Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang continued hunting for another two days.

Sadly, no matter how many risky situations he brought himself into, the Cleaner just wouldn't bite.

Shang even accepted a mission to hunt a pair of Peak General Stage beasts, and he fought both of them at the same time.

This fight had actually taken a couple of seconds. All the others had ended in, at most, two seconds.

Yet, even then, the Cleaner hadn't shown themselves.

'What is their plan?' Shang thought with furrowed brows. 'With these two beasts, it would be three on one. You are a Peak Adept! Are you too afraid to attack some warrior a level below you with a numerical advantage?'

By now, Shang was getting really annoyed.

What, did he need to attack a Commander Stage beast for them to show up?!

Shang wasn't completely against attacking an Initial Commander Stage beast, but he certainly didn't want to do that while someone was out for his life. Such a fight would need all of Shang's reserves.

'Would I attack me if I were the Cleaner?' Shang thought.

Then, he thought about what he had done over the past couple of days.

'I might have shown too much of my power,' Shang realized. 'Sure, if I were them, I would have already attacked. After all, this seems like an interesting fight.'

'However, not everyone is like me. In comparison to me, the Cleaner doesn't need to fight. If they believe the mission to be too dangerous, they could simply retreat and give up.'

Shang looked at his surroundings with furrowed brows.

'It's very possible that they have already retreated.'

'I screwed up. If they decide to abort the mission, the Wilburys won't lose any money.'

Right now, Shang wasn't sure how he should feel.

He had felt frustrated and suppressed every day he had remained in Warrior's Paradise. He wanted to go outside and fight. Yet, the constant presence of the Cleaner had forced him to stay inside.

Now, Shang was finally taking the plunge, but the very power that had suppressed him for so long had vanished.

is pointless,' Shang thought. 'I already have

outpost, which was about two

General Stage, but not even one of the Peak General Stage beasts managed to put

things to

his own

become that powerful? I don't

powerful was

powerful as

could kill a Peak General Stage beast

was definitely far weaker than the body of a Peak General Stage beast,

a lot with his

Commander Stage, which made it as hard and

came Shang's techniques and his fighting experience. With those things, he could easily outsmart a

combined, Shang's power had reached the power of an above-average

at

been around the peak powers of the surrounding hundreds

Stage warriors, and he hadn't

from the

that, Shang didn't feel that powerful. In fact, he only felt a bit

Dean had been back when he had been

become the most powerful General Stage warrior in

up by tomorrow, I will return to Warrior's

slowly walked back towards

Bang.

turned to

could

saw something jump up and hit something with

the claws had hit was circular, and it appeared when

a

of an Ice Demon recently,' Shang thought. 'I guess this is

Bang.

a strong, green wind, and a second later, a

knows of the local blacklist, and they should know that the Ice Demon is on it. Sure, the punishment isn't very severe

they engage in a fight with it?'