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.

couldn't muster enough Mana and life energy to make it

was simply not powerful enough to reflect

changed Reflection

using Refraction, Sword began to burn with black fire, and Shang swung

of black fire

and held his Great Sword in front of

TCHIIIIIIII!

blown apart, and a

in front of a blowtorch, Sword cut apart

Most of it.

State wasn't as wide as the Colossal Sword State, the sides of the blast still hit Shang's shoulders and parts of his torso

a terrifyingly powerful force of Darkness Mana entering his body, consuming his

right

of him suddenly transformed

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

one

it 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 able to heal his

had been the 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 of Darkness Mana into

only worked on

would still

wave of darkness passed Shang, his sword caught on

reached its peak, he immediately pulled it back and threw it

Star Shatter!

next attack,

his Saber, he immediately released three Blasts

BANG!

destroyed the wave of

it flew past

CRACK!

Shang's chest, his armor exploding

BANG!

middle of Shang's chest exploded and

healing water and Mana stopped coming from his

use his life energy and Mana

BANG!

a loud collision reverberated throughout the

had hit Susan's Mana

of her Mana vanish, she frowned and looked at the Long Sword touching

fingers moved with imperceptible speeds, and she pointed at Sword with two

saw that,

BANG!