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

going at this angle, the deepest point of the lake might be tens of kilometers deep.

would keep going indefinitely until the walls met, but

he felt like

Shang had reached the sand wall, he extended his arms and buried them in

swimming into the

enough that he could swim into the sandy

an opening while burying himself in the sand, not

coming here was to find a safe

digging several meters into the

was all around him. In a

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

motionlessly buried in the sand, feeling

much better than the water, and he was using it to scout

movement come from the

anyone digging in the

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

beside the Plague Rat Zone, which meant that there were only

made this place

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

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

human would willingly descend that far into the Tide

in the greatest danger

sanctuary for anything that wasn't

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

with him. In this lake, clothes were not

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

black armor, he thought that

his fight with Vice-Commander Wilbury were still

destroyed, and the cape could

still be able to turn a fatal

covering his left eye socket, which