Sword God in a World of Magic

"Finally done!" Shang said out loud as he fell onto his back.

'That took sooo loooong!' he thought as his mind relaxed for the first time in a very long while.

However, Shang also just couldn't stop looking at his finished work.

An intricate but very logical network of interconnected Mana pathways was now inside his body.

In comparison to the chaotic growth of natural Mana pathways, the new ones were very straight and very orderly.

Comparing the natural Mana pathways with the new ones would be like comparing the root network of a tree with a plumbing network.

One was obviously much easier to understand and orderly than the other.

Additionally, the new Mana pathway network was designed to make easy changes in the future. Shang could simply remove one and add one without needing to amend any other Mana pathways.

Of course, the old network of Mana pathways was still inside Shang's body, and he was still using it for anything that wasn't his Great Sword State.

Sadly, needing to keep both networks active at all times had weakened Shang's reserves considerably.

Just like he had predicted, Shang now only had about 50% of his earlier power.

But that didn't mean that he was weaker from a Battle-Strength perspective.

While his entire body moved slower and hit lighter, Shang's ability to accelerate and adapt to any kind of movement was insane.

Some of Shang's movements had become so bizarre that one would even think that some fundamental laws of physics just didn't apply to him.

For example, Shang could swing with all his power to his right, but in the middle of the swing, his sword suddenly moved in the opposite direction at the same speed.

It was like inertia straight up didn't exist.

The way this worked was actually the sudden explosion of Mana.

If one imagined Shang swinging at an explosive, one wouldn't be surprised when Shang's sword suddenly shot in the opposite direction after detonating the explosive.

But if one imagined the same movement without the explosive, it would seem very unnatural.

That was because the explosive force was inside Shang's arm and invisible to the eye.

Even more, since Shang's muscles didn't need to sacrifice their own power in order to achieve the density of Mana necessary to perform a powerful attack, Shang's acceleration was also insanely fast.

While the top speed of Shang's attacks was slower than before, his attacks reached their top speed multiple times faster than before.

As an example, a space rocket was faster than a bullet. If the rocket had to accelerate from zero, it would take a couple of seconds to travel a kilometer.

A bullet wouldn't need that long.

kilometers, and even if the bullet could travel that far, the bullet would

rocket was Shang's old framework, while the bullet was his new

weaker

It was just different.

important part was that this different aspect would only

when Shang reached the Fifth Realm, he would get rid of all the disadvantages of

need to fight

admiring his new Mana pathway framework, Shang stood up and concentrated on

very thing

performed a couple

used his new Mana pathways, he felt the swings

were no awkward

body had specifically been created

like he was born to attack like

sword had never felt so

It was almost magical.

almost like his sword was part

after not fighting for

it would be hard for Shang not to perform his attacks

he had to actively concentrate on performing his attacks perfectly before, the attacks now

the most comfortable

two pieces of a jigsaw puzzle clicking

like a square

a bottle

It just fit perfectly.

body

first time in a long while,

completed his True Path many years ago, and

It was just perfect.

as his sword moved almost

was now weaker, his already heavy Great

However, it simply wasn't.

fact, it was very easy

actually wasn't as slow as

it

shouldn't be possible,

to be weaker,

how could his attack be

in a trance of wonder, the world around him seemed to

feel a certain aura appear in his

It felt like… himself?

Yeah, it did.

sword again, he felt his