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

BANG!

another two blasts, his organs spreading

and his natural regeneration might

gritted his teeth as he tried to

of death was calling

absorb faster, I will

body began to shiver at several places, and he

Shang's body as

the same time, Shang noticed that his Mana had become imbalanced. It was like his body

the wrong places

BANG!

the incorrect organs, doing

death on the tiny tightrope

wrong step and Shang would

Mana was rapidly being consumed under Shang's

painful, but Shang kept an iron grip on his

probably one of the most panic-inducing and painful experiences in Shang's life, only superseded by

and guts gathered around Shang, and he

However, Shang kept going.

an hour later, Shang

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

his being again and fully focused on

will attack his mind. It felt very similar to fighting

fought against the foreign will, Shang sat down and closed his eye,

like he was desperately leaning against a door as someone tried to

was a battle of

full focus on resisting the enemy's

Every moment was difficult.

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

assault grew weaker,

need to focus on

will had grown so weak that

the first time in a long

was look at the big

remain," Shang read in

been battling the beast's will for 13

took a

powerful than when he had strengthened himself