At that thought, Huang Xiao stopped dwelling on the matter. He did not yet want to fight Li Chaoxun with all his strength; it would do him no good.
He had only gained a slight advantage just now through his familiarity with the Transcendent Immortal Swordsmanship. To truly settle the outcome, however, he would have to go all out to have a chance of defeating Li Chaoxun.
Of course, Huang Xiao was not entirely confident either. Li Chaoxun's strength was more than what he had shown so far. If both of them fought with everything they had, the outcome would still be hard to predict.
Li Chaoxun was momentarily lost for words. The purpose this time had indeed only been to determine which of the two swords was superior, not to pit his strength against his opponent's.
Yet his failure to defeat the other man left him deeply frustrated. In particular, his Transcendent Immortal Swordsmanship seemed somewhat restrained by this man, something he could scarcely believe.
However, when he saw Ou Ge and the others looking at him, he knew this was no place to act willfully. After all, they were beside the Ou Family's territory.
"It seems the Heaven's Mandate Sword in my hand is a little more formidable after all," Li Chaoxun said with a smile, quickly regaining his composure.
With that, he too placed the Heaven's Mandate Sword back on the table.
"Remarkable!" Ou Ge stared at Li Chaoxun for a long while before sighing.
His expression also darkened, however. After all, his True Dragon Sword had lost to the Heaven's Mandate Sword this time.
"Well?" He had already harbored some suspicions about Li Chaoxun's identity, so learning it now was not particularly surprising. He turned to Ou Ge with a faint, somewhat triumphant smile.
His Heaven's