Moreover, when Zhou Tong had attacked him just now, he had diverted half his palm force onto Lu Xiaotian's shadow clone. His true body had only borne half the force. Had he not slipped into the water beforehand, even that half would have injured him.
The might of a Golden Core cultivator truly was not something a Foundation Establishment cultivator could withstand. Even though he had already reached the tenth level of Foundation Establishment, before a Golden Core cultivator, he was still as tiny as an ant. With his strength, if he took Zhou Tong's full-powered palm strike, even if he survived by luck, he would likely be gravely wounded.
Having realized the formidable strength of a Golden Core cultivator, Lu Xiaotian knew that this opponent was absolutely beyond his ability to resist alone. But if he fled, where could he flee to?
Anxiety welled up in Lu Xiaotian's heart as he sent out another transmission talisman. Yet inwardly, he thanked that fellow Wang Defeng. He was used to traveling alone and rarely had any use for such things. Wang Defeng, for the sake of convenient contact, had stuffed a whole stack of transmission talismans into his hands. Though transmission talismans had no other purpose, and Zhou Tong certainly would not give him the chance to send them out, Zhou Tong was still a member of the Moonwatch Cultivation Realm, and the Zhou Lineage still depended on the Moonwatch Cultivation Realm—unless the Zhou Lineage wished to rebel with their entire clan.
"Damn it!" Zhou Tong had not expected Lu Xiaotian to move beneath the water without the slightest loss of speed, matching even demonic beasts born and raised in water. As a fire-element cultivator, he was somewhat hindered in the lake. Even so, he was still considerably faster than Lu