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.

attack had left quite a noticeable opening, which had given

wouldn't work

and close in, he would have to

and Shang's left arm began to release steam as he put it on

the tiger swiped at Shang with its metallic

power into his sword and struck

CRK!

metal around the tiger's arm became brittle, and Shang's sword reached the bone of

of Shang's previous

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

BANG!

thrown into the distance by the tiger's

Initial

had managed to sever the arm, this

backflip in the air as he tried

heard a

BANG!

pointed his left arm at the ground and released a Fire

a moment later, the tiger

split second, Shang could see

severed, and the bone even had some cracks

metal surrounding its body

come to a stop below Shang

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

instant later, Shang's legs pointed at the sky since he was still

as they did, an explosion of Fire

BANG!

as the

moment, the tiger felt

felt that this attack was

later, the metal on its back

sword struck the

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

meter-thick sheet of metal, and

attack hadn't even injured the

transformed into

had already stopped Shang's attack,

steam, and his left arm had

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

new coat of metal appeared around the tiger's body, and it

readied its paws for a strike

opening and decided to jump

that moment, the

long and sharp swords were about to