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 end the

thing wouldn't work for

swipe and close in,

them charged at each other, and Shang's left arm

the two reached each other, the tiger swiped

power into his sword and struck the

CRK!

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

of Shang's previous

of impact had become brittle, the

BANG!

the same time, Shang was thrown into the distance by the

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

the arm, this wouldn't have been an

the air as he

Shang heard

BANG!

pointed his left arm at the ground and released a Fire

later, the tiger

Shang could see the

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

the metal surrounding its body

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

on his sword, and a moment later, his left arm

instant later, Shang's legs pointed at the

they did, an explosion of

BANG!

the tiger turned

the tiger felt some

that this attack was

instant later, the metal on

sword struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

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

hadn't even

the sword had touched transformed into a liquid,

attack, and it

his

the remaining absorbed life energy from the last fight, which had

the tiger's body,

readied its paws for a

there was no opening and decided to jump back to evade

that moment, the tiger's

long and sharp swords were about