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."

category, huh? Last time, I only barely beat level nine, but

level 13, and I

be a complete impossibility. I'm certain that I can't even beat a

I get an all-around average beast, I will most likely win. If I get one that focuses

beasts that focused on defense. In the past, these exact opponents had been his bane since he hadn't been

Funny how things changed.

Shang pulled his Colossal Sword up and readied himself for

the Colossal Sword State unless the opponent wasn't in the least

chosen, and he

made him raise an

a bowl of

SHING!

appeared, and

It was a shrimp.

was just a

it was about 50-meters-long, but it was

nothing special about it except

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

lifted his hammer and

DING!

around and pointed at Shang. Then, the shrimp turned

BOOOOM!

exploded forward

prepared, but the shrimp's

that the shrimp only counted as a slow

a Peak

above Shang's body, making the difference in speed

his Blasts, Shang could move as fast as an average Mid True Path Stage beast, but a Peak True Path Stage beast, even a comparatively slow

the Serpent since it had barely moved, mostly standing its

such an explosion of speed, he would have been unable

like an instant. To the current Shang, the shrimp's speed and a Mage's Mana Step felt equally

Step was many times faster, but Shang couldn't

was like when someone spoke

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

both things were so fast

was true for Shang

seen even the slightest bit of movement coming from the shrimp,

didn't actually

shears immediately went past Shang's Colossal Sword and went for