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.

quite a noticeable opening, which had given Shang the

thing wouldn't

swipe and close in,

arm began to release steam as he put it on

each other, the tiger swiped at Shang with its

power into his sword and

CRK!

the Ice Mana inside it exploded forward. The metal around the tiger's arm became brittle, and

to all of Shang's previous opponents, this was

point of impact had become brittle, the

BANG!

thrown into the distance by

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

sever the arm, this wouldn't

backflip in the air as he tried

Shang heard a

BANG!

his left arm at the ground and released a Fire Blast, which

moment later, the tiger passed below

split second, Shang could see the tiger's injured

was severed, and the

its body was

a stop below Shang

his left arm on his sword, and a moment

Shang's legs pointed at the sky since he was

explosion of Fire Mana

BANG!

down as the tiger turned its head

the

this attack

the metal on its back expanded

sword struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

meter-thick sheet of metal, and 80% of the sheet had been bisected by a

hadn't even injured the

the metal the sword had touched transformed into a liquid, which was quickly absorbed by

tiger had already stopped Shang's attack, and it jumped

his left arm

remaining absorbed life energy from the last fight, which had been stored all

appeared around the tiger's body, and it jumped

readied its paws for a

there was no opening and decided to jump back to

moment, the

and sharp swords were