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.

left quite a noticeable opening, which had given Shang the opportunity

same thing wouldn't work for the

to evade its swipe and close in,

arm began to release steam as

reached each other, the tiger swiped at Shang with

put his power into his sword and struck

CRK!

sword hit the 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

Shang's previous opponents, this was where the

point of impact had become

BANG!

Shang was thrown into the distance by

at the Initial General Stage, and this opponent

Shang had managed to sever the

backflip in the air as he tried to recover

Shang heard

BANG!

released a

a moment later, the

second, Shang could see

severed, and the

metal surrounding its

below Shang

Shang's body spun in the air, he put his left arm on his sword, and

pointed at the sky

an explosion of

BANG!

as the tiger turned its

that moment, the tiger felt some

this attack was

later, the metal

sword struck the

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

sheet of metal, and

even

later, all the metal the sword had touched transformed into a

attack, and it jumped back to

his left arm

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

appeared around the tiger's body, and

its paws for a strike with

there was no opening and decided to jump back to evade the

the tiger's

long and sharp swords