Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang looked at the fish for some time.

'It would be a matter of luck to get the right beast, and I don't want to accidentally run into something too powerful. I think I should try it.'

Shang slowly dug out the fish's heart and started to consume it.

After he had eaten around half the heart, his brows furrowed.

'The Mana is not activating. I thought I could eat half of the heart, but apparently, I need to eat the entire thing to strengthen my body. I think it has something to do with the beast's will.'

Shang looked at the remaining heart, narrowed his eye, and consumed it as well.

When Shang swallowed the last bite, he felt his body heat up.

He was reminded of the time he had consumed the Earth Fruit Hedgehog's first fruit.

'Speaking of,' Shang thought. 'I think I am powerful enough to fight the Earth Fruit Hedgehog equally now. Duke Whirlwind said that it reached the Mid Commander Stage after consuming the Old Ice Octopus.'

The insurmountable gap of power Shang felt whenever he had looked at the Earth Fruit Hedgehog had vanished.

'Can't get distracted now. Need to deal with the Mana.'

Shang decided that he had to take drastic measures. After all, if there were too much Mana remaining inside his body, it would become troublesome.

BANG! BANG!

Shang released two opposing Blasts, one after the other, severely injuring his body.

Shang quickly shoved all his own Mana into healing his body, and his body was consuming the beast's Mana to regain its old storage.

Shang hadn't cleared his Mana before swallowing the heart since he didn't need to. He had already experimented a couple of times. Thanks to his warrior body, he had the ability to use up his own Mana at terrifying rates.

The beast's Mana was entering Shang's being at rapid rates, but that wasn't nearly fast enough.

BANG! BANG!

Shang injured his own body even more, the pain starting to face him.

His body was trying to heal rapidly, but controlling foreign Mana wasn't very easy.

But Shang noticed that his body was absorbing the Mana a tiny bit faster.

it! It's too risky having so

BANG!

blasts, his organs spreading over

of his own Mana, and his natural regeneration might not be fast enough to heal him

his teeth as he tried to stay

darkness of death was calling for

you don't absorb faster, I

at several places, and he resisted

Shang's body as the Mana got

had become imbalanced.

in the wrong places and

BANG!

incorrect organs, doing his

of death on the tiny tightrope above

and Shang would

rapidly being consumed under Shang's

painful, but Shang kept an iron grip on his

the most panic-inducing and painful experiences in Shang's life, only superseded by the Procedure and the time he had consumed

Shang, and he wanted to do nothing

However, Shang kept going.

hour later, Shang

had returned, and it became impossible to

to enter his being again and

attack his mind. It felt very similar to fighting

fought against the foreign will, Shang sat down

a door as someone tried

a

his full focus on resisting the

Every moment was difficult.

off the will, but he was sure that a long time

weaker, and

Shang didn't need to focus on the

will had grown so weak that it was

time in a long while, Shang

at

days remain," Shang

battling the

a deep

more powerful than when he had