Despite the disadvantage in numbers, and the overall equality in cultivation all throughout the field, the battle was a one-sided one. As members of Daniel's group, the participants from his side were significatively stronger than cultivators at the same level. A gap that could not be filled through sheer numbers.
This advantage in battle prowess was not something that could be felt by the blood cultivators, as opposed to the lower numbers of Daniel's side, which made the blood cultivators confident enough to give up any form of strategy. It was this misconception that, along with the urgency of being the first one to obtain the blood inheritance, and the lack of information regarding Daniel caused by the absence of survivors that could tell the story, had led many groups of blood cultivators to their death.