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 end the

thing wouldn't

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

and Shang's left arm began to release

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

put his power into his sword and struck the tiger's

CRK!

Ice Mana inside it exploded forward. The metal around the tiger's arm became

in comparison to all of Shang's previous

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

BANG!

thrown into

weaker than a beast at the Initial General

the arm, this

did a backflip in the air as he tried

Shang heard a

BANG!

and released a Fire Blast, which shot him into

moment later, the

a split second, Shang could

muscles was severed, and the

metal surrounding its body

tiger was trying to come to a stop below Shang since it had noticed that it had

he put his left arm on his sword, and a moment

pointed at the

they did, an explosion of Fire Mana

BANG!

body shot down as the tiger turned its

the tiger felt some

this

the metal

sword struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

tiger's back was a nearly meter-thick sheet of metal, and 80% of the

attack hadn't even

transformed into a liquid, which was quickly absorbed by Shang's

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

his left arm

energy from the last fight, which

appeared around the tiger's body, and it jumped toward

its paws for a strike with

there was no opening and decided to

that moment, the tiger's claws

sharp swords were about to