Inside the secluded chamber, Chen Fei rose to his feet. Sensing the subtle changes throughout his body, he could not help smiling.
The third expansion of his joint aperture had brought changes that exceeded the first two expansions combined, and by a little more besides.
With the enlargement of the joint aperture, someone in the mid joint aperture realm could draw upon far more primal energy at a time than someone in the early joint aperture realm. Naturally, the same move would produce vastly different results depending on how much primal energy was poured into it.
This was one of the most fundamental reasons the mid joint aperture realm was stronger than the early joint aperture realm: there was an essential difference in the amount of primal energy each could wield at a time.
There were also changes to the physique, though these were not obvious in Chen Fei's case, since he had already possessed a late joint aperture realm physique before his breakthrough.
For other joint aperture realm cultivators, however, a breakthrough in cultivation realm would naturally temper their bodies as well, along with transforming their minds.
The mid joint aperture realm surpassed the early joint aperture realm in every respect. There was no weakness in any aspect that an early joint aperture realm cultivator could exploit.
To defeat someone of a higher realm, an early joint aperture realm cultivator truly needed all sorts of advantages in other areas. Otherwise, such a feat was simply impossible.
Primal energy surged within him as the Spirit Slaughter Technique circulated. The aura rippling from Chen Fei weakened, dropping to the early joint aperture realm.
This could only suppress it temporarily. If Chen Fei fought someone with his full strength, his aura would immediately return to the mid joint aperture realm.
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