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.

even the God had left. The jester

Shang train with the same opponent, but he

Shang became, the more interesting his journey would

now," Teacher Mervin said. "And as a copy, I also have no

all the time in the

that nearly every

that, but it

long had they

was no day or night in his inner

was unchanging, and Shang had long since lost his feeling

continued fighting Teacher

he had made

always lost in one

inner world seemed

Time seemed endless.

Mervin's power

Time lost all meaning.

like Shang was reliving the same moment again and again, and yet, the moments were all

like Shang was trying to do something

was learning, the more he felt like he knew

more he knew, the

could have stated with confidence how he

now, only emptiness appeared

and warriors blended

Nothing made sense anymore.

like everything in existence had

There was no certainty.

were only guesses

Was Shang powerful?

but he

How much time?

How much longer?

only on

he should do,

fought, the more he felt like he was

a word in

was only fighting and

he

Right, fighting.

Why was he fighting?

become

he actually

Was he?

Was he?

Maybe?

should be

Right?

So much fighting.

he fighting

Time.

Time was endless.

so much to do, but with endless time, there was so

He was fighting, right.

that should be

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