Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang was looking at the diagram with a bloodshot eye as he gripped his hair tight with his hands.

He was stressed.

There were so many changes that needed to be made across all the different pathways that it would essentially revert half of the changes that had been made previously.

There were so many issues that needed to be resolved, and Shang hadn't even reached the shared Mana pathways yet.

Things would only get worse from now on.

Now, Shang truly knew how incredible the Mana pathways actually were.

Sure, they weren't perfect, but they were good enough for everything.

By just changing one tiny thing, Shang had made several attacks straight-up impossible to use.

Shang had been looking at the diagram for hours now, trying to find a way to solve the current issue.

However, he was reaching his limit.

He fixed stuff here and there, but there were simply too many changes across the entire thing, and the new pathways felt completely different from the old ones.

It was like the architectural style of these pathways completely differed from the natural one of his original pathways.

After a while, Shang got distracted.

He felt like it was becoming impossible, and his mind was trying to think of a different solution.

Shang looked at the old and new diagrams again and again.

He looked back and forth.

Right now, Shang wasn't exactly thinking about anything in particular. He was just looking at stuff.

Then, Shang looked at the outer pathways, which looked a bit more orderly and straighter than the natural ones.

Shang looked where they led and scratched the top of his head.

After that, he took out a completely new diagram and began to draw the outline of his body.

he put the original and new diagrams on top of each other and marked the spots where all

on the diagram. Luckily, the magical paper could draw new stuff

seeing all the individual points, but Shang's eyesight was terrifyingly

Shang looked at the

his body and just

to draw

middle of the finger and then traveled down to the hand, where

huge pathway going through his arm, which

that for his entire body and

And he snorted.

'I would essentially need to completely recreate all my Mana pathways. Even more, during the lengthy process, I would be mostly helpless. I would only

the boost from the advancement. If I change all the Mana pathways, I might lose access to some of them permanently. It takes a lot of Mana to change

at the diagram with all

need to start here,

while, Shang stopped commenting on what he was doing in his

furrowed more and more as

do it,' Shang thought. 'I could actually

ones for my other States, I can just add new ones. After all, all my current pathways are straight like pipes, and it's not a problem to just add an additional one alongside the

as he looked

is too easy. I refuse to believe that there is no problem with that. By now, I know that the world is very good at creating Mana pathways, and if the solution were so simple,

Shang way more than just his Spell. After all, Shang also had to know how to simulate his Mana's movement before actually making the changes. Without that, Shang might build himself into a corner with no

but he eventually

he was not

there was

to bring maximum speed to every spot in my body, I have to create central pathways that are

Mana to fill, and the Mana I can have inside my body is finite at

need, my muscles would need to let go of about 50% of their Mana. Additionally, the Mana

about 50% of my physical power, making my

that I could attack far faster and with more flexibility and diversity. But due to my weakened body, the speed of my attacks would remain

as he tapped his finger on one

a while, Shang looked at where he was actually tapping and noticed that he was

remembered the image Professor Callen had

huh?' Shang

the diagram and

If any attack hit his chest, he would

head, but there was a bit of space left in his neck.

connected all the different Mana pathways to the Mana