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 one, at

the deepest point of the

until the walls met,

now, Shang still hadn't seen another beast, but he

wall, he extended his

continued swimming into

body was strong enough that he could swim into the sandy wall like it was water. It

himself in the sand, not

was

into the

was all around him. In a sense, Shang

the sand surrounding him, would kill a Soldier Stage warrior, but it

laid motionlessly buried in the

to feel any vibrations much better than the water, and he was using it to scout if something living

felt some slight movement come from the lake, but

didn't feel anyone digging in the sand, which

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

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

place perfect for

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

would willingly come here. After all, an unknown depth filled with terrifying sea creatures would be below them.

willingly descend that far into the Tide Serpent

in the greatest danger lay

sanctuary for anything that

of not feeling any kind of significant movement, Shang decided that this place was safe enough, and he entered his inner

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

armor. His real body in the Tide Serpent Zone was

saw the black armor, he thought that it looked even more damaged than he had

fight with Vice-Commander

Runes were destroyed, and the cape could barely be

able to turn a fatal attack into one

never taken off the black wrapping covering his left eye socket, which meant that his