More than a hundred meters beneath the sea, Chen Fei stopped and looked upward. Shi Yuanmin's aura had already vanished.
Facing a Late Joint Aperture Realm expert who had condensed one flower at the crown, meaning the Seventh Turn Joint Aperture, Chen Fei's current strength was somewhat lacking.
Chen Fei's Late Joint Aperture Realm physique naturally held the upper hand against other Mid Joint Aperture Realm cultivators, but Shi Yuanmin possessed a Late Joint Aperture Realm physique as well.
In terms of physique, Chen Fei held no advantage whatsoever. The only thing in which he surpassed Shi Yuanmin was likely the speed at which his flesh regenerated, far faster than that of an ordinary Late Joint Aperture Realm cultivator. This was the special power granted by the Dragon Subduing Elephant.
There was no need to mention their elemental force cultivation. Chen Fei was at the Fourth Turn, while the other was at the Seventh Turn—a full three turns apart. The purity and intensity of their elemental force differed by a great margin.
As for the mind, due to the Heart Anomaly Realm, Chen Fei's mind had already reached the level of the Late Joint Aperture Realm. Yet compared to Shi Yuanmin, he held no advantage and was even slightly inferior.
As for forbidden arts, relying on the recovery speed granted by the Dragon Subduing Elephant, Chen Fei could certainly cast more forbidden arts than Shi Yuanmin.
But the power a forbidden art could produce was directly tied to the strength of one's own elemental force. Casting the same forbidden art at the Early Joint Aperture Realm and the Mid Joint Aperture Realm would naturally unleash different levels of power.
Only in terms of cultivation technique inheritance did Chen Fei likely possess his greatest advantage.
The Profound Sky Sword was certainly