Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang slashed upward.

CRACK!

Sword easily cut through the thick armor of the centipede.

Obviously, Shang wouldn't attempt to kill a True Path Stage beast with a Commander Stage weapon.

In the last ten years, Shang had also gotten the Darkness Ore from Jerald, and Shang had openly bought the Fire and Ice Ore himself. He had basically gone public with a Temperature Affinity, making his purchases reasonable.

After that, Jerald had given Shang the ore he needed to upgrade Sword to the Early True Path Stage.

However, Shang's funds had essentially dried up.

These kinds of materials couldn't be bought with gold, but Jerald sold them for gold anyway.

Shang had paid over a billion gold for all the ore, which was an unreasonable amount for a Commander Stage warrior.

Decades of Shang gathering Foci, materials, and gold had vanished in just an instant.

However, it allowed him to upgrade Sword, and he wasn't worried about the future.

With such a weapon, he could now hunt True Path Stage beasts, which he could trade for even more ore.

As Shang's sword cut into the armor, it suddenly shone brightly.

It was the ranged attack Shang had introduced to the world, but it was slightly different this time.

There was no Element in the slash. Additionally, the power of the slash didn't exactly leave the domain of his sword.

How had the warriors of the past managed to fell such gigantic beasts with their comparatively tiny weapons?

This was the answer.

As long as there was living matter, the ranged attack could be used as an extension for the actual slash.

It was like Shang's sword had transformed to be over 20 meters long, but only while being inside an enemy's body.

Sadly, the actual power or weight of the strike didn't change. It simply extended the attack's reach.

After cutting through half the body, Shang felt his sword slow down. The centipede's body was thick and massive, making it very difficult for him to cut through the entire thing.

BANG!

A Fire Blast came out of Shang's left leg, shooting it upward.

BANG!

With a powerful kick, his left leg hit the back of his colossal sword, pushing it forward.

CRRRRK!

The sword continued going.

BANG! BANG!

Shang kept hold of his sword and released two more blasts, shooting himself past the centipede.

CRACK! CRACK!

centipede's sharp, hook-like legs were torn out of the walls as its body was pulled away from the

as

the centipede's body, and the continued power of Shang's Blasts gave him

And then…

CRACK!

body, and

Shang and his surroundings

feat would have been impossible if Shang's body hadn't already reached the absolute

levels above him, and

seemingly stopped, and Shang took a deep

BANG!

right eye shot open in

armor had

that he would have

his surroundings again,

spikes were

BANG!

exploded out of Shang's body as he used another Blast to

thrown all over the place by the continued uses of the Blasts, and Shang had gone

had been wrestled out of the wall was pulled back by the other

couldn't believe

cut off that

still attack and

former neck of the centipede retreated from Shang as the centipede's back

A second head!

this its

falling "head" he had

was a

their head, but Shang wasn't stupid. He could tell a tail

a beast that

be surprised,' he thought with a narrowed eye. 'Not much is known about True Path

BANG! BANG!

kept exploding left and right to dodge the

all his Mana to heal

Blasts, Shadow Image, and Vanish had used up a huge amount of his life energy, and he needed

Shang was now out

stay with him for the duration of the

proven to be more difficult than he

again while dodging the

WHOOOOM!

moment, Shang felt a powerful pulse of Mana come from behind him, and he felt an immense feeling

stopped shooting its spikes at Shang and stopped

around and saw something

had cut off had landed on the ground, and blood

the normal speed at which blood spread, and

centipede's body had gathered inside the head,

more, the blood didn't

the air in the middle of the cave, and he could see all the

into a complex

had shot earlier had perfectly been placed at the important places inside the

it had planned all of this from the

to kill him but to set up this kind

instant later, the entire cave turned a bloody red, and there was even red light inside the cave

dissolved instantly, and