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.

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

body was simply not powerful enough

that, Shang changed Reflection to Refraction at the

after using Refraction, Sword began to burn with black

of black fire shot

and held his Great Sword in

TCHIIIIIIII!

wave of fire was blown apart, and a wave

apart the black energy, resulting in

Most of it.

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

vanished, and Shang felt a terrifyingly powerful force of Darkness Mana entering his body,

right

inside of him suddenly

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

Abyss Cometh, one of Susan's strongest

poison them with Darkness. Without that second component, Shang wouldn't have been able to heal his body this

had been the first time in Shang's life that he had been poisoned by pure Darkness Mana. He had theorized that he would

this only worked

would still

Shang, his sword caught on fire again and swung upward, releasing

Shang's Saber reached its peak, he immediately pulled it back

Star Shatter!

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

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

BANG!

streak destroyed

it flew past Star

CRACK!

chest, his armor exploding into

BANG!

everything below the middle of Shang's chest exploded and shot

from his armor since

grit his teeth and use his life energy

BANG!

sound of a loud collision reverberated

hit Susan's

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

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

that,

BANG!