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.

have to try it! It's too risky having so much foreign Mana inside

BANG!

blasts, his organs spreading over

his natural regeneration might not be fast enough

his teeth as

death was calling for

you don't absorb faster,

several places, and he

body as the Mana got absorbed

Mana had become imbalanced. It was like his

the wrong places

BANG!

destroyed parts of the incorrect organs, doing his best not to accidentally kill

a constant battle of death

and

Mana was rapidly being consumed under Shang's

incredibly painful, but Shang kept an iron

most panic-inducing and painful experiences in Shang's life, only superseded by the Procedure and the time he had consumed the first

Shang, and he

However, Shang kept going.

an hour later,

the beast had returned, and it became impossible to absorb the

foreign Mana to enter his being again and fully focused on

will attack his mind.

will, Shang sat down and closed

like he was desperately leaning against a door as

a

full focus on

Every moment was difficult.

will, but he was sure

weaker, and Shang could actually relax

time later, Shang didn't need to focus

grown so weak that it was no longer a

in a long while, Shang opened

was look at the big stone

remain," Shang read in

the beast's

a

powerful than when he had strengthened himself the