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.

attack had left quite a noticeable opening, which had given Shang the opportunity

same thing wouldn't

and close in,

at each other, and Shang's left arm

the two reached each other, the tiger swiped at

power into his

CRK!

metal around the tiger's arm became brittle, and Shang's sword

all of Shang's previous opponents, this was where

point of impact had become brittle, the

BANG!

same time, Shang was thrown into the distance by the tiger's

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

the arm, this wouldn't have been an

backflip in the air as he

Shang heard

BANG!

at the ground and released a Fire

later, the tiger

second, Shang could see

of the forearm's muscles was severed, and the bone even had some

its body was keeping it

trying to come to a stop below Shang since it had noticed

in the air, he put his left arm on

pointed at the

did, an explosion

BANG!

down as the tiger turned its head

moment, the tiger felt some

that this attack

later, the metal

struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

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

attack hadn't even injured the

all the metal the sword had touched transformed into

attack, and it jumped back

released steam, and his left arm

the last fight, which had been stored all over Shang's

of metal appeared around the tiger's

readied its paws for

opening and decided to jump back to evade

the

swords were about to