Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang stood at the edge of the cave and looked at the surroundings of the mountain with cold, calculating, and calm eyes.

He had calmed down.

The 20 days of waiting for the foreign will to vanish had given him plenty of time to think about his actions.

Eventually, he came to a conclusion.

'I lost control.'

'Being emotional brought me into unnecessary danger.'

'I need to keep my rage in check.'

'I can't listen to my emotions.'

These had been his thoughts.

And with the help of these thoughts, Shang managed to wake up and get rid of his rage.

His rage had transformed into frustration.

His lack of control over his emotions had messed up his training efficiency, and he couldn't allow that to happen again.

After absorbing the first beast, Shang had followed his usual routine, and it worked out very well.

He continued absorbing Mid Commander Stage beasts, and the efficiency was now about 20% better than absorbing Early Commander Stage beasts.

Shang also wasn't completely helpless for an entire week after absorbing one.

'Overcoming the regret of my choices helped me in solidifying the importance of my goal, strengthening my willpower.'

'Many people fear emotional pain, but overcoming such pain can do wonders for your willpower.'

'The pain of my past gives me strength for my future.'

It had been three months since Shang had reached the Ancestral Mountain, and he was finally ready to leave.

Enough time had passed that the appearance of Abominations wouldn't be connected to his presence. After all, if Abominations had appeared right after he arrived here, it would have been awfully coincidental, right?

Shang's body had also reached about 83% of the power of an Early Commander Stage beast's body, and it was time to push that efficiency more by absorbing another Abomination.

Lastly, Shang had spent most of the last three months searching for powerful ore in the Ancestral Mountain.

He had to go to some dangerous places, but he was very good at sensing danger and escaping.

And finally, he upgraded Sword to the Peak Commander Stage.

This was about as powerful as Shang could make Sword with his current power.

The next upgrade would be for the Initial True Path Stage, and those kinds of ores only existed near True Path Stage beasts. Additionally, since this was an entirely new Stage, he would need to get the ores for his four different Affinities again.

Upgrading Sword to the Initial True Path Stage would become arduous and difficult, and it was not something Shang could attempt right now.

It was time to leave.

It was time to enter the Blackshadow Kingdom.

"Are you ready?" Shang asked Sword.

"Ready," it answered.

Shang nodded.

activated

then his right eye

feel it?!'

this moment, Shang could feel one presence that was vastly more powerful than all the

True Path Stage

'But how?!'

level didn't increase, and I didn't really become

can I suddenly

'What changed?!'

know what had changed, but something had to have

Stage Abomination,

Shang very quickly stopped interacting with

Stage Abominations still counted as a somewhat normal

about

raise some eyebrows in

True Path Stage Abomination appeared, they would all realize

I summon a True Path Stage Abomination, the entire world will take note of their appearance, and someone is bound to

True Path Stage Abomination and focused

minutes, the Commander Stage Abomination was close to being summoned. It always took a couple of minutes to summon

Abominations would appear, and he hoped that it worked.

the Abominations somewhat resisted, but they eventually complied,

control where they appeared, but he also noticed that there

set, and the destructive will of

would come out, even if Shang wanted

SHING! SHING! SHING!

Abominations appeared near the foot of the

General Stage

course, the Commander Stage Abomination was right

Abominations hadn't been the biggest

Stage Abomination would appear somewhere completely else

they followed Shang's

into the

almost like it was happy to

was like this was

to make

took two seconds to absorb the Abomination, but in these

to

been

Serpent Zone, Shang wanted to keep the Abominations a

powerful Mages would be waiting

all the people in the Ancestral Mountain Zone watched in horror

the mountain. There were basically no beasts at the bottom, making this Zone a great place for the Fighter Stage

most talented of the Kingdom, and they were at the northeastern frontlines to increase their power. Most of the talented Mages were also here since

was supposed to be a paradise for

of

the True Mage Realm, fall back immediately! Barbarians,

this

and barbarians fled in

screeched in

couldn't react fast

BOOOOOM!

BOOOOOM!

BOOOOOM!

was like an army of True Mages bombarded the