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.

so long that even the God had left. The jester itself was still there, but it had lost

God was not interested in watching Shang train with the same opponent, but he also knew that this was a good

Shang became, the more

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

have all the time

a luxury that nearly every warrior

of that, but it was

had

day or night in his inner

since lost his feeling for

continued fighting Teacher

he had made

always lost in

inner world seemed

Time seemed endless.

Mervin's power seemed

Time lost all meaning.

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

was like Shang was trying to do

the more he

knew,

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

emptiness appeared

beasts, Mages, and warriors blended

Nothing made sense anymore.

was like everything in existence had

There was no certainty.

only

Was Shang powerful?

he

How much time?

How much longer?

moved only on

what he should do, but he

he fought, the more he felt like

a word

only

was he doing

Right, fighting.

Why was he fighting?

become the

he actually

Was he?

Was he?

Maybe?

should be

Right?

So much fighting.

was he fighting

Time.

Time was endless.

do, but with endless

He was fighting, right.

should be

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