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.

wanted to use Reflection, but he just couldn't muster enough Mana and life energy

body was simply not powerful enough

that, Shang changed Reflection to Refraction at the

after using Refraction, Sword began to burn

of black fire shot at

swinging upwards, Shang stopped his swing and held his Great Sword in front

TCHIIIIIIII!

was blown apart, and a wave

a blowtorch, Sword cut apart the black energy, resulting in most

Most of it.

as the Colossal Sword State, the sides of the blast still hit Shang's shoulders and

and Shang felt a terrifyingly powerful force

Shang's right eye

Mana inside of him suddenly

just an instant, Shang was nearing his peak again, and the healing water he was receiving

Cometh, one of

target's body but also tried to poison them with Darkness. Without that second component, Shang wouldn't have been able to heal his body

He had theorized that he would be able to transform this kind of Darkness Mana into Light Mana,

only worked

still poison him

the wave of darkness passed Shang, his sword caught on fire again

reached its peak, he immediately pulled it back and threw

Star Shatter!

he couldn't block the next attack, and this was the

immediately

BANG!

destroyed the wave

it flew past

CRACK!

Shang's chest, his armor exploding into

BANG!

Shang's chest exploded and shot into

and Mana stopped coming from his armor

teeth and use his life energy and Mana to recover, his entire

BANG!

sound of a loud collision reverberated throughout

Shatter had hit Susan's Mana

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

moved with imperceptible speeds, and she pointed at

saw that, his

BANG!