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

swipe and close in, he would have to deal with

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

other, the tiger swiped

his power into his sword

CRK!

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

previous opponents, this was

at the point of impact had become

BANG!

same time, Shang was thrown into

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

the arm, this wouldn't have

backflip in the air

Shang heard

BANG!

ground and released

moment later, the tiger

second, Shang could see the tiger's injured

forearm's muscles was severed,

metal surrounding its

below Shang since it had noticed

air, he put his left arm on his sword,

at the

did, an explosion of Fire

BANG!

as the

the tiger felt some

that this

metal

struck

CRRRRRRRRRR!

Time seemingly froze.

the tiger's back was a nearly meter-thick sheet of metal, and 80% of

hadn't even injured

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

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

his left arm had shriveled

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

the tiger's body,

its paws for a strike with

and decided to

the tiger's

long and sharp swords