Sword God in a World of Magic

A Peak Mage Lord.

A Mage who surpassed Shang by an entire Realm.

Was it possible to win this fight?

No.

Even if Shang used his most powerful attack, Fate, George would only lose about 20% of his Mana.

And then what?

George could easily replenish the lost Mana, while Shang would be unable to launch further attacks.

The cost was clear.

Lucius had understood the concept of entropy by sacrificing external mana, a process that took him a long time. But what could be better than experiencing it oneself?

By experiencing the true power of Entropy, Shang could understand the feeling of fading into nothingness.

The price?

Whatever Shang needed to sacrifice from his own body to comprehend the Concept of Transformation.

That was the price.

Shang had already sacrificed 15% of his soul to Entropy, and killing George would likely require sacrificing at least another 5%.

Naturally, Shang had often contemplated what he would sacrifice next, and he knew what he had to do.

As George prepared his spells, two small black lights appeared behind Shang's bandages.

It almost seemed as if a void was peering through the bandages at George.

some reason, George felt a sense of imminent

Ssssshhhh!

gust of

Entropy consuming the spells

remained intact,

body had turned into a withered shell, but compared to the previous occasions, he could cope

disappeared while

except for the fact that

bloody stump.

his hand had

Shang thought. It had happened twice before, yet he still couldn't grow accustomed to permanently losing a part of

the price I have

had made the decision to sacrifice his left

his feet for swift movement and acceleration. Without a foot, his speed would decrease, and he

be even worse, as they

he might lose his ability to

Thus, Shang opted to sacrifice his left hand.

Shang retrieved his Subsis,

CRKSSSH!

bloody stump. Then, he froze the Subsis into place and swung

had lost some mobility and flexibility with his sword, but it was still preferable to

new stump,

had solved a few complex aspects of the Concept of Transformation, but there was still much for Shang to comprehend. The main issue was that time had passed too quickly. He hadn't had enough time

power," Shang remarked, turning to

could only sacrifice Mana without a conscious decision," Lucius' image said. "I never even attempted to sacrifice a

pros and cons," the

have sacrificed a leg to understand the Concept of Transformation faster, I would have done so. At that time,

Shang didn't respond.

moment, several piles of green

could sense a significant surge in the density of life

for future Mages," the image

lack life energy or the effects of enhancing your