The newly unsealed ability Crushing Endurance was as powerful as he had thought it would be, but as he had feared, the new ability came with its drawbacks, and could not be easily activated like his other Lumina Vein Art, Crimson Vein Dominion.
Elias was realizing that the Art of Stone may no longer be a tool of punishment, but the way it changed was to use this punishment as a tool to enhance the user.
The first ability it gave the user was the best, not because it was the most powerful, but because it had the least restriction, since only a fully armored body could activate this ability.
Elias could see how this ability could be viewed as just a common grade Art, and it remained this way for a long time since the second ability of the Art of Stone had such a massive threshold that no normal Siphon would be able to activate it or even think of using it.
Crushing Endurance, the second ability of the Art of Stone, gave him even more benefit than the Crimson Vein Dominion Art.
