone Beast decided that it wanted to kill Shang…

Only death would wait for him.

"I will be careful," Shang said.

Duke Whirlwind nodded and led everyone into the Thunder Horse Zone.

The Thunder Horse Zone was just a huge desert with plenty of sand dunes. Usually, one wouldn't associate a desert with lightning, but Shang quickly saw why this Zone was a desert.

BANG! BANG!

From the clear and bright sky, one lightning bolt after the other hit the ground, throwing small bits of sand everywhere.

There were very few clouds present, and the lightning seemingly came out of thin air. Sometimes, the lightning didn't even come from the sky but just directly appeared in the air before striking the ground.

Surprisingly, the bits of sand didn't seem to mind the lightning. Sure, they were flung around, but they didn't get destroyed or burned.

In comparison to all the other Zones, Shang barely saw any beasts in this one.

"Why are there no beasts?" Shang asked.

"This is one of the rare Zones where nearly all the fighting is done either very high in the sky or below the ground inside different caves and tunnels," Duke Whirlwind explained with a neutral voice. Obviously, after realizing that they would soon meet the Thunder Horse, Duke Whirlwind's good mood had vanished.

Shang looked at the sky, at the few clouds he could see.

The biggest clouds were only two kilometers wide, which really wasn't that big for a cloud, and there were a couple of clouds that were only a hundred meters across. There were even very small clouds, only about ten meters across.

The most numerous clouds were the smaller ones, and there were only three gigantic clouds.

'Duke Whirlwind said that most beasts are fighting in the sky and below the ground. Does that mean…?'

"Are the clouds beasts?" Shang asked.

the fifth Realm. The ones that are a couple of hundred meters across are True Path Stage beasts, and the smallest ones are Commander Stage beasts. Soldier and General Stage beasts live underground until they become powerful enough to take to the

a deep

gigantic clouds were

had never

BANG!

a spot in the sky where two small clouds had just met. As soon as they had met, the sound of thunder reverberated throughout the desert, and Shang could

Commander Stage

of seconds later, Shang saw a body fall from the two

heavy injuries and burns visible

hawk had

then, Shang saw the

with a long, jagged horn

grabbed the corpse with

a Chinese

plenty of Chinese dragons in fantasy movies and games on Earth, and they looked very similar to the beast he had just

beast?" Shang asked Duke

Serpent," Duke

dragon? Or is the name simply different?'

other beasts," Shang said. He actually didn't think that it was different, but he wanted to know if there was something special about that beast.

different," Duke Whirlwind answered. "In comparison to almost every other beast, these Serpent beasts don't

"They don't?" Shang asked.

than ours, but most of their power comes from their ranged attacks. They have many varied abilities that they can unleash

way, you could

at the cloud where the Desert Lightning Serpent retreated

thought. 'That's quite interesting. Sure enough, there are plenty of things I still don't know about this

is it flying without

in the atmosphere, the Desert Lightning Serpent can manipulate magnetism just enough to let it fly. That ability consumes a lot of Mana, but

Shang only nodded.

that, Shang no longer asked

Duke was obviously preoccupied with

minutes later, Shang saw

these buildings would be made of clay, but surprisingly, they were made of yellow stone

was obviously Spark Oasis, and the reason for its name