Sword God in a World of Magic

And then, it started.

The long process of completely reforming his network of Mana pathways.

For now, Shang decided to keep his old network unchanged. Instead, he would add a second network connecting to the first one.

Like this, he could still use all of his attacks without having to figure out what Mana pathways he would need exactly in the future.

Then, when he understood all of his Mana pathways for all States, he would delete the old network and only use the new one.

But, for now, he would keep both.

Shang started to cast Callen's Spell. It had been several years since he had cast it the last time, and he was a bit out of practice, but it only took a couple of hours to get back into the groove.

After that, Shang started to actually change his Mana pathways.

The first time he did it, he was quite nervous. After all, one mistake could essentially cripple him permanently.

Because of that, he triple and quadruple-checked every Spell he was about to cast.

When he finished the first Spell, Shang felt a burning sensation come from his right middle finger.

At this moment, a new Mana pathway was forming inside his finger, and Shang suddenly felt like his entire body had been thrown into icy water.

Shang's right eye closed halfway.

He took deep breaths.

His shoulders sunk.

For the first time in over 60 years, Shang felt tired.

For the first time in forever, Shang wanted to sleep.

In the next couple of seconds, Shang almost stopped thinking.

SNAP!

suddenly snapped to

heat returned, and

like nothing had

at his finger, and he saw the new

Mana pathway needed so much of my Mana that I felt like I was about to die

of this tiny

with the energy reserves of my body. I can't do anything that goes beyond all the Mana inside my body. The Spell is essentially acting just like Darkness Mana poisoning. If all my

and in small bursts. I can't create an entire Mana pathway with one Spell. Luckily, I don't need to create a full one with a single Spell. I can simply create 10% of a Mana pathway and

impatient or make an error during the

like driving. Kind of easy, but

sat down and calculated his next

again, Shang

Shang's right middle finger,

time, Shang felt a bit exhausted but not tired. He felt a bit cool

far easier. Alright,

created the next Mana

And the next one.

And the next one.

of routine,

he noticed that he wasn't checking everything in detail, his right eye widened,

himself to become complacent

different from

essentially couldn't accidentally take a step back. He would always

if Shang made a mistake here, he

of time

idea how long he had been gone from the Storm Kingdom, but

on this day, Shang reached

deep breath

moment, there were innumerable disconnected pipes going

connecting directly to the trunk, one could see what Shang's body

a mess of small tubes leading nowhere

Sword State specific Mana