Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang knew that he couldn't possibly beat Susan, but that also wasn't his goal.

Susan was the biggest issue for Jerald, and as long as Shang managed to distract Susan for a while, Jerald would be the one fighting her.

Even though Shang was using Distortion to approach her, he could feel that Susan knew exactly where he was, which didn't surprise him.

Susan was a Peak High Mage, and she even had a Darkness Affinity. Darkness Affinities dealt with a lot of subterfuge and illusions, making them similar to Light Affinities.

For a moment, the two of them only looked at each other.

Then, Susan's shoulder moved just a tiny bit.

When fighting another person physically, looking at the shoulders was the best way to see when an attack was coming.

As soon as Shang saw the slight movement, he immediately summoned all his Mana and life energy.

Shang knew that he wasn't fast enough to react to Spells after they were already cast, which meant that Shang had to guess what kind of Spell Susan was going to use and act appropriately.

It was a guessing game for Shang.

BANG!

Just as Shang put his sword in front of him, a black streak hit it.

The black streak was thin and barely visible, but the power inside it was horrifying.

As the black streak hit Sword, Shang's entire body atrophied to a terrifying degree as he summoned more and more Light Mana.

The spot where the streak and Sword touched started to shine brightly.

Half of Shang's body mass vanished.

He barely looked like a skeleton with some skin.

Shang gritted his teeth.

Then, he grunted and pushed his sword to the side.

CLING!

The streak bounced off Sword and shot to the side, missing Shang.

Shang had to take a deep breath after that.

use Reflection, but he just couldn't muster

powerful enough to reflect Susan's

changed Reflection to Refraction at the

to burn with black fire, and Shang swung

of black fire shot

swinging upwards, Shang stopped his swing and held

TCHIIIIIIII!

fire was blown apart, and a wave of

blowtorch, Sword cut apart

Most of it.

State, the sides of the blast still hit Shang's shoulders and parts of his

force of Darkness Mana

Shang's right eye

the Darkness Mana inside of him suddenly transformed into Light Mana, healing his

again, and the healing water he

one of

didn't only destroy the target's body but also tried to poison them with Darkness. Without that second component, Shang wouldn't have been

first time in Shang's life that he had been poisoned by pure Darkness Mana. He had theorized that he would be able to transform this kind

this only worked

would still poison him

wave of darkness passed Shang, his sword caught on fire again and swung upward, releasing another

its peak, he immediately pulled

Star Shatter!

next attack, and this was the best

as he threw his Saber, he immediately released three Blasts from his feet

BANG!

streak destroyed

it flew past

CRACK!

Shang's chest, his armor exploding

BANG!

middle of Shang's

coming from his armor

energy and Mana to recover,

BANG!

of a loud collision

Shatter had hit Susan's

Susan felt 15% of her Mana vanish, she frowned and looked at the Long Sword touching her

imperceptible speeds, and she

that, his face

BANG!