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

as

sword was making more progress through the centipede's body, and the continued power of Shang's Blasts gave him more strength

And then…

CRACK!

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

body, bathing Shang and his surroundings in a crimson

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

levels above him, and its body had immense

a moment, time had seemingly

BANG!

eye shot

had

have died without it

again, and he realized what

spikes were still

BANG!

Shang's body as he used another Blast to evade

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

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

almost couldn't believe what he was

had cut off that

could it still

from Shang as the centipede's back turned

A second head!

was this

at the falling "head" he had

was a

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

a beast that had

shouldn't be surprised,' he thought with a narrowed eye. 'Not much is known

BANG! BANG!

to dodge the continuing assault

that moment, Shang used all his Mana

Blasts, 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 difficult

the spikes and

WHOOOOM!

of Mana come from

stopped shooting

around and saw something

landed on the ground, and blood was scattering over the entire

normal speed at which blood spread, and this also wasn't the

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

didn't flow in natural

the middle of the cave, and

into a

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

planned all of this from the

weren't there to kill him but to

red, and there was even

instantly,