In the exclusive room, Su Xiao held a scroll and a medal, deep in thought. He had met the conditions for advancing to Sword Grandmaster, but there remained one concern: just how much would the cost increase after advancing sword techniques to the grandmaster level.
From previous trial challenges, Su Xiao realized that Sword Technique Master and Sword Grandmaster were not capabilities of the same tier. Su Xiao was suppressing the trial mirror image Xerxes in all attributes, not to mention in various abilities.
Even so, upon first encounter, Xerxes had rendered Su Xiao powerless to counterattack. If it weren't for the adjustment and complement of various abilities, coupled with growing accustomed to Xerxes' moves through multiple battles, he wouldn't have been able to defeat Xerxes.
If it had been a life-and-death battle, Su Xiao would be dead, fallen at the hands of Xerxes, who had but one grandmaster-level ability.
