Seeing Liu Yu press on without pause to attack the next Medicine Fields, Blood Sea Devil Lord and the other two wore exceptionally ugly expressions.
Watching another cultivator reap a rich harvest felt even worse than suffering losses themselves!
For a moment, the force of their battle diminished.
But the nine-illusion immortal spirit herb was simply too precious. Although both sides wanted to stop, neither was willing to speak first.
Whoever spoke first would be at a disadvantage in the ensuing negotiations, especially when the gap in strength was small.
They knew perfectly well that continuing might leave both sides losing, yet neither was willing to be the first to yield!
People... human nature.
Watching this unfold, Liu Yu inwardly shook his head.
Although Nascent Soul cultivators were fundamentally higher forms of life, they were still intelligent beings, possessing every flaw that came with human nature.
There was no denying that human nature had many weaknesses. Anyone who exploited them properly would reap endless benefits.
Bullying the weak and fearing the strong, men lusting after beauty, women admiring strength, seeking fortune and avoiding calamity, and so on.
Even Nascent Soul cultivators possessed many of these flaws to varying degrees.
Having thoroughly studied the Essentials of Demonic Cultivation and developed fresh insights from its foundations, Liu Yu naturally understood the weaknesses of human nature.
At that moment, he could roughly guess what the three were thinking, and he knew this favorable situation would not last long.
Once he harvested more, the stalemate would inevitably break.
So Liu Yu seized the opportunity, openly attacking the Medicine Fields' restrictions without pause and converting this rare opening into tangible gains.
As for harvesting so much that the other two sides coveted his spoils and joined forces against him, he was not particularly worried.
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