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."

13 in the beast category, huh? Last time, I only barely beat level nine,

I doubt that I will lose against

impossibility. I'm certain that I can't even beat a single one of the

If I get an all-around average beast, I will most likely win. If I get one that focuses on defense, I will probably also win. However, if I get one that specializes in speed, I will

Great Sword State, Shang's preferred opponents were now beasts that focused on defense. In the past, these exact opponents had been his bane since he hadn't been powerful enough to

Funny how things changed.

pulled his Colossal Sword up and readied himself for

State unless the opponent wasn't in the least bit

chosen, and he looked at the

him

bowl of

SHING!

that moment, Shang's opponent appeared, and he wasn't

It was a shrimp.

was just a

but it was still just a

about it

guess these kinds of beasts are bottom-feeders in gigantic oceans, which is surprising considering that they are at the Peak

lifted his hammer and hit

DING!

shrimp's antennae moved around and pointed at Shang. Then, the shrimp turned

BOOOOM!

exploded forward with terrifying

already been prepared, but the shrimp's speed was still far

shrimp only counted as a slow beast within

Peak True

above Shang's body, making the difference in speed

as an average Mid True Path Stage beast, but a Peak True Path Stage beast, even a comparatively slow one, would

against the Serpent since it had barely moved, mostly standing its

an explosion of speed, he would have been unable

what felt like an instant. To the current Shang, the

Shang couldn't think fast enough

when someone spoke

hear their voice at the same time, even though the speed of sound and the speed of light

were so

was true

bit of movement coming from the shrimp, he had swung his Colossal Sword upwards, not knowing if it would connect

didn't

the shrimp's shears immediately went past Shang's Colossal