Indiscriminate, area-wide big moves still couldn't compare to skills that locked onto a target.
External Incarnation, Divine Body Hidden Mist—no matter how you described it, "Inner Lobbyist" was undoubtedly highly concealed right now, and difficult to pin down.
In that situation, starting a countdown and then attacking indiscriminately not only displayed the Higher Being's domineering nature beneath a low-key exterior, but seemed like an exceedingly clever strategy.
After all, this move had condensed the five prisoners' desire for freedom. The humiliating fiasco from earlier, when they'd shattered at the slightest touch, no longer seemed quite so glaring. Instead, it had become a display of strategic cunning.
As for the Witch's judgment, Fu Qian naturally had no doubts.
This thing was most likely something akin to Ultimate Pollution. Once its countdown finished, it would probably reduce the chances of the two of them escaping with ease.
As for such an impressive move, why not quietly hide away and charge it up?
Borrowing a concept already tested during the last Nightmare Corridor mission—
A rule could only constrain others to the greatest extent if you had to abide by it yourself. Otherwise, no matter how elaborate it was, its upper limit could never exceed your own absolute strength.
This sort of attempt to break past the limit was only possible by leveraging an unreal concept like a dream.
In short, even the host had to follow the basic rules.
If a group was strong enough to get this effect just by charging up out of sight, they ought to have taken a more proactive stance.
Of course, "strong" here included one's mindset—in other words, whether you could overcome the "better them than me" attitude mentioned earlier.
After all, if someone drew a circle behind your back and cursed you, a disgraceful move