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!

hook-like legs were torn out of the walls as its body was pulled away

arms bulged as

more progress through the centipede's body, and the continued power of Shang's Blasts gave him more strength than the centipede could muster from

And then…

CRACK!

through the centipede's entire body, and its head started to fall

body, bathing Shang and

if Shang's body hadn't already reached

levels above him,

had seemingly

BANG!

eye shot open

armor had

he would have died without

again, and he realized

spikes were

BANG!

as he used another

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

the half of the centipede that had been wrestled out of the wall was pulled back by the other half, and the feet dug into the

believe what he was

off that

it still attack and

Shang as the centipede's back turned to

A second head!

this its actual

the falling "head" he had cut

was a

centipedes often had a tail that mimicked their head, but Shang wasn't stupid. He could tell a

of a beast that

a narrowed eye. 'Not much is known about True Path

BANG! BANG!

exploding left and right to dodge

used all his

Vanish had used up a huge amount of his life

was now out of

him for the duration

fight had proven to be more

again while dodging the spikes and then shot toward

WHOOOOM!

of Mana come from behind him, and he

centipede stopped shooting its

turned around and

he had cut off had landed on the ground, and blood was scattering over the

speed at which blood spread, and this also

the centipede's body had gathered inside

more, the blood didn't flow in natural

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

transformed into

the spikes the centipede had shot earlier had perfectly been placed

it had planned all of this from

to kill him but

cave turned a bloody red, and

instantly, and at