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."

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

time, I'm already at level 13, and I

can't even beat a single one of

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,

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

Funny how things changed.

spinning, Shang pulled his Colossal

Colossal Sword State unless the

chosen, and

him

bowl of seared

SHING!

moment, Shang's opponent appeared, and he

It was a shrimp.

just

it

special about it except for its

oceans, which is surprising considering that they are

jester lifted his hammer and

DING!

around and pointed at Shang. Then, the shrimp

BOOOOM!

it exploded forward

the shrimp's speed was still far higher than

knew that the shrimp only counted

Peak True Path Stage

four levels above Shang's body, making the difference in speed

True Path Stage beast, but a Peak

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

hadn't been prepared for such an explosion

like an instant. To the current Shang, the shrimp's speed

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

was like when someone spoke to

person would see the other one move their mouth and hear their voice at the same time, even though the speed

so fast that they

thing was true for

movement coming from the shrimp, he had swung his Colossal Sword upwards, not knowing if

that didn't actually

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