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, but I got ten points due to the Ice

and I doubt that

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

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

In the past, these exact opponents had been his bane since he

Funny how things changed.

Shang pulled his Colossal Sword up

always started in the Colossal Sword State unless

chosen, and he looked

image made him

was a bowl of

SHING!

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

It was a shrimp.

was just

50-meters-long, but it was still just

about it except for

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

his hammer

DING!

around and pointed at

BOOOOM!

exploded forward with terrifying

prepared, but the shrimp's speed was still far higher

Shang knew that the shrimp only counted

a Peak True Path

levels above Shang's body, making

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

the Serpent since it had barely moved,

prepared for such an explosion of

instant. To the current Shang,

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

like when someone spoke to

voice at the same time,

to the person, both things were so

same thing was true for Shang

the shrimp, he had

that didn't actually

of the shrimp's shears immediately went past Shang's Colossal Sword and went