Cultivators were resourceful, with both their methods and their mastery over them improving alongside their level. The trend was simply a matter of constant accumulation and experience.
However, the trend went both ways with evenly matched experts, creating a seemingly contradictory, peculiar result at higher cultivation levels. Cultivators did indeed become more resilient, to the point of deserving the title of immortals, but their margin for error shrank.
Since everyone at higher levels was so powerful and experienced, a slight edge could start an irreversible trend. The same went for mistakes, no matter how tiny.
Uriah had made sure to exploit Daniel's miscalculations, cornering him in a dangerous predicament. He had also successfully baited out the dark-brown sand, dispatching it before the situation became critical.
Moreover, Uriah had never once renounced the initiative, even suffering avoidable injuries to retain it, all to lock Daniel in a worsening trend.
