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."

Last time, I only barely beat level nine, but I got ten points due to the Ice

I'm already at level 13, and I doubt that

I'm certain that I can't even beat a single one of the beasts that can appear

I will most likely win. If I get one that focuses on defense, I

the Great Sword State, Shang's preferred opponents were now beasts that focused on defense. In the past, these exact opponents had been his bane

Funny how things changed.

his Colossal Sword up and readied

unless

opponent was chosen, and

made him raise an

bowl of seared

SHING!

that moment, Shang's opponent appeared,

It was a shrimp.

was just

it was about 50-meters-long, but it was still just a

about it

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

lifted his hammer and hit the

DING!

moved around and pointed at

BOOOOM!

exploded forward with terrifying

had already been prepared, but the shrimp's speed

the shrimp only counted

a Peak True Path

was four levels above Shang's body, making the difference

an average Mid True Path Stage beast, but a Peak True Path Stage beast, even a comparatively slow one, would be fast than Shang by multiple

been a big factor in Shang's fight against the Serpent since it had barely moved, mostly

prepared for such an explosion of

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

was many times faster, but Shang couldn't think fast enough to feel

someone

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

were so fast that they couldn't

thing was true for Shang

even the slightest bit of movement coming from the shrimp, he had swung his Colossal Sword

didn't actually

past Shang's Colossal Sword and