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.

had left quite a noticeable opening, which

same thing wouldn't work

close in, he would

each other, and Shang's left arm began to release

the tiger swiped

put his power into his sword and struck the tiger's

CRK!

hit the tiger's forearm, and the Ice Mana inside it exploded forward. The metal around the tiger's arm became brittle, and Shang's sword reached the bone of

previous opponents, this was where the

become brittle, the metal in the other places hadn't

BANG!

the same time, Shang was thrown into the distance by the

than a beast at the Initial General Stage, and this opponent

sever the arm, this wouldn't have been an

body did a backflip in the air as he tried to

heard

BANG!

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

the tiger

a split second, Shang could see the

forearm's muscles was severed, and the bone even had some

surrounding its body

a stop below Shang since

put his left arm on his sword, and a moment later, his left arm began

pointed at the sky since

explosion of

BANG!

body shot down as the

that moment, the tiger felt

this attack

later, the metal on its back expanded

struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

of metal, and 80% of the sheet had been

hadn't even

had touched transformed into a liquid,

attack, and it

his left arm had

remaining absorbed life energy from the last fight, which had been stored all over Shang's body, quickly healed

the tiger's body,

paws for

and

that moment, the tiger's

long and sharp swords were about to