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.

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

thing wouldn't work

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

Shang's left arm began

other, the tiger swiped at Shang

power into his sword and struck the

CRK!

sword hit the tiger's forearm, and the Ice Mana inside it exploded forward. The metal around the tiger's arm

Shang's previous opponents, this

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

BANG!

was thrown

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

had managed to sever the arm,

in the air as he

heard

BANG!

his left arm at the ground and released a Fire

the tiger

second, Shang could see the tiger's

severed, and the bone

metal surrounding its body was keeping it

a stop below Shang since it had noticed that it

his left arm on his

instant later, Shang's legs pointed at the sky since he

an explosion of Fire

BANG!

body shot down as the tiger turned its

the tiger

that this

metal on its back expanded

sword struck the

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

of metal,

even injured

the metal the sword had touched transformed into a liquid,

tiger had already stopped Shang's attack,

legs released steam, and his left

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

new coat of metal appeared around the tiger's body, and

readied its paws for a

that there was no opening and decided to jump back

the tiger's claws

and sharp swords were about