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.

noticeable opening, which had given Shang the

thing wouldn't work

and close in, he would have to deal with the tiger's

arm began to release

the two reached each other, the tiger swiped at Shang

his power into his sword and

CRK!

and the Ice Mana inside it exploded forward. The metal around the tiger's arm became brittle, and Shang's sword reached the bone of the

all of Shang's previous opponents, this was where

at the point of impact had become brittle, the metal in the other places hadn't been

BANG!

same time, Shang was thrown

Initial General Stage, and this opponent was at the Early

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

the air as

Shang heard a

BANG!

released

a moment later, the tiger passed

second, Shang could see the

muscles was severed,

its body was

below Shang since it had noticed that it

air, he put his left arm on

legs pointed at the sky since he was

did, an explosion of Fire Mana left

BANG!

down as the tiger turned its head

moment, the tiger felt some

that this attack

later, the metal on

sword struck the

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

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

attack hadn't even injured

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

Shang's attack, and it jumped

his

the remaining absorbed life energy from the last fight, which had been stored

metal appeared around the tiger's body, and it jumped toward

for a strike with

was no opening and decided to jump back to evade

moment, the

and sharp swords were about to strike