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 to

wouldn't work

managed to evade its swipe and close in, he would have to deal with the

arm began to

the two reached each other, the tiger swiped at Shang with its

into his sword and struck

CRK!

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

in comparison to all of Shang's previous opponents,

the point of impact had become brittle,

BANG!

time, Shang was thrown into the distance by

the Initial General Stage, and this

Shang had managed to sever the arm,

the air as he tried to recover his

Shang heard a

BANG!

left arm at the ground and released

a moment later, the tiger passed below

a split second, Shang could

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

the metal surrounding its

to a stop below Shang since

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

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

they did, an explosion

BANG!

shot down as the tiger turned

moment, the tiger felt

felt that this attack

instant later, the metal on

struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

meter-thick sheet of metal, and 80%

hadn't even

had touched transformed into a liquid, which was quickly absorbed

already stopped Shang's attack, and

his left arm had shriveled

fight, which had been stored all over

metal appeared around the tiger's body,

readied its paws for a

saw that there was no opening and decided to jump back to evade

the tiger's

long and sharp swords were