Sword God in a World of Magic

The wheel slowed down and eventually stopped on Shang's next opponent.

It was the image of a smug, silver, cyborg-tiger. Its outer casing was shining brightly.

A moment later, Shang's opponent appeared in the distance.

It was a silver tiger, nearly two meters high.

That was about it.

There was nothing fancy or special about its appearance.

However, this didn't mean that it was weak. After all, the trial had obviously judged this tiger to be quite powerful.

'Tigers have devastating offensive powers, and they are quite fast. Usually, their defense would be their weak point. However…'

The jester slowly lifted his hammer and hit the bell.

At that moment, the tiger noticed Shang.

The tiger looked at Shang for three seconds.

Shang wasn't sure what the tiger was thinking, but he could swear he could feel some disdain building inside the tiger.

Then, the tiger's lips parted as it showed its teeth.

BANG!

And it exploded forward.

'This doesn't make much sense,' Shang thought as he saw the approaching tiger. 'If it had perceived me as a threat, it would have immediately shown a reaction.'

'But it also doesn't make any sense that it looks at me like I'm beneath it. After all, if I were beneath it, it would have ignored me or simply intimidated me into leaving.'

'Instead, it waited for several seconds before attacking me.'

BANG!

As the tiger took another step, its body began to shine.

In only a single second, its entire body became coated with metal.

Even more, its speed hadn't decreased, even though this much metal had to weigh several tons.

'Sure enough, a normal tiger wouldn't be powerful enough to count as one of the more powerful beasts,' Shang thought as he readied himself.

BANG!

And Shang also charged forward.

attack had left quite a noticeable opening, which had given Shang the

wouldn't work for the

close in,

left arm began to release steam as he

reached each other, the tiger swiped

his power into his sword and struck

CRK!

Mana inside it exploded forward. The metal around the

in comparison to all of Shang's previous opponents, this was

of impact had become brittle, the metal in the other

BANG!

Shang was thrown into

the Initial General Stage, and this opponent was at the Early

sever the

a backflip in the air as

Shang heard

BANG!

released a Fire Blast, which shot him into the

moment later, the tiger

second, Shang could see

was severed, and the bone

metal surrounding its body

come to a stop below Shang since it had noticed that it

on his sword, and

later, Shang's legs pointed at the

they did, an explosion of

BANG!

as the tiger turned its head to

the tiger

that this attack

instant later, the metal on its

struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

nearly meter-thick sheet of metal, and

hadn't even injured

transformed into a liquid, which

tiger had already stopped Shang's attack, and

and his left arm

last fight, which had been stored all over Shang's body, quickly

new coat of metal appeared around the tiger's body, and it jumped toward

its paws for a strike with its

that there was no opening and decided

moment, the tiger's

sharp swords were about to strike