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.

which had given Shang the opportunity to

thing wouldn't work

close in, he would have to deal with

Shang's left arm began to release steam

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

power into his sword

CRK!

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

previous opponents, this was

had become brittle, the metal in the other places

BANG!

Shang was thrown into the distance

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

the arm, this

in the air as

Shang heard

BANG!

the ground and released a Fire Blast, which shot him into

a moment later, the tiger passed below

split second, Shang could

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

metal surrounding its body was

come to a stop below Shang since it had noticed

the air, he put his left arm on his sword, and a moment later, his

legs pointed at the sky since he was still

an explosion of Fire Mana

BANG!

body shot down as the tiger turned

the tiger felt

felt that this attack was

instant later, the metal on its

struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

nearly meter-thick sheet of metal, and

attack hadn't even injured

transformed

attack, and it jumped

steam, and his left

absorbed life energy from the last fight, which had been stored all over

coat of metal appeared around the tiger's

its paws for a strike

there was no opening and decided

that moment, the

long and sharp swords were about to strike