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.

a noticeable opening, which had given Shang the opportunity to

same thing wouldn't work for the

swipe and close in, he would have to deal with

left arm began to release steam as

two reached each other, the tiger swiped at

his power into his sword and struck the tiger's

CRK!

forward. The metal around the tiger's arm became brittle, and Shang's

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

impact had become brittle, the metal in the other

BANG!

Shang was thrown into the

at the Initial General Stage, and this opponent

the arm,

the air as he tried

heard

BANG!

his left arm at the ground and released a Fire Blast, which shot him

the tiger

a split second, Shang could see the tiger's injured

muscles was severed, and the bone even

metal surrounding its body

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

spun in the air, he put his left arm on his sword, and a moment later, his left arm began

instant later, Shang's legs pointed at the sky since he was still

an explosion

BANG!

the tiger turned its

the tiger felt

that this attack

later, the metal on its back expanded

sword struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

the tiger's back was a nearly meter-thick sheet of metal, and 80% of the sheet had

attack hadn't even

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

already stopped Shang's attack, and it jumped

his left arm had

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

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

its paws for a strike with its

there was no opening and decided

moment, the

long and sharp swords