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 given Shang the

wouldn't work

and close in, he would

Shang's left arm began

each other, the tiger swiped at Shang with

put his power into his sword and

CRK!

the tiger's forearm, and the Ice Mana inside it exploded forward. The metal around the tiger's arm

of Shang's previous opponents, this was where

impact had become

BANG!

same time, Shang was thrown

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

managed to sever the

did a backflip in the air as he tried to recover his

heard a

BANG!

pointed his left arm at the ground and released a Fire

later, the tiger

split second, Shang could see the tiger's injured

of the forearm's muscles was severed, and

the metal surrounding its body was

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

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

at

an explosion of Fire

BANG!

down as the tiger turned its

the tiger

felt that this attack

metal

struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

meter-thick sheet of metal, and

hadn't even injured the

the sword had touched transformed into a liquid, which was

the tiger had already stopped Shang's attack, and it jumped

steam, and his left arm had shriveled

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

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

paws for a strike with its

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

moment, the tiger's

and sharp swords were about