Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang didn't know how long he remained here, and he didn't care.

The stillness of the water around him soothed his mind, and he felt like being here was the right thing to do. He didn't know why, but that was what he felt.

After an unknown amount of time, Shang opened his right eye again.

He felt like he knew the lake better now.

'I should continue,' he thought.

Then, Shang continued descending.

Why was he descending?

There was a reason for it.

After another two minutes, Shang felt something other than water touch him.

He extended his hands and felt the sand.

'Finally,' he thought.

'I'm probably over 1.5 kilometers deep in the lake, but I only feel sand now.'

Shang was sure that the lake had to have a deepest point, and he was also sure that the deepest part would not be that close to the border of the Zone.

The deepest part of the lake would be the most dangerous part, and Shang didn't want to enter that part.

However, Shang also didn't want to leave the Tide Serpent Zone. The Tide Serpent apparently didn't really care about Shang, while other Zone Beasts might care a lot about him, which would be bad.

If Shang decided to dig into the earth right near the edge, the Plague Rat might decide that Shang was inside its Zone again.

Because of that, Shang had swum downward. Right now, he was about 50 meters away from the border, which meant that if he were to dig into the wall now, he would definitely still be inside the Tide Serpent Zone.

Shang's hands felt the sand, and he noticed that it was a steep wall instead of a floor.

thought, 'an incredibly steep

at this angle, the deepest point of the lake

indefinitely until the walls

still hadn't seen another beast, but he felt

wall, he extended his

he continued swimming into

he could swim into the sandy wall like it

purposefully didn't leave an opening while burying himself in the sand, not that the

purpose in coming here was

digging several meters into the sandy

him. In a sense,

pressure here, especially with the sand surrounding him, would kill a Soldier Stage warrior,

a while, Shang simply laid motionlessly

better than the water,

some slight movement come from the

anyone digging in the sand, which

Zone, and those beasts definitely weren't interested in being surrounded by sand, which

was just beside the Plague Rat Zone, which meant that there were only very few Earth Affinity beasts

place

Affinity beasts would be interested in coming here, and there were no Earth Affinity beasts around

come here. After all, an unknown depth filled with terrifying sea

that

greatest danger lay the safest

perfect sanctuary for anything that wasn't a sea

Shang decided that this place was safe enough, and he entered

his clothes and sword with him. In this lake, clothes were not really useful, and they

real body in the Tide Serpent Zone was naked now, but the body

black armor, he thought that it looked even

fight with Vice-Commander

Runes were destroyed, and the cape

still better than nothing. The material might still be able to turn a fatal attack into

his left eye socket, which meant that his look had returned