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

thing wouldn't work for the

and close in, he

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

two reached each other, the tiger

put his power into his sword and struck the tiger's

CRK!

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

in comparison to all of Shang's previous opponents,

metal at the point of impact had become brittle,

BANG!

same time, Shang was thrown

than a beast at the Initial General Stage, and this opponent was

had managed to sever the arm, this wouldn't

backflip in the air as he tried

Shang heard

BANG!

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

moment later, the tiger passed below

a split second, Shang could see

part of the forearm's muscles was severed, and the

metal surrounding its

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

air, he put his left arm on his sword, and

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

an explosion of Fire Mana left

BANG!

as the tiger turned its

the tiger felt some

that this

instant later, the metal on

struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

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

attack hadn't even injured

transformed into a liquid, which was

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

and his left arm

from the last fight, which had been stored all over

the tiger's

for a strike

and decided to

the tiger's

swords were