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.

a noticeable opening, which had given Shang the opportunity to end

thing wouldn't work for the

its swipe and close in, he would have

of them charged at each other, and Shang's left arm began to release steam

two reached each other, the tiger swiped at Shang with its metallic

his power into his sword

CRK!

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

Shang's previous opponents, this was where

become brittle, the metal

BANG!

thrown into the distance by the tiger's

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

managed to sever the arm, this wouldn't

the air as he tried

heard a

BANG!

and released a Fire Blast, which shot him

a moment later, the tiger passed

a split second, Shang could

severed, and the bone even

its

a stop below Shang since it had

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

legs pointed at the sky since he was still

as they did, an explosion of

BANG!

body shot down as the tiger turned its head

that moment, the tiger felt some

that this

the metal

sword struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

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

attack hadn't even

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

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

and his left arm

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

metal appeared around the

its paws for a strike

there was no opening and decided to jump back

the

sharp swords were about to strike