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

thing wouldn't work

evade its swipe and close in,

other, and Shang's left arm began

other, the tiger swiped at Shang

into his sword

CRK!

the Ice Mana inside it exploded forward. The metal

all of Shang's previous opponents, this was where

the point of impact had become brittle, the metal in the other places hadn't

BANG!

same time, Shang was thrown into the distance by the tiger's

weaker than a beast at the Initial General

to sever the arm,

body did a backflip in the air as he

Shang heard

BANG!

at the ground and released a Fire Blast, which

the

a split second, Shang could

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

its body was keeping it

was trying to come to a stop below Shang since it

air, he put his left arm on his sword,

at the sky since he was still

they did, an explosion of

BANG!

shot down as the tiger turned its

moment, the tiger felt

this attack was

the metal on its back

struck the

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

back was a nearly meter-thick sheet of metal, and 80%

hadn't even injured

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

stopped Shang's attack, and it jumped

steam, and his left arm

energy from the last fight, which had been stored all

new coat of metal appeared around the

readied its paws for a strike with its

there was no opening and decided to

moment, the

and sharp swords were about