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.

ape's attack had left quite a noticeable opening, which had given Shang the opportunity to end the fight

same thing wouldn't work

in, he would have to deal with the tiger's

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

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

his power into his sword and struck the

CRK!

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 Shang's previous opponents, this was where the

impact had become brittle, the

BANG!

thrown into the distance by the

weaker than a beast at the Initial General Stage, and

managed to sever the arm, this

body did a backflip in the air as he tried to recover his

Shang heard a

BANG!

left arm at the ground and released

a moment later, the tiger passed below

second, Shang could see the tiger's

muscles was severed, and

the metal surrounding its body was

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

left arm on his sword, and a moment

at the sky

explosion

BANG!

down as the tiger turned its

the tiger felt some

that this attack

instant later, the metal on

struck the

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

metal, and 80% of the sheet had

even injured the

the metal the sword had touched transformed into a

tiger had already stopped Shang's attack,

released steam, and his left arm

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

appeared around the tiger's

paws for a strike with its

opening and decided to jump

moment, the tiger's claws

and sharp swords were about to strike