[{"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-458":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},1491943,1940,"458 Chapter 458","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-458",458,"\u003Cp>The Serpent was now in Shang's domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as it realized that its body temperature was dropping, the humongous ball of lightning expanded to envelop the Serpent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It absorbed parts of its own lightning to keep itself warm while also making it more difficult for the opponent to hit it through all the lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang quickly saw his opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifyingly cold wind gathered on his Great Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, he slashed forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like Shang would miss, but at the last moment, the length of his Sword grew by several times!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A humongous and icy edge formed in front of Shang's Sword!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The icy edge entered the ball of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WHOOSH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the attack missed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ball of lightning had canceled out the Ice Mana inside the icy edge, dispersing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the ball of lightning also shrank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, part of the Serpent's body was revealed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More Ice Mana gathered on the Great Sword, and Shang slashed forward again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The icy edge hit the scales and exploded!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the strength of the icy edge wasn't its hardness but its unreasonable sharpness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it shattered immediately, it still left behind a terrifying cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that wasn't even everything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The splinters of ice exploded in all directions, but nearly half of them exploded right into the cut the icy edge had just made!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The splinters were just as sharp as the icy edge and lodged themselves inside the Serpent's flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just moments later, they all dispersed into seemingly nothing. Of course, Mana didn't just vanish without using Entropy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the splinters transformed into Ice Mana and entered the Serpent's body, freezing it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sizable chunk of the Serpent's body was now completely frozen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was another one of Shang's new techniques in his Great Sword State.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its goal was to leave a superficial injury on a target with terrifying defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the hit part would cool down significantly and freeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang called this attack Frostbite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the Serpent realized that it was in a truly life-threatening situation, and it acted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A huge portion of the ball of lightning exploded, bathing the surroundings in a terrifying wave of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, an equally terrifying mass of Ice Mana gathered in front of Shang, canceling out the lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his domain, and he could use all the Ice Mana in here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the Serpent's attack still showed some effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The area of New Moon around the two of them shrunk by a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, it had been two kilometers wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it was only one kilometer wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Shang hadn't controlled New Moon to slightly expand to let the lightning disperse into the surroundings, it would have been broken completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, after the expansion, Shang contracted New Moon again to restore the previous density.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, Shang could see that the lightning ball had shrunk even more. Even if the Serpent tried its best, it couldn't hide its full body inside of it anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Serpent's goal had to be to throw the opponent away and to get rid of the icy domain, but it had accomplished none of that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it realized that even this attack had been useless, it decided on the next best thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would escape the domain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Serpent and the lightning ball moved away from Shang in an effort to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang quickly shot after them…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And New Moon followed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang was the core of New Moon, and it would be wherever he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Shang saw his opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang willed New Moon to use a lot of its power to slow down the Serpent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifying cold wind picked up in front of the Serpent, and it felt its head beginning to freeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of that, it was pushed back!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ball of lightning quickly went in front of the Serpent's head, blocking the cold wind and dispersing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the ball of lightning was also shrinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, Shang arrived at the frozen part of the Serpent's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More Ice Mana had already gathered on his Great Sword, and it had changed its shape once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had become longer again, but this time, there was no emphasis on the edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only an icy and sharp pillar that ended in a terrifyingly thin and long point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, Shang stabbed forward, right at the frozen part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thin point hit the frozen part of the Serpent's body and completely buried itself inside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frostbite used extremely sharp but brittle ice, but this technique did exactly the opposite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was not much sharpness to the ice, but it was very tough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the needle-like Sword punched through the icy exterior, all the Ice Mana gathered onto its tip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, it exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The frozen part of the Serpent exploded off, and the splinters scattered everywhere!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood exploded out of the Serpent's body as nearly half the width of that portion of its body had now also vanished!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hole was just as big as the one the wave of black fire had left behind!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was another one of Shang's new techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frostbite was responsible for breaking the opponent's defense, freezing part of its body, and creating a weak point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, this attack would follow next and completely destroy that part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang called this attack Piercing Cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frostbite and Piercing Cold had been designed to be used in alternating order to deal with beasts that had powerful defensive powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Sword State had been designed to deal with the powerful defenses of the beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the parts of the Serpent's frozen body scattered across the surroundings, they suddenly started to vanish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, New Moon grew bigger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had converted the frozen parts into Ice Mana!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>New Moon made Frostbite more powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frostbite made Piercing Cold more powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Piercing Cold made New Moon more powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a positive feedback loop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only drawback was that Shang couldn't absorb these parts for more life energy with Darkness Absorb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the Serpent grew desperate, and it decided to sacrifice the entire ball of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire ball contracted for an instant and exploded into the surroundings, consuming everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Shang had already seen that move coming, and he had prepared himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when the ball of lightning had contracted, Shang had willed for all of New Moon to gather around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifying nova of lightning scattered across the horizon, growing weaker and weaker the further it traveled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the power was very dispersed, and there was actually nothing that stopped it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ice Mana had already vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spot where Shang was standing was surrounded by all the gathered power of New Moon, easily resisting the dispersed power of the lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the wave of lightning passed, Shang saw the Serpent fleeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he didn't attack now, it would escape and prepare another ball of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Shang could also feel that the Serpent was in a panic, and he knew that now was his best shot at dealing a devastating blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the Ice Mana gathered inside the Great Sword in an instant, and it grew to a terrifying size in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sword was now hundreds of meters long!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, it was still somewhat easy for Shang to swing it. The ice he had used to create this edge was brittle, weak, and light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang had already lowered his Great Sword earlier, and now, he was prepared to slash upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he did just that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like a normal attack, but nothing could be further from the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the power of New Moon had been gathered to create this gigantic sword, and all of that was for one purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To deliver destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Serpent used its Spirit Sense and saw that a weak but humongous edge was slashing toward it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It knew that it wouldn't be able to evade since the tip of the sword was moving at insane speeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the Serpent realized that its life was over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the attack looked weak, its instincts were screaming at it to evade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the attack hit the middle of the Serpent's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tip of the Sword shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black sun appeared on that spot and exploded, consuming the surrounding 50 meters in black fire!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the ice, Sword had released Entropy and had pushed it into the icy edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword could control Entropy to some degree, and it could keep its explosive power docile while inside the icy edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as soon as the icy edge broke, all the accumulated and pressurized power of Entropy would explode forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever the icy edge broke would be the place where Entropy would also explode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black sun raged about 200 meters away from Shang for over two seconds, illuminating the surroundings in a weird, black light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Shang's last new technique in his Great Sword State, and it symbolized a transition to the Saber State.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>New Moon vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold receded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Dawn arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after a night of terrifying cold, the following day wouldn't be warm and pleasant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would follow would be a barrage of cosmic destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There would be Shooting Stars, Hidden Suns, and Inferno.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it would all culminate in the destruction of the very thing that gave everything light and life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Star would Shatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Darkness would arrive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were three of the four States of Shang's sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The day would begin with bright and illusory light, and it would culminate in Dusk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night would arrive with a cold moon and an avalanche of icy death, and it would culminate in Dawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The new day would begin with a barrage of cosmic destruction, and it would culminate in the Star Shattering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, only Darkness would remain.\u003C\u002Fp>",1657,"2026-06-06T04:07:02.167Z",1,"novelbin.me","e6e5a5def3b6db6303f9bd7f8dfff4df00d63c8b69b786dd91cf9ee72c847618","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-459","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-457",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]