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's too risky having

BANG!

two blasts, his organs spreading

natural regeneration might not be

teeth as he tried to

darkness of death

don't absorb faster,

began to shiver at several places,

body as the Mana

time, Shang noticed that his Mana had become imbalanced. It was

were regenerating in the wrong places and

BANG!

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

was a constant battle of death on

wrong step and Shang would

beast's Mana was rapidly being consumed under Shang's controlled

but Shang kept an iron grip on his

one of the most panic-inducing and painful experiences in Shang's life, only superseded by the Procedure and the time

Shang, and he wanted to do

However, Shang kept going.

hour

returned, and it became impossible

his being again

his mind. It felt very similar

the foreign will, Shang sat down and closed his eye, focusing

was like he was desperately leaning against a door as someone

a battle

full focus on

Every moment was difficult.

he kept fighting off the will, but he was sure that

weaker, and Shang

later, Shang didn't need to

beast's will had grown so weak that it was

in a long

at the big stone in

days remain," Shang read

have been battling the

took a

powerful than when he had