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 end the

thing wouldn't work

Shang managed to evade its swipe and close in,

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

other, the tiger swiped at

his

CRK!

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

Shang's previous opponents,

of impact had become brittle, the metal in the other

BANG!

time, Shang was thrown

Initial General Stage, and this opponent was at the

to sever the arm, this wouldn't have

backflip in the air as

heard a

BANG!

at the ground and released a Fire Blast, which

a moment later, the

second, Shang could see the tiger's

severed, and the bone even had

its body was keeping it

Shang since it had noticed that

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

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

explosion of

BANG!

body shot down as the

moment, the

that this attack

instant later, the metal

sword struck the

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

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

attack hadn't even

touched transformed into a liquid, which

attack, and it jumped

steam, and his

from the last fight, which had been stored all

around the tiger's body, and

for a

opening and decided to jump back to evade the

that moment, the tiger's claws

and sharp swords