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.

big clouds are beasts of the fifth Realm. The ones that are a couple of hundred meters across are True Path Stage

a

gigantic clouds were

never seen

BANG!

soon as they had met, the sound of thunder reverberated throughout the desert, and Shang could see several

Stage

later, Shang saw a body fall

silver hawk, heavy injuries and burns visible

had

then, Shang saw

beast with a long, jagged horn and four

eyes as the thing grabbed the corpse with its claws and retreated

that a Chinese dragon?!' Shang

of Chinese dragons in fantasy movies and games on Earth, and

is that beast?"

Lightning Serpent," Duke Whirlwind

not a dragon? Or is the name

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. After all,

"In comparison to almost every other beast, these

"They don't?" Shang asked.

still far more powerful than ours, but most of their power comes from their ranged

you could call

where the Desert Lightning Serpent retreated

'That's quite interesting. Sure enough, there are plenty of things

flying without wings?" Shang

enough to let it fly. That ability consumes a lot of Mana, but with enough Lightning Mana

Shang only nodded.

Shang no longer

with thinking about the

five minutes later, Shang saw

that these buildings would be made of clay, but surprisingly, they were made of yellow stone or metal.

obviously Spark Oasis, and the reason for its name