Sword God in a World of Magic

As Dawn vanished, Shang could finally see the Serpent again.

It had been broken into two pieces, and it was falling towards the ground.

Just because someone was very powerful didn't mean that they didn't need their organs.

In fact, starting at the General Stage, the organs inside someone's body had already stopped their old functions and assumed new ones.

They were responsible for moving Mana around and generating life energy.

Without organs, someone's life energy would very quickly deteriorate until they died.

Even getting rid of just one organ already put a major dent in someone's ability to generate life energy.

With most of the Serpent's organs gone, it was already basically dead.

Beasts didn't have the luxury of quickly being able to recover parts of their bodies. They needed a bit of time to recover everything.

As the Serpent fell to the ground, Shang charged forward and put his arm on one of the halves, quickly regaining all his lost Mana and life energy.

A couple of seconds later, the cheering returned, and the corpse vanished.

Shang took a deep breath.

'The fight definitely hadn't been easy, but I won. The start was rough, but as soon as I managed to unleash New Moon, I gained control over the fight.'

'Sure enough, the Great Sword State is best for dealing with beasts.'

As Shang looked at the vanishing corpse, he thought about something he didn't like.

'Any random Late High Mage could have defeated this Serpent. I'm honestly not sure if I can win against an average Late High Mage at this point.'

'Additionally, a very talented Mid High Mage will very likely also win against the Serpent.'

'But my power has already made a great jump compared to the last trial.'

'Last time, level six in the Mage category had already ended my trial, but this time, I'm certain that I can reach level nine. With luck, I might even beat level eleven, but I'm honestly not sure.'

As the wheel returned, Shang fed more ore to Sword.

"Level 13: Weak Peak True Path Stage beast."

I only barely beat level nine,

already at level 13, and I doubt that

certain that I can't even beat

one that focuses on defense, I will probably also win. However, if I get one that specializes in speed, I will be

Shang's preferred opponents were now beasts that focused on defense. In the past,

Funny how things changed.

spinning, Shang pulled his Colossal Sword

Sword State unless the opponent

was chosen, and he

image made him

a bowl of seared

SHING!

opponent appeared, and he wasn't

It was a shrimp.

was just a

50-meters-long, but it was

nothing special about it

are bottom-feeders in gigantic oceans, which is surprising considering that they are at the Peak

lifted his hammer

DING!

around and pointed at

BOOOOM!

it exploded forward with

prepared, but the shrimp's speed was still far

that the shrimp only counted as a slow beast

was a Peak True Path

four levels above Shang's body, making the

Path Stage beast, but a Peak True Path Stage beast, even a comparatively slow one, would be fast

big factor in Shang's fight against the Serpent since it had

explosion of

the current Shang, the shrimp's speed and a Mage's

Mana Step was many times faster, but Shang couldn't think fast enough to feel the difference

like when someone spoke

one move their mouth and hear their voice at the same time, even though the speed of sound and the

the person, both things were so

thing was true for

seen even the slightest bit of movement coming from the shrimp, he had swung his Colossal Sword upwards, not knowing if

that didn't

immediately went past Shang's Colossal