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

BANG!

his

and his natural regeneration might not be fast enough to heal

teeth as he tried to stay

darkness of death was calling

don't absorb faster, I will

body began to shiver at several places, and he resisted the urge

body as the Mana got absorbed even

that his Mana had become imbalanced.

organs were regenerating in the wrong places and in

BANG!

incorrect organs, doing his best not to accidentally

constant battle of death on the tiny tightrope

step and Shang would

Mana was rapidly being consumed

incredibly painful, but Shang kept an

one of the most panic-inducing and painful experiences in Shang's life, only superseded by the Procedure and the

and he wanted to do nothing more but lose

However, Shang kept going.

an hour

the beast had returned, and it became impossible to

Mana to enter his being again and fully focused on

felt some kind of foreign will attack his mind.

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

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

a

to put his full focus on resisting the enemy's

Every moment was difficult.

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

assault grew weaker, and Shang could actually

need

beast's will had grown so weak that it was

in a long while,

look at the big stone in

remain," Shang read

been battling the beast's will for

took a

will was only slightly more powerful than when he had