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 had given Shang the opportunity to

wouldn't

to evade its swipe and close in, he would have

at each other, and Shang's left arm began

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

into his sword and struck the tiger's

CRK!

it exploded forward. The metal around

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

the metal at the point of impact had become brittle,

BANG!

Shang was thrown into the

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

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

in the air as he tried to recover his

Shang heard

BANG!

and released a Fire Blast,

the tiger passed

second, Shang could see

severed, and the bone even had some

the metal surrounding its

a stop below Shang

the air, he put his left arm on his sword,

at

explosion of

BANG!

down as the tiger turned

the tiger

this

metal on its back

sword struck the

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

back was a nearly meter-thick sheet of metal, and 80% of the

attack hadn't even injured

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

already stopped Shang's attack, and it jumped

legs released steam, and his left arm had shriveled

energy from the last fight, which had been stored all

coat of metal appeared around the

paws for

that there was no opening and

that moment, the tiger's claws

and sharp swords were about to