Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang didn't hesitate for long. "Okay," he said.

The Sweeper nodded. "The Ancestral Beasts don't dare to fight too much. They can all feel the power of the Eternal Maw in the distance, and they fear that they might attract its attention by fighting."

"The Archbeasts don't mind too much since they know that they won't attract the attention of the Eternal Maw. You might have to fight some Archbeasts, but you should be powerful enough to deal with most of them."

"If any of them prove to be too powerful, simply come back to my Spirit Sense, and I will deal with them for you. You should be able to survive for a while with Mana Step and Mana Shield," the Sweeper said.

Shang only nodded.

"I'll be waiting here," the Sweeper said.

Without saying anything further, Shang flew towards the east.

Thanks to his huge Spirit Sense, he could avoid nearly all the powerful Archbeasts without any problems. Sure, he entered plenty of Spirit Senses of Ancestral Beasts, but just like the Sweeper said, they only quietly remained in their spots.

Additionally, Shang was still wearing the cloak the Sweeper had given him, which helped him even more in staying hidden.

Shang continued traveling for a couple of minutes. Since he didn't need to avoid every single beast, he didn't need to zigzag around and could just go toward the east in a straight line.

By now, the Sweeper was no longer in Shang's Spirit Sense.

The world around Shang became browner as fewer and fewer plants appeared. The Ancestral Beasts also became fewer and fewer.

But the number of Archbeasts actually shot up.

While the Ancestral Beasts had to be careful, the Archbeasts didn't, and Shang could see more and more.

'Not there yet,' Shang thought as he continued.

Suddenly, Shang's instincts began screaming at him.

Shang couldn't see any beast that was attacking him, but he felt like he was under attack.

realized that he was being attacked by one of those beasts that could hide from

extremely good at looking through that kind

kind of attack coming his way,

to the ground,

anymore, it didn't mean that

a greater Spirit Sense,

at this moment, and Shang didn't want to show his true power or

and shot toward the direction where Shang was pointing

CRR!

something and was blocked, allowing Shang to perceive the attacker simply by looking at where the Mana couldn't

a huge snake, nearly

obviously humongous, but for an Archbeast,

big, and Archbeasts were mainly between 200 and 500 meters long. 200 meters was the

had already expected that. These kinds of ambush hunters

widely

that fast,

'Shouldn't be a problem.'

the snake gathered in front of Shang's hand in an instant. The Mana was so fast that it seemed like time and space didn't

shoved his

BANG!

air. It was like it

hadn't been injured, but its charge

to compress the

World Connection was of a higher Realm than the Archbeast. The Early Archbeast couldn't compare to Shang's

snake hit the invisible shield, Shang pulled his right

Then, he chopped.

Mana in the surroundings gathered on Shang's hand and slashed forward

CRACK! BANG!

the snake's scales and threw it into the brown ground. By now, there were nearly no trees around,

the spot where the

died, but Shang knew

this was a beast a level above him. While his World Connection was very powerful, he couldn't just kill a beast above