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 to

same thing wouldn't

in, he would have to deal with

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

each other, the tiger swiped at

power into his sword and

CRK!

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

comparison to all of Shang's previous opponents, this was where the sword

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

BANG!

same time, Shang was thrown into the distance by

the Initial General Stage,

the arm, this wouldn't

backflip in the air

Shang heard a

BANG!

his left arm at the ground and released a Fire Blast, which shot him into

later, the

split second, Shang could see the

part of the forearm's muscles was severed, and

its body was keeping it

to a stop below Shang since

body spun in the air, he put his left arm on his sword, and a moment later, his left arm began

Shang's legs pointed at the sky since he was

they did, an explosion of Fire Mana

BANG!

shot down as the tiger turned

moment, the tiger felt some

that this attack was very

the metal on

sword struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

of metal, and 80% of the sheet

attack hadn't even injured

sword had touched transformed into a liquid, which

Shang's attack, and it jumped back to reset

steam, and his left arm had shriveled

absorbed life energy from the last fight, which had been

of metal appeared around the tiger's body,

paws for a

no opening and decided

that moment, the tiger's

sharp swords were about to strike