Because his repeated provocations had never managed to provoke Sun Yixie into "taking the bait" and raising the stakes in the previous consecutive banks, Murong Ji changed his strategy: at this moment, Murong Ji made these remarks, not because he believed that Sun Yixie would actually concede defeat quietly, but because he wanted to apply further psychological pressure on Sun Yixie and also present a facade of benevolence and magnanimity as if "to spare someone at one's mercy."
Once Sun Yixie became enraged or actually believed his words and started to negotiate, Murong Ji could then freely humiliate Brother Sun, recovering all the lost face in one go.
"Hmph… Surrender and lose half?" Sun Yixie snorted upon hearing this and immediately rejected it, "I think let's not, as long as I still have any points left, there's still a chance to win, isn't there?"
