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.

ape's attack had left quite a noticeable opening, which had

thing wouldn't work for

and close in, he would have to deal with the

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

tiger swiped at Shang with its

into his sword and struck

CRK!

and the Ice Mana inside it exploded forward. The metal around

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

had become brittle, the metal in the other places hadn't been

BANG!

the same time, Shang was thrown into the

body was already weaker than a beast at the Initial General Stage, and this opponent was at the

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

in the air as he tried to recover

Shang heard a

BANG!

pointed his left arm at the ground and released a Fire Blast,

later, the

split second, Shang could see the

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

the metal surrounding its body

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

left arm on his sword, and a moment later,

pointed at the sky since he was still

they did, an explosion of Fire Mana

BANG!

down as the tiger turned its head

moment, the tiger felt some

this attack was very

instant later, the metal on its back expanded

sword struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

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

even

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

had already stopped Shang's attack,

released steam, and his left arm had

fight, which had been stored all

appeared around the tiger's body, and it

for a strike with its

no opening and

moment, the tiger's claws

sharp swords