To search for information within the Chaotic Five Elements Domain that might be connected to Xuanqiong, you had spent over twenty years scouring the entire Eastern Territory, yet found nothing. Now, just as you had decided to give up, a clue had appeared. Your feelings were exceedingly complicated.
Precisely because you treasured this hard-won clue all the more, you had gone to great lengths to restrain yourself from revealing any flaws and to conceal your strength, making yourself appear ordinary so Ming would not escape.
The killing intent you forcibly suppressed kept Ming from sensing much threat from you, giving her the illusion that she could fight you...
As the Yellow Court Dao Tablet's guardian, she could travel from the Heavenly Gate through the passage to her destination several times faster than others. At the same speed, others would need eight or nine months, while Ming had taken less than three to reach the vicinity of the Yellow Court Dao Tablet. She acted with great decisiveness as well, launching the first attack at the seemingly weaker Lingbao Immortal Emperor nearby.
In order to keep others from noticing anything amiss, you had not told Lingbao Immortal Emperor that you had discovered Ming. Thus, it was only when he sensed danger that he truly began to suspect someone had attacked him.
Ming was considerably stronger than Tuo. Though she was only at the Earth Flower Imperial Realm, the sword she unleashed after gathering momentum ranked among the stronger attacks of the Three Flower Imperial Realm. Even the several Tianhua Imperial Realm cultivators you had encountered would not find it easy to unleash such a powerful offensive.
Of course, Sword Immortals were inherently adept at attack and slaughter, so this alone did not mean Ming could rival An Ming Gong or Ya