Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang thought about this dynamic for a bit, but he eventually focused on the trial again.

"I'm ready for the next level," Shang said as he readied his sword.

"You don't need to get ready," the jester said with a smirk.

Shang glanced at the jester.

The jester only continued smirking. "I'll give you two points for this fight since it was so difficult. I'll count this level as levels nine and ten. So, if you want to continue, you will directly enter level eleven."

"Do you want to fight an average Late Commander Stage beast?"

Shang furrowed his brows.

He knew exactly what that entailed.

Sadly, or luckily depending on the viewpoint, there was a rock-paper-scissors principle going on here.

Could an average Late Commander Stage beast win against the Ice King?

Probably not. The Ice King would surely win.

Yet, Shang had won against the Ice King.

So, wouldn't he be able to win against an average Late Commander Stage beast?

Sadly, no.

The only reason Shang won against the Ice King was due to several things unique to him.

The constant presence of the icy storm not only didn't affect Shang, but it even strengthened him.

Additionally, the Domain of Entropy was very useful against Mana-based attacks.

In a way, Shang had perfectly countered the Ice King.

Yet, he wouldn't perfectly counter his next opponent.

The body of his next opponent was so much stronger than Shang's that he probably wouldn't even be able to break through its defenses.

So, while the Ice King could kill an average Late Commander Stage beast, and while Shang could kill the Ice King, Shang couldn't kill an average Late Commander Stage beast.

In a sense, Shang was definitely weaker than the Ice King in terms of total power.

Shang knew that he had lucked out.

In fact, even a weak Late Commander Stage beast might be able to kill Shang.

It entirely depended on what kind of opponent Shang would have received.

But an average one?

No shot.

have ten points

"Correct," the jester answered.

a deep

average Late Commander Stage beast. Do you think I have a shot?"

"Knowing your own power

"You will lose."

Shang nodded.

what he had

didn't want to experience, and he also didn't think that there was much to gain from fighting such

stronger that Shang wouldn't even be able to

just get overwhelmed and

it for the beasts,"

"Alright," the jester said.

he looked at the wheel below him,

know what

looked at

on a green bird with a spear

"Spear Stork," Shang said.

that

would have lost," the jester

above Shang, it would be so fast that Shang wouldn't even

would die in

the wheel for beasts left as two other wheels appeared, one for

jester sat on the

wheels, the jester only looked

chuckle. "In

no longer accurate since your arrival changed the world

to keep fighting these same warriors but stronger. You would rack up

jester.

and lower the thresholds for rewards or make you

In a way, it

the jester continued. "You will be fighting normal, average warriors.

wheels began

look at the wheels

what they

was nearly equal to a warrior at the Peak

defeated an average Mid Commander Stage

average Late Commander Stage warrior beat an average Mid Commander Stage

No.

Commander Stage warrior be

would be a

I forgot," the

one: Weak Initial Commander Stage warrior," the

go," the jester added with