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Chapter 196: Effortless Suppression
A single realm apart was the difference between heaven and earth.
Small as the breakthrough might seem, both the capacity and purity of the magic power in a Foundation Establishment middle stage cultivator's Dantian Qi Sea were nearly twice those of a Foundation Establishment early stage cultivator, if not more.
That was to say nothing of the terrifying gulf between Foundation Establishment late stage and early stage cultivators.
Translated into actual combat strength, without accounting for external aids such as spirit artifacts, talismans, formation arts, and pills, it was no exaggeration to say this:
Three Foundation Establishment early stage cultivators had to join forces to retreat safely from a Foundation Establishment middle stage cultivator.
Three Foundation Establishment middle stage cultivators had to join forces to have a chance of surrounding and killing a Foundation Establishment late stage cultivator.
Thus, cultivators who could accomplish what ordinary people could not, killing enemies a minor realm above them with only Foundation Establishment early stage cultivation, could be called prodigies of magical combat anywhere.
But even such prodigies could not defeat a Foundation Establishment late stage cultivator two minor realms above them.
For surpassing meant crushing!
If a Foundation Establishment late stage cultivator unleashed their full strength, they could utterly overwhelm a Foundation Establishment early stage cultivator within a few breaths.
That was also why Lin Xinru had immediately abandoned her junior sister and chosen to flee.
The gulf between the two sides was simply too great!
With a Thornbone Kingfish as powerful as a Foundation Establishment late stage cultivator targeting her, even if she joined forces with her two junior sisters and used spirit artifacts and talismans, their chances of escape would be vanishingly small.
Better to act decisively and sacrifice Junior Sister Zhao Jing to find a