Sword God in a World of Magic

The jester had been watching Shang with interest.

Almost everyone only experienced death once, and they never had an opportunity to think back to how it was to die.

Nearly dying and being in the process of dying were very different from actually dying.

Some people would gain the opportunity to feel how it was to come close to death, but they weren't allowed to actually touch it.

But there still were ways to comprehend the level four Concept of Death.

For example, the Death Empress had once put herself into a coma for over a thousand years, which was about as close to death as one could get.

One wouldn't be able to experience the world or think about one's decision while one was lying in a coma.

Everything only happened after.

It was interesting to see someone actually experience death and have the opportunity to reflect on it.

"Sure," the God said as the Affinity Wheel spun again.

Shang didn't move or say anything as he waited for the Affinity Wheel to stop.

When it finally stopped, he simply used Void Break and unleashed Missile.

In an instant, the Mage had been killed.

Shang reloaded his swords and waited for the next fight.

BANG!

More waiting.

BANG!

More waiting.

BANG!

More waiting.

BANG!

More waiting.

BANG!

More waiting.

BANG!

More waiting.

then, Shang actually had to

next level was the

attack was powerful enough to break their Mana Shield in one strike, but it was slow enough that an

used up the Mana in his Subsis to create a vast corridor

insane speeds and

of metal, but Shang vanished and reappeared to the

later, and

for the Affinity Wheel

ten: Weak Late Ancestral

bell rang, Shang released another corridor of

of powerful Spells, waiting for Shang to arrive in front of

BOOOOOOOM!

died as Meteor

wasn't powerful enough to get through a Late Ancestral Mage's Mana Shield in one

was quite a bit slower, but the opponent wasn't

the Affinity

between the Mages were far greater

Mage was about as easy as killing a weak Late Ancestral Beast, but

eleven: Average Late

and Shang shot toward them after

Shang side-stepped them without too much

BANG!

Needle, but it didn't deal

quite dangerous and used Mana

absorbed the corridor of darkness with Void Break

but then Shang suddenly disappeared and reappeared

forward, and Missile

the attack was powerful but

his opponent with a

Missile hit.

CRACK!

Mana Shield, and the Mage's body was blown

later, the Mana

ran out of Mana, but this one dispersed

meant that the Mage hadn't actually been

bit later, Shang began to age and fell to the ground as a half-dead

had used Needle earlier, he had loaded it with Death Mana using

and destroy the Mana in front of it, he essentially infused it into the