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.

a sense of imminent death and hastily unleashed

Ssssshhhh!

soft gust of

was the sound of Entropy consuming the

remained intact, with only

compared to

while the hall remained

was as if George had never been there, except for the fact that a part

lifted his left arm and gazed at the bloody stump.

sacrificing his hand had

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

price I have to pay,

decision to sacrifice

Without a foot, his speed would decrease, and he would

be even worse, as they produced

he might lose

be valuable enough. Thus, Shang opted to sacrifice his left hand. Moreover, the reduction in

Shang retrieved his Subsis,

CRKSSSH!

Then, he froze the Subsis

his sword, but it was still preferable

with his new stump, he focused

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

Shang remarked,

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

has its 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.

several piles of green crystals materialized in the

sense a significant surge in the density of life energy in

created this trial for future Mages," the image said, "but I also

you're here, you won't lack life energy or the effects of enhancing your