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 incredibly steep one, at

funnel keeps going at this angle, the deepest point of

funnel shape would keep going indefinitely until the walls

seen another beast, but he felt like he had

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

he continued swimming into

that he could swim into the sandy wall like it was water.

in the sand, not that the

purpose in coming here was

into the sandy wall, Shang

around him. In a sense, Shang was

especially with the sand surrounding him, would kill a Soldier Stage warrior, but it wasn't

a while, Shang simply laid motionlessly buried in the sand, feeling the

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

from

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

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

the Plague Rat Zone, which meant

place

Affinity beasts would be interested in coming here, and there were

Zone symbolized the greatest danger. No human would willingly come here. After all, an unknown depth filled with terrifying sea creatures would

descend that far into the

danger lay

perfect sanctuary for anything that wasn't a sea

significant movement, Shang decided that this place was

this lake,

world, Shang put on his nearly destroyed black armor. His real body in the Tide Serpent Zone was naked now, but the body inside

the black armor, he thought that it looked

fight with Vice-Commander Wilbury were

were destroyed, and the cape

it was still better than nothing. The material might still be able to turn

his left eye socket, which meant that his