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.

a noticeable opening, which had given Shang the opportunity to end the fight

wouldn't work for the

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

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

reached each other, the tiger swiped at Shang

into his

CRK!

inside it exploded forward. The metal around the tiger's arm became brittle, and Shang's sword reached the bone

all of Shang's previous opponents, this was where

become brittle,

BANG!

the same time, Shang was thrown into the distance

weaker than a beast at the Initial General

managed to sever the arm, this wouldn't have been an

a backflip in the air

heard

BANG!

arm at the ground and released a

the tiger

a split second, Shang could see the tiger's injured

huge part of the forearm's muscles was severed, and the bone even

metal surrounding its

stop below Shang since it had

arm on

pointed at the

explosion

BANG!

down as the

moment, the tiger

this attack was very

later, the metal on its

struck the

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

was a nearly meter-thick sheet of metal, and 80%

hadn't even injured the

all the metal the sword had touched transformed

had already stopped Shang's attack, and it

legs released steam, and his left arm had

from the last fight, which had

the

its paws for a

was no opening and decided to jump back to evade the

that moment, the tiger's claws

swords were about to strike