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 end the

wouldn't work for

evade its swipe and close in, he

at each other, and Shang's left arm began to release steam

the two reached each other, the tiger swiped at Shang

into his sword and struck

CRK!

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

in comparison to all of Shang's previous opponents,

metal at the point of impact had become brittle, the metal in the other places hadn't been

BANG!

same time, Shang was thrown

Initial General Stage, and this

sever the arm, this wouldn't

air as he tried

heard

BANG!

arm at the ground and released a Fire Blast, which shot

the tiger passed below

split second, Shang could see the tiger's

the forearm's muscles was severed, and the bone even

metal surrounding its body was keeping it

to come to a stop below Shang since it had noticed

arm on his sword, and a moment

at the sky since

an explosion of Fire Mana

BANG!

shot down as the tiger

the tiger felt some

felt that this attack

the metal on its back expanded

sword struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

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

even

sword had touched transformed into

the tiger had already stopped Shang's attack, and it jumped

released steam, and his left arm had shriveled

which had been stored all over

the tiger's body, and

paws for a strike with its

and decided to jump back to evade

the

long and sharp swords were about to strike