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.

of imminent death

Ssssshhhh!

gust

sound of Entropy consuming

intact,

withered shell, but compared to the previous occasions, he could cope with this

disappeared while the hall

been there, except for the fact that a part of Shang's body was

bloody stump. He didn't

his hand had

yet he still couldn't grow accustomed to

price I have to pay,

made the decision to sacrifice

his speed would decrease, and he would likely become vulnerable to avoidable

as they produced and converted

organs, he might lose his ability to

other body parts wouldn't be valuable enough. Thus, Shang opted to sacrifice his left hand. Moreover, the reduction in Shang's battle strength wouldn't be as

Shang retrieved his Subsis,

CRKSSSH!

hilt into his bloody stump. Then, he

with his sword, but it was still preferable to losing

Shang finished experimenting with his new stump, he focused on

there was still much for Shang to comprehend. The main issue was that time had passed

Shang remarked, turning to the

decision," Lucius' image said. "I never even attempted to sacrifice

everything has its pros and cons," the image

I could have sacrificed a leg to understand the Concept of Transformation faster, I would have done so. At that time, I feared for my friends' lives and desired power above all

Shang didn't respond.

next moment, several piles of

could sense a significant surge in the density of life

for future Mages," the image said, "but I

you're here, you won't lack life energy or the