Three arrows in a row, without the slightest pause. Each one had drawn on nearly all the strength in his body, while the nine-colored Golden Core in his dantian spun furiously. Lu Xiaotian was panting heavily as well. He was somewhat unaccustomed to this kind of battle strategy. Back when he had been in the Foundation Establishment Realm, he had been almost unmatched among those of the same cultivation level. It was rare for him to join forces with others and still have to expend so much strength just to kill a monster beast. Although this battle had given Lu Xiaotian a clearer understanding of his own strength, the nine-colored Golden Core seemed to surpass a normal Golden Core cultivator somewhat in terms of the abundance of his mana and his endurance. That counted as an unexpected pleasant surprise.
If Old Freak Meng and the others knew what Lu Xiaotian was thinking, they probably would not be able to stop themselves from cursing him for not knowing how blessed he was. They were also Golden Core Early Stage cultivators, and they had formed their cores considerably earlier than Lu Xiaotian, yet none of them possessed Lu Xiaotian's kind of decisive attack. Even Old Freak Meng and Tao Jing working together had been unable to take down this slightly weaker Golden-Horned Monster Antelope King. Killing it through attrition would probably take them quite some time. Most cultivators hunting monster beasts comparable to themselves went through a bitter struggle. They had to rely on favorable timing and terrain, set traps, and might still let the monster beast escape. On his first visit, Lu Xiaotian had joined Mo Wentian in killing a seventh-tier monster beast with considerable Golden Core-level strength. Whether in efficiency or individual offensive power, Lu Xiaotian was more than capable