[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic":3,"chapter-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-457":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Sword God in a World of Magic",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1491942,1940,"457 Chapter 457","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-457",457,"\u003Cp>Yet, when Shang saw the insanely powerful lightning beam, he wasn't worried in any way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Seems like I won't be able to use Dusk against the Serpent.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Shang's Colossal Sword was already in a blocking position, and that position was just perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only angled it a bit more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But I didn't expect to use Dusk anyway.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Luckily, I thought of this possibility.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WHOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a terrifying amount of light gathered around the Colossal Sword, and it all went to the same point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang's body atrophied tremendously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just used up basically all of his life energy, and he quickly converted about 80% of his Mana into more life energy, making his body instantly healthy again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the overcharged life energy from absorbing the hedgehog, Shang had essentially used 150% of his maximum life energy just now, which was an insane amount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, that meant that Shang wouldn't be able to use Brilliance again as long as he didn't want to fight as a nearly lifeless husk for the rest of the battle. That essentially meant that he couldn't use Dusk. Without Brilliance, Dusk could easily be evaded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the pure beam of lightning hit the Colossal Sword at the exact point where all the light had gathered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>DING!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a humongous wave of light exploded out of the Colossal Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For just an instant, the beam of lightning seemed to pause in front of the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, Shang pushed forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lightning beam shot at the Serpent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Serpent hadn't been prepared for such a fast and powerful attack right after it had unleashed its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could barely move part of its body to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beam of lightning tore through half the width of the Serpent, leaving a humongous burned hole behind!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Serpent hadn't moved to the side by a bit, it would have been blasted into two pieces!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, the lightning traveled across its body, severely burning it in several places before it finally used up its power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, even worse was the fact that the Serpent's body had seized, making it unable to act for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Shang's alternative to Dusk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If an enemy used a truly powerful energy-based attack, Shang could use this technique to severely injure or even kill them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, depending on the power of the attack, this technique could possibly become even more costly than Brilliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the light-themed names for all the techniques in the Colossal Sword State, the name of this attack came naturally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reflection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Refraction and Reflection were the two attacks Shang had developed to close the distance between him and enemy Mages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Refraction was cheap to use and could disperse energy-based attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reflection was very expensive and could reflect energy-based attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sadly, these two attacks were only useful against Fire, Lightning, Light, Darkness, and some Wind Affinity Spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth, Water, Ice, and Metal Spells weren't affected by these attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that also wasn't an issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang could just parry those attacks and redirect them. After all, they were simply a mass of matter that was thrown at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang continued charging at the Serpent, who was still unable to act due to its lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before Shang even reached the Serpent, he had already swung his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WHOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black fire gathered around the sword, and he slashed forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a wave of black fire shot directly at the injured part of the Serpent's body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This attack wasn't nearly as strong as Dusk or even Star Shatter, but it would, at least, make use of Sword's Entropy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the Serpent regained a bit of its control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WHOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A humongous wave of lightning shot right at the wave of black flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Serpent's current state, it couldn't rely on its ability to aim. So, it decided to use a huge attack to block Shang's attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just an instant, the wave of black fire cut through the wave of lightning, but it had shrunk by quite a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Serpent barely managed to move part of its body to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the attack hit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sadly, the attack didn't manage to hit the already injured part of the Serpent, but a healthy part just beside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A humongous cut appeared on that part, several meters deep!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood exploded out of it, but the Serpent was still in fighting condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was injured heavily, but it could still fight and survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And, finally, Shang reached it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had closed the distance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Shang was no longer carrying his Colossal Sword but his Great Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Shang did something that no one would have expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire body exploded with a humongous amount of fire!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The explosion of fire was so powerful that even half of the Serpent's body was pushed away, right into the humongous ball of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the Serpent was the controller of this ball of lightning, which meant that it didn't receive any injuries, but the fact that such a massive beast was thrown back by an explosion of fire already showed how powerful that explosion was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sadly, the power was dispersed, and the scales facing Shang only became slightly seared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Serpent didn't get injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, that hadn't been the point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the fire vanished, Shang's body was revealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a deep blue, and he looked almost like an icy statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his right eye shone with a fire of determination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, Shang swung his Great Sword from one side to the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WHOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifying amount of Ice Mana was released!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, surprisingly, it didn't interact with the ball of lightning or the Serpent in any way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was almost like the Ice Mana was released into the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Shang's body exploded with blood, and he had to use the remainder of his Mana to fix it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no more Mana, which meant that any injury he would receive now would stay for the remainder of the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But all of this was worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ice Mana surrounded the surrounding two kilometers, with Shang and the Serpent being in the middle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifyingly cold wind picked up, and the Serpent felt its body temperature drop rapidly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the light inside the domain of ice vanished, leaving only a cold, dead, and dark wasteland of icy death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Serpent had prepared its ball of lightning to unleash attacks faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had transformed its internal storage of Mana into an external one to get rid of one step to conjure an attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, Shang had done the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body temperature was also dropping rapidly, and this was just what he wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this land of icy death, he could release all of his accumulated power without needing to worry about where to Blast with his Fire Blast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang had prepared the battlefield, and he had transformed it into an advantageous one for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold temperatures benefited him and hindered his opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang only used this specific technique against beasts since they couldn't use Mana Step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mages could just release a couple of Mana Steps and escape the domain, but beasts couldn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant that the beasts would be stuck in this domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the technique that prepared Shang for an unending assault in his Great Sword State.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything around him would transform into a dark wasteland of icy death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He called it New Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>",1257,"2026-06-06T04:07:02.167Z",1,"novelbin.me","e7476b3769ec9c049f62c2390d9095585e31705cf05f3e537003a8ea40e8c6d3","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-458","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-456",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]