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.

which

thing wouldn't work

evade its swipe and close in, he would have to

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

two reached each other, the tiger swiped at Shang

his

CRK!

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

to all of Shang's previous opponents, this was where the

of impact had become brittle, the metal in the

BANG!

Shang was thrown into the distance

was already weaker than a beast at the Initial General Stage, and

to sever the arm, this wouldn't have

air

heard

BANG!

released a Fire Blast, which shot him

moment later, the tiger

Shang could

the forearm's muscles was severed, and the bone even had some cracks on

metal surrounding its body

to come to a stop below Shang since it

spun in the air, he put his left arm on his sword, and a moment later, his left arm began to

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

explosion of Fire

BANG!

the tiger turned its

the tiger

felt that this attack was very

the metal on

sword struck the

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

metal, and 80% of the sheet had been bisected

hadn't even

the metal the sword had touched transformed

stopped Shang's attack,

legs released steam, and his left

the remaining absorbed life energy from the last fight, which had been stored all over Shang's

around the tiger's body,

paws for a strike with

was no opening and decided to jump back to evade

that moment, the tiger's claws

sharp swords