[{"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-992":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},1492677,1940,"Chapter 992  992 - Wider Universe","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-992",992,"\u003Cp>Wester unleashed several Spells, but Shang just kept dealing with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Wester used energy-based attacks, Shang just used his Domain of Entropy and blocked them with several swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Wester used physical attacks, Shang just used his body, Void Break, and Sword Focus to parry them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Wester used Domains, Shang just canceled their effect with his own Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What else could Wester do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn't much left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wester kept attacking him, Shang kept accelerating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the beginning, Wester was faster than Shang, but when Shang started to use Void Break and Sword Focus, Wester became slower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when Shang used his Concepts to increase his speed even more, Wester couldn't retreat anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would need to use Mana Step, but Mana Step cost a terrifying amount of Mana!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was when Wester got an idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Shang came close, Wester readied his most powerful Spell again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this distance, Shang wouldn't be able to block the Spell with his swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was simply too fast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Shang arrived in front of Wester, he moved his tentacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Wester was about to unleash his Spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a single instant, over 30 swords hit Wester's Mana Shield!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more, all of these swords used extremely advanced and terrifying techniques specific to the kind of sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, Shang had easily comprehended Impose for all of these swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sables moved in graceful arcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sabers moved with aggression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The huge swords unleashed terrifying power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small swords unleashed several attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rapiers stabbed forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Shang's body supported all of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang's tentacles had been made to unleash just as much power as when he used an arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just an instant, Wester was hit by every kind of sword imaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a meat grinder!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when Wester tried to unleash his Spells, he realized something that chilled him to the core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't have enough Mana left to finish the Spell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, Wester's Mana Shield broke under Shang's Domain of Entropy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, Shang's thinnest tentacle moved forward and wound itself around Wester's neck, keeping him from falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another tentacle just slapped Wester's Focus to the side, destroying it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This hadn't even been a fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer power of Shang's body was ridiculous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I no longer have a human body, Wester,\" Shang said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can barely win against an Abomination King as you are, and compared to Abomination Kings, I actually know how to fight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trying to kill me with just a four-level advantage is akin to suicide.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wester just looked with anger and spite at Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You weren't this powerful earlier!\" he shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang smirked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because, back then, I was still a human.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Shang moved Wester so that he faced Aterium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look one last time at the world, Wester. In the future-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoops,\" Shang said as he saw Wester's head fall off his body. \"Sorry, squeezed too hard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within seconds, Wester's perception vanished, and he died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, you would've died soon anyway,\" Shang shouted after the falling head. \"Don't take it to heart, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, Wester's head appeared beside Shang, and Shang just looked into the dead eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow, this scene reminded Shang of the end of his first trial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God had done something similar back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Except that I was still alive back then,\" Shang said. \"I don't have God's power yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, Shang looked up at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wonder, was Lucius that powerful back then?\" Shang asked with a smirk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Shang didn't receive an answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I hope you're looking forward to our battle in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I sure am.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a couple of seconds, Shang took out his pin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gregorio, it seems like Wester has fallen ill. He can't come to work tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you wish the roles were reversed?\" Shang asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There was never a going back,\" Gregorio answered with a helpless sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shang, I have felt your power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not of this world anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Abaddon's power is still of this world. His power might represent the peak, but it is still part of this world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yours isn't.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I knew from the very beginning that you would win.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh?\" Shang uttered with a grin. \"Then why did you let him come to me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn't want to kill my friend,\" Gregorio said. \"He was a danger to our plans, but I still didn't want to kill him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he simply did nothing for his remaining 15,000 years or so, I would have happily let him be. Receiving a peaceful end was the last I could have given him for the long service he had provided.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang heard a sigh come through the pin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But he just couldn't help himself investigating. If he had simply ignored the Mana disturbance, nothing would have happened\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sadly, Wester was too principled.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And I guess that was why I had such a high opinion of him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sflence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shang, it's important that you know that I genuinely anticipated that you would win. I am honest when I say that I didn't want Wester to win this fight and that I fully support you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We've been in this together for around 20,000 years now, and I will not betray you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My only wish is to leave the world and visit the greater worlds. You told me that Earth had something like a universe. If Aterium has something similar, I want to see it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to see people that can destroy a world with a sneeze.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to see beasts bigger than the entirety of Aterium.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to see mountains that are so high that I can't even climb them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to feel young again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to experience and discover the wider universe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you need to consume or destroy Aterium for that. so be it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But Shang, if there is a way to let Aterium survive, please consider it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yet, even if there isn't, I will follow you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Shang listened to Gregorio's speech, he couldn't help smirking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Indecisiveness is a bad trait, Gregorio,' Shang thought\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'However, I believe you.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Since you didn't intend to kill me, we can still work together.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm glad to hear that,\" Shang answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But don't try anything else!'\u003C\u002Fp>",1044,"2026-06-06T04:07:26.031Z",1,"novelbin.me","5386f2d2182daa5cd1a9324574ccaa1dde0d6e7f6604ea32ac645a98372f9c2e","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-993","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-991",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]