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.

like a funnel,' Shang thought, 'an

deepest point of the lake might

would keep going indefinitely until the walls met, but he didn't think

still hadn't seen another beast, but he felt like he

extended his arms and buried them in

continued swimming into the

was strong enough that he could swim into the sandy wall like it was water. It basically made no difference

in the sand, not that the

purpose in coming here was to

several meters into the

In

surrounding him, would kill a Soldier Stage warrior, but it wasn't an issue

Shang simply laid motionlessly buried in the

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

come from the lake, but

Shang didn't feel anyone digging in the sand, which he had

Water Affinities were living inside the Tide Serpent Zone, and those beasts definitely weren't interested in being surrounded by sand, which exhibited

wall was just beside the Plague Rat Zone, which meant that there were

this place perfect for

here, and there were no Earth Affinity

would willingly come here. After all, an unknown depth filled with terrifying sea creatures would be below them. Even more, there was no place to hide in the middle of the

that far into the Tide Serpent

danger lay the

for anything that wasn't a sea

any kind of significant movement, Shang decided that

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

body in the Tide Serpent Zone was naked

he thought that it looked even

battle from his fight with Vice-Commander Wilbury

cape could barely

still be able to turn a fatal

covering his left eye socket, which meant that his look had returned to his old