Maybe it was difficult to understand, but Broomf survived what wiped out a whole fleet, and saved the carrier full of Garsans he had been on, only because he had been Half-a-step into the stage above the fifth level of evolution.
He had been saved, and had all resources poured into him because he had been Half-a-step into the next stage.
To understand better, it was a stage where one could use ten dollars to do the job that would have needed one hundred dollars.
After energy stopped being connected to an evolver, like a fireball, a wind blade, a water bullet, only the kinetic energy inherent to it would allow it to keep moving, and at Level 5, while it could be controlled, it could only be moved, not shaped, or manipulated at will.
At that stage, efficiency became the blade used to fell all ants below.
The physical body might not see obvious advancements, but just the superior control was capable of pushing for more output.
