Three days later, on both sides of the devastated battlefield, Leaf Gray and Benjamin Patel were dozens of yards apart, each recovering.

Over these three days, the two had fought more than a dozen battles, clashing several times each day, yet still, no winner had been decided.

Three days of intense combat had pushed Leaf Gray's mind and body to the point of extreme exhaustion; he had even gotten very little sleep during this time. He was somewhat puzzled – how could that guy opposite him, Benjamin Patel, recover so quickly?

At this point in their confrontation, both sides had played all their cards. In direct confrontations, neither could gain an advantage over the other. Now, it all came down to who could last longer, making recovery speed especially crucial.

Whichever side could recover more spiritual power within the same timeframe would continuously accumulate advantages.

Leaf Gray had the assistance of Gluttonous Feast, which doubled his speed of refining spiritual pills. Furthermore, while resting, he would construct Spirit Gathering Pattern at his spiritual apertures to devour the surrounding world's spiritual energy.

With these two major methods employed simultaneously, it could be said that Leaf Gray's recovery speed had reached an outrageous level; even an ordinary Sixth Layer Realm cultivator might not recover faster than him.

Harboring the same doubt, Benjamin Patel was inwardly cursing. How could this brute's recovery speed be so damn fast?

Although he was only at the Spirit Creek Second Layer Realm, he had already opened fifty-five spiritual apertures – almost twice as many as Leaf Gray. Moreover, the spiritual pills he took weren't ordinary Spirit Nurturing Pills, but specially made Minor Restoration Pills from The Infinitas Isle.

When used for cultivation, these pills weren't much different from Spirit Nurturing Pills, but if used solely for recovery, their effect was about thirty percent stronger.

During his recovery, he also utilized spirit stones, gripping one in each hand, desperately devouring the spiritual power within them.

Despite employing these three methods simultaneously, he still hadn't managed to gain any advantage.

He truly couldn't understand what was going on.

Compared to Leaf Gray, he had even less rest, having barely closed his eyes a few times over the three days because he would be harassed by Amber and Evie.

In direct combat, Amber and Evie couldn't offer significant help, but when it came to mere harassment, they were quite effective.

Each had recovered for about two hours. Leaf Gray opened his eyes. As per the usual routine, it was time for another round of fighting.

Sure enough, Benjamin Patel opposite him also opened his eyes, stood up, and facing Leaf Gray, began walking step by step towards him.

He didn't intend to get close to Leaf Gray; the distance between them was just a bit far, and he needed to get within a suitable range for spellcasting.

Opposite him, Leaf Gray mounted Amber and charged towards Benjamin Patel, his long knife slanted pointing at the ground, poised to strike.

Benjamin Patel steadied his stance, spiritual light flickering in his hand as he prepared a spell...

Just then, he suddenly frowned, seemed to sense something, raised his hand and said, "Wait!"

Leaf Gray frowned but still made Amber stop.

Benjamin Patel dispersed the spiritual light in his hand, panting, "Let's stop. You win!"

Leaf Gray stared at him intently, unsure what trick this guy was trying to pull.

As if to reassure Leaf Gray, Benjamin Patel proactively explained, "The battle declaration between The Arcaneum Gate and The Ennead Star Sect is over. The Ennead Star Sect was no match and has already withdrawn to their stronghold, so I must leave."

He was originally hired by The Ennead Star Sect to deal with Leaf Gray. Now that The Ennead Star Sect had narrowly lost, there was no point in him staying here any longer.

Leaf Gray naturally didn't easily believe his nonsense. After several days of fighting, he was increasingly convinced that Benjamin Patel was a sneaky bastard. So, he immediately used his Battlefield Mark to send a message to Samuel Castillo, inquiring about the situation.

Samuel Castillo quickly replied, his tone jubilant, confirming Benjamin Patel's story. In this battle, The Arcaneum Gate had achieved final victory.

This wasn't surprising. Although there was a one-grade difference in the two sects' rankings, at the Spirit Creek Realm level, The Arcaneum Gate was stronger. The Ennead Star Sect originally wasn't a match. Previously, Leaf Gray had killed many Ennead Star Sect cultivators, further expanding The Arcaneum Gate's advantage.

Over the past few days, The Arcaneum Gate had continuously accumulated advantages in small-scale battles, ultimately securing victory decisively and forcing The Ennead Star Sect cultivators to retreat into their stronghold.

Thus, the conflict between the two major sects came to a temporary end.

"So?" Benjamin Patel asked only after Leaf Gray finished communicating.

Leaf Gray gave a slight nod, his legs exerting a little force. Amber suddenly surged forward, rapidly closing in on Benjamin Patel.

"You..." Benjamin Patel was greatly startled, completely baffled by Leaf Gray's intentions. The battle between the two sects was already over. Their continued fighting here was meaningless, so he didn't understand why Leaf Gray was still charging at him.

But there was no time to dwell on this now. Seeing the large tiger carrying Leaf Gray rapidly approaching, Benjamin Patel could only activate an Ice Spike spell to respond.

Leaf Gray tilted his head, avoiding the incoming ice spike, and leaped out from the tiger's back, his long knife swinging down. He revealed a rare, ferocious grin: "You decided when to start the fight. I decide when it ends!"

Benjamin Patel had suddenly come to fight him to the death for three consecutive days, infuriating him and causing significant consumption. A few days ago, he still had a considerable stockpile of spiritual pills, but these past few days of consumption had left him with only about thirty pills.

During these three days, he couldn't even cultivate properly, wasting a lot of time. These losses couldn't be made up for by Benjamin Patel simply saying 'you win'.

If he didn't vent this pent-up fury, how could he let Benjamin Patel leave?

After three days of fighting, they were already intimately familiar with each other's methods. Originally, Benjamin Patel shouldn't have been so easily closed in on by Leaf Gray, but he never expected Leaf Gray to be so persistent. Caught off guard, it was already too late to retreat.

As the long knife descended, Benjamin Patel had already slapped a Golden Body Talisman on himself. The long knife, enhanced with the Sharpness Spirit Pattern, struck the layer of golden light but failed to completely break through.

Instead, a large seal suddenly appeared, transforming to the size of a tabletop, and stamped down towards Leaf Gray.

Leaf Gray pulled back rapidly. A large crater immediately appeared on the spot where he had been, the ground shaking. By the time he steadied himself, Benjamin Patel had already put a distance of ten yards between them, and had even repelled the combined sneak attack from Amber and Evie...

Benjamin Patel didn't dare to activate the seal's power a second time, as the consumption was too great.

Seizing this opportunity, Leaf Gray stomped his foot and charged at Benjamin Patel again. His body swayed to dodge the incoming ice spikes, with the light of the Guarding Spirit Pattern occasionally flashing on his body.

He can win!

If they fought just a few more times, he could kill this Benjamin Patel.

Although Benjamin Patel's recovery speed was basically on par with his own, perhaps even slightly better, Benjamin Patel had consumed too many spiritual pills these past few days...

For a cultivator, the only consequence of consuming a large number of spiritual pills in a short period is that their spiritual power becomes turbid and impure. Especially for a spellcaster like Benjamin Patel, having impure spiritual power is fatal. The power of the spells he casts will diminish, and the casting time will lengthen...

Leaf Gray had clearly detected this point. This was precisely the reason he insisted on continuing the fight!

He didn't need to kill Benjamin Patel this time. He only needed to force him to continuously consume spiritual power and replenish it by taking pills. Benjamin Patel would become progressively weaker. Eventually, there would come a time when he could chop this guy to death.