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.

opening, which had given Shang the opportunity to

same thing wouldn't

close in, he would have to deal with the

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

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

put his power into his sword and struck the tiger's

CRK!

the Ice Mana inside it exploded forward. The metal

in comparison to all of Shang's previous opponents, this was

the point of impact had become brittle,

BANG!

Shang was thrown into the distance by the

the Initial General Stage, and this opponent was at

managed to sever the arm, this wouldn't have been an

backflip in the air as he tried to recover his

Shang heard a

BANG!

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

later, the tiger passed

Shang could see the tiger's

the forearm's muscles was severed, and the bone

metal surrounding its body

below Shang since it had noticed that it had missed

arm on his sword, and

Shang's legs pointed at the sky since he was

explosion of Fire

BANG!

shot down as the

the

this

later, the metal

sword struck the

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

was a nearly meter-thick sheet of metal, and

hadn't even injured the

transformed into a liquid, which was quickly absorbed

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

legs released steam, and his

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

appeared around the

its paws for a

and decided to jump back to evade

that moment, the

sharp swords were about