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.

quite a noticeable opening, which had given Shang the opportunity to end

same thing wouldn't work for the

swipe and close in, he would have to

each other, and Shang's left arm began to release steam as he put it on his

each other, the tiger

power into his sword and struck the

CRK!

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

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

at the point of impact had become brittle, the metal

BANG!

the same time, Shang was thrown into the distance

weaker than a beast at the Initial General

sever the arm,

the air as he tried to recover

Shang heard a

BANG!

and released a Fire Blast, which shot

a moment later, the tiger passed below

split second, Shang could see the

the forearm's muscles was severed, and the bone

surrounding its body

to a stop below Shang since it had noticed

his left arm on his sword, and a moment later, his left arm

at the sky since he

they did, an explosion

BANG!

down as the

the tiger felt some

that this attack

later, the metal on

struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

a nearly meter-thick sheet of metal, and 80% of the sheet had been

hadn't even injured the

the sword had touched transformed into a liquid,

Shang's attack, and it jumped back to reset its

legs released steam, and his left arm had shriveled

energy from the last fight, which had been stored

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

paws for

no opening and decided to jump back

the tiger's claws

and sharp swords were about to