The man in the cloak defended himself while adapting to Chen Mo and Mother Ghost's attacks.
As a physical Ability User, especially one of such high strength, he had a great deal of combat experience. Even when caught in a temporary setback and his mindset was unstable, he could still instinctively handle everything.
Especially as the battle dragged on, he gradually adapted to its rhythm. Little by little, he recovered from his disadvantage and began fighting Chen Mo on equal footing.
Meanwhile, Mother Ghost had less and less opportunity to intervene. The cloaked man focused more on defending against Mother Ghost, yet did not attack her.
This was mainly because if the cloak took a powerful attack, it could only defend one point. But now that the cloaked man only defended against Chen Mo's attacks, all of Ghost's attacks were intercepted by the cloak.
He had not understood this during the earlier battle. Defending against Ghost's attacks had caused the cloaked man to suffer a minor loss. So after being struck twice, he changed his defensive method, leaving Ghost to circle around helplessly without any chance to attack.
Of course, no matter how the cloaked man fought, he still leaked energy; it was merely a matter of quantity. As long as some leaked out, Chen Mo could benefit by absorbing the energy he released, sending it into his Dantian, where the Qiankun Pearl absorbed and converted it before feeding it back to Chen Mo.
After the cloaked man wrapped himself up in the cloak, Chen Mo could no longer touch his body, and he had also put away his golden mace. As a result, Chen Mo absorbed far less of that leaking Alien Energy than before.
There had not been much energy leaking out to begin with, and most of