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!

sharp, hook-like legs were torn out of the walls as its body

bulged as he continued slashing

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!

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

exploded out of the body, bathing Shang and his surroundings in

impossible if Shang's body hadn't already reached the absolute peak

above him, and its body had immense

had seemingly

BANG!

shot open

had

would have

on his surroundings again, and he realized

spikes were

BANG!

he used another Blast to evade the following

temperature all over his body had been thrown all over the place by the continued uses of the

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

believe what he was

cut off

it still attack

from Shang as the centipede's back turned to

A second head!

this its

falling "head"

definitely was

that mimicked their head, but Shang wasn't stupid. He could tell a tail from a head, and this definitely was

heard of a beast that had two

thought with a narrowed eye. 'Not much is known

BANG! BANG!

to dodge the continuing assault of the

Shang used all his Mana to heal

Shadow Image, and Vanish had used up a huge amount of his

was now out

new injury would stay with him for the duration of the

fight had proven to be more

while dodging the spikes and then shot toward the centipede

WHOOOOM!

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

the centipede stopped shooting its spikes at Shang

around and

the ground, and blood was

normal speed at which blood

in the centipede's body had gathered inside the head, and it had exploded

blood didn't flow in natural

Shang was in the air in the middle of the cave, and he could see

into a

earlier had perfectly been placed

planned all of this from the very

there to kill him but to

the entire cave turned a bloody red, and there was

instantly, and at that