Chen Fei sensed the operational intricacies of the Void Secret Treasure Origin Devour, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
This Void Secret Treasure elevated Chen Fei's combat strength from its very foundations.
Sometimes, a cultivator's combat strength was actually quite simple: how fast they were, how powerful their attacks were, and how strong their defenses were.
Of course, if one examined it more closely, each category could be extended into many finer details.
For example, speed included movement speed, attack speed, and one's own reaction speed. All of them concerned one's combat strength. A shortcoming in any one of them could become a fatal flaw.
Attack strength could likewise be divided into many kinds: illusions, curses, or direct physical attacks. There were countless varieties, impossible to cover in a single word.
Attack strength immediately corresponded to defensive strength. Vital energy defense, physical defense, and soul defense—each type of defense had to be further divided into defense against illusions, curses, or rule-based attacks.
What made the damage reduction of the Void Secret Treasure Origin Devour so formidable was that it encompassed every type of defense. As long as an attack could harm a cultivator, it fell within its damage-reduction range.
At its core, Origin Devour poured attacks invading a cultivator's body into the Primordial Sea. Naturally, every kind of attack fell within its defensive scope.
As for how much of Origin Devour's power one could wield, that depended on how deep the cultivator's own foundation was.
Satisfied with this Void Secret Treasure, Chen Fei watched the Night Demon War Soldier beside him dissipate, then began circulating the Grand Void Cloud Mirror Heavenly Tome.
The Top-grade Great Dao Stones accumulated within his body were refined into his vital energy one by one as the cultivation technique circulated.
After a short while,