Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang thought for a long time about everything that had happened in his life.

He got a couple of ideas, but he wasn't quite sure which one he should pick.

Some of them aimed to combine all of Shang's powers to create a single unified ability, but Shang didn't like that idea.

He felt like there were still many things he could learn, and combining them now might make it difficult to combine powers he will comprehend in the future.

Shang's next thought was about combining his states, but that also wasn't possible since he had already combined all the states he had ever used.

For Shang, this wasn't about finding a way forward. After all, he had already done that so many times that it wasn't a problem anymore.

It was choice.

Choice was the problem.

Shang knew what he could do, but he wasn't sure which Path the best one was for him.

After thinking up several possibilities, Shang decided to resume physical training, and he summoned several Abomination Lords.

For starters, Shang only fought about 15 of them at the same time.

Void Break and Sword Focus made it rather easy for Shang to defend from their attacks. After all, his body was even more powerful and faster than theirs.

If there weren't so many enemies, Shang wouldn't even need to use any finesse or techniques.

Shang only had some problems when he was fighting 20 of them simultaneously, but it only became really troublesome at 25.

Shang decided to push himself and settled for fighting 28 Peak Abomination Lords.

already more than

and more intense, and Shang quickly noticed where his

the beginning, it had been

had been

now, it

the absolute peak. Just a little more speed

keep up with all the Abomination Lords without issues, and Shang also had

was instantaneous and since it strengthened World Connection, Shang could use it to slow and delay several of the

arm, his mind was blocking and

sword always only barely arrived in time to block, and most of the time, Shang very awkwardly used his

it hit the enemy's attack. The sword essentially didn't even get a real attack off and had to block

something that was only ten centimeters

hit the weak

extremely awkward

took more time to reorient. As a comparison, swinging an outstretched arm from side to

BANG!

and he just punched the Abomination's claw with his

sword wouldn't have been fast enough to

Shang's body was stronger than the Abomination's body,

thing with the next three attacks, and he suddenly noticed that he had more time than usual for

that moment, Shang felt like he was getting closer to what he wanted, and he started to think about the fight while his instincts were

Shang thought. 'I

a battle since they only considered

arms. A kick to the torso or legs could be devastating when

returned to only using his sword again since his body wasn't useful

only be hurt by Shang's sword, and if he blocked their attacks with his body, he would be

had plenty of