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.

which had given Shang the opportunity to end the

wouldn't work for the

and close in, he would

other, and Shang's left arm began to release steam as he put it

the two reached each other, the tiger

into his sword and struck the tiger's

CRK!

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 the tiger's

to all of Shang's previous opponents, this was where

the point of impact had become brittle, the metal in the other places

BANG!

time, Shang was thrown

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

sever the arm,

the air as he tried to recover his

heard

BANG!

arm at the ground and released a Fire Blast, which

later, the

split second, Shang could see

severed, and the bone even had some

surrounding its body was keeping

was trying to come to a stop below Shang since it had noticed that it had missed

air, he put his left arm on his sword,

instant later, Shang's legs pointed at the sky

they did, an explosion of

BANG!

as the tiger

moment, the

that this attack was very

the metal on its

sword struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

nearly meter-thick sheet of metal, and 80% of the

even injured

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

attack, and it jumped

steam, and his left arm had shriveled

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

coat of metal appeared around the tiger's

readied its paws for a strike

opening and decided to jump back to evade the

moment, the tiger's

long and sharp swords