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

thing wouldn't work for the

to evade its swipe and close in, he would have to deal with the

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

each other, the tiger swiped at

his power into his

CRK!

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

previous opponents, this

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

BANG!

thrown into the distance by

a beast at the Initial General Stage, and this

to sever the arm, this wouldn't have been

a backflip in the air as

heard a

BANG!

released a Fire Blast, which shot him

moment later, the tiger

split second, Shang could see the

severed, and the bone even had some cracks on

metal surrounding its body was keeping it

to come to a stop below Shang

body spun in the air, he put his left arm on his

instant later, Shang's legs pointed at the

as they did, an explosion of Fire Mana left

BANG!

down as the tiger

moment, the tiger felt

that this attack

metal on its back expanded

sword struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

metal, and

hadn't even injured the

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

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

and his left

the last fight, which had been stored all over Shang's

around the tiger's body, and it jumped

its paws for a strike with

no opening and decided to jump back to evade the

the tiger's claws

long and sharp swords were about to strike