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.

had left quite a noticeable opening, which

thing wouldn't work

managed to evade its swipe and close in, he would have to deal with the tiger's

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

tiger swiped at Shang with its

into his sword and struck the tiger's

CRK!

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

all of Shang's previous opponents, this was where

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

BANG!

Shang was thrown into the distance

beast at the Initial General Stage, and this opponent was at

sever the arm, this

the air as he

Shang heard a

BANG!

released a Fire Blast, which shot

a moment later, the tiger passed below

split second, Shang could see the tiger's

severed,

metal surrounding its

stop below Shang since it had noticed

left arm on his

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

explosion

BANG!

shot down as the tiger turned its

moment, the tiger felt some

this attack was

instant later, the metal on its

struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

of metal, and 80% of the sheet had been bisected by a

even

later, all the metal the sword had touched transformed into a liquid, which was quickly absorbed by

already stopped Shang's attack, and it jumped back to reset

his left arm

the last fight, which had been

the tiger's

its paws for a strike

opening and decided

moment, the

sharp swords were