An Advanced+ rank individual who had already exhausted his/her mana would be stronger than an Advanced rank individual with the same ailment.
Seeing that Atticus was following, Jared nodded and continued explaining the rules,
"With the help of our artifacts, we will block our ability to utilize our bloodline and also limit our passive strength to match more or less the current average strength of the students," Jared explained.
"Because I'm bigger and my innate strength will most definitely be more than yours, I will limit my passive strength to Intermediate and you to Intermediate+."
Atticus nodded in understanding again. Jared was obviously bigger and would innately have more power than a 15-year-old.
It didn't matter that Atticus was hiding his strength. Once the passive strength in their bodies gets limited to intermediate or intermediate+ rank, whether he was an Advanced+ rank or Expert, it would be limited all the same.