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

wouldn't work

to evade its swipe and close in, he

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

reached each other, the tiger swiped at Shang with its

power into his

CRK!

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

to all of Shang's previous

the point of impact had become brittle, the metal in

BANG!

time, Shang was thrown into the distance by the tiger's

the Initial General Stage, and this opponent was at

Shang had managed to sever the arm,

air as he tried to recover his

heard

BANG!

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

moment later, the tiger passed below

second, Shang could

was severed, and the bone even had

its body was keeping it

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

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

pointed at the sky since he was still

they did, an explosion of Fire Mana

BANG!

as the

moment, the tiger felt some

felt that this attack was very

the metal on its back

sword struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

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

even injured the

later, all the metal the sword had touched transformed into a

Shang's attack, and it

legs released steam, and his left arm had

absorbed life energy from the last fight, which had

around the tiger's body, and it

paws for a strike with its

saw that there was no opening and decided to jump

that moment, the tiger's

sharp swords were about to