A sword pierced Shang's heart again.

He wasn't surprised.

He lost count of how many times that had already happened.

He didn't know how long they had been fighting.

He only knew that it had been incredibly long.

The foreign Mana inside Shang's chest had already vanished months ago.

Yes, the two of them had been fighting for months.

Initially, Shang felt nervous about missing an opportunity to strengthen his body.

After all, it just needed a bit of time for him to strengthen his body after hunting another beast.

However, Teacher Mervin very quickly convinced Shang.

"Strengthening your body is the easiest part of your Path. It only counts as a single step."

"You can strengthen your body whenever you want, but you don't always have someone ready to teach you."

"Right now, only your swordsmanship is important, nothing else."

That was when Shang ignored his body and everything else.

Only learning from Teacher Mervin was important now.

They had fought for so long.

SHING!

Shang's heart was pierced again as Teacher Mervin's sword mimicked the horn of a beast.

Teacher Mervin was incredible at mimicking beasts. Whenever he mimicked a beast, it was like Shang could see its image.

This time, it had been a huge octopus, but suddenly, the octopus had grown a horn.

Shang had been prepared for ranged attacks, tentacles, and even its beak.

Yet, the horn had gotten him.

This hadn't been the first time it had happened.

"How am I supposed to fight something, which then suddenly changes into something else in a moment?" Shang asked.

Teacher Mervin only grinned. "This is the Path you have chosen. You need to be stronger than everything at once."

"But how is that possible?" Shang asked with a sigh. "I can adapt to many kinds of attacks, but I can't be prepared for all of them at once. I would need to perform several movements at the same time or be at several places at the same time."

"I can't strike up, down, left, and right at the same time without dispersing my power."

"There is only so much I can do," Shang said.

Teacher Mervin's smile widened.

"I don't know," he said.

Shang knew what was coming next.

"I don't know how you can achieve something impossible like that."

"However, this is the Path you chose, and it is your duty to find a solution."

"I am only here to help you. I can't lift you up, but I can act as a wall that you can use to vault further into the sky," Teacher Mervin explained.

been fighting for so long that even the God had left. The jester itself was still there, but

watching Shang train with the same opponent, but he also knew that

became, the

now," Teacher Mervin said. "And as a copy, I also have

the time

every warrior in the world wishes

that,

long had

no day or night in his inner

and Shang had long since lost his

continued fighting

like he had

always lost in one

world

Time seemed endless.

Mervin's

Time lost all meaning.

reliving the same moment again and again, and yet, the moments

was like Shang was trying to

he was learning, the more he felt like he knew

more he knew,

could have stated with confidence how he would fight different opponents and how he would

emptiness appeared

and warriors blended together

Nothing made sense anymore.

was like everything in existence had

There was no certainty.

were only guesses

Was Shang powerful?

but he

How much time?

How much longer?

moved only on

certain what he should do, but

the more he felt like he was

hadn't said a

was only fighting and

was he doing

Right, fighting.

Why was he fighting?

to become the

was he actually

Was he?

Was he?

Maybe?

should be

Right?

So much fighting.

was he

Time.

Time was endless.

to do, but with endless time,

He was fighting, right.

should

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