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 opportunity to end

wouldn't

swipe and close in, he

other, and Shang's left arm began to release

each other, the tiger swiped at Shang with

his sword and struck the tiger's

CRK!

forearm, and the Ice Mana inside it exploded forward. The metal

to all of Shang's previous opponents, this

impact had become brittle, the metal in the other

BANG!

was thrown into the distance by the tiger's

beast at the Initial

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

body did a backflip in the air as he

heard a

BANG!

and released a Fire Blast,

moment later, the tiger passed below

a split second, Shang could see the tiger's injured

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

the metal surrounding its body

come to a stop below Shang since it had noticed

Shang's body spun in the air, he put his left arm on his sword, and a

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

they did, an explosion of Fire Mana

BANG!

body shot down as the tiger

moment, the

that this attack

the metal on its back expanded

struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

a nearly meter-thick sheet of metal, and

even injured the

all the metal the sword had touched transformed into a liquid, which was quickly absorbed

already stopped Shang's attack, and it jumped

legs released steam, and his left arm had shriveled

from the last fight, which

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

for a strike with

opening and

that moment, the

sharp swords were about