A Desperate Comeback

Petrification Clown Jupetz possessed the Innate Spirit Art "anyone who looked at her would be petrified," as well as the "Master-Guarding Conch," which could provide her with automatic, all-weather, all-angle defense without blind spots.

Against Firona's combat style of "freely controlling bullet trajectories through her line of sight" and "invisible assassination sniping," Jupetz was practically the absolute nemesis of stealthy snipers like her.

Therefore, from the moment Firona was petrified without any intelligence on her opponent, she had been destined to lose to Jupetz.

Likewise, Reflection Clown Nuobolik possessed the ability to "reflect with one hundred percent certainty any external attack that reached him," along with the "Aurora Agate," which allowed for flexible movement at range or up close, in attack or defense.

Against Erigat's traits of "greatly strengthening his offense and defense with steel" and "turning damage sustained over a long period into instantaneous explosive force," Nuobolik was likewise the complete bane of heavy offensive-and-defensive close-range fighters like him.

Thus, after being grievously wounded in both body and mind by his own all-out blow turned back upon him, Erigat had also been destined to lose to Nuobolik.

Whether Firona or Erigat, their abilities had both been utterly suppressed by Jupetz and Nuobolik, plunging them into a perilous dead end where, once struck, there was no turning back.

However, after Weimeng intervened with his scouting gray rats and guided the battle among the four into an entirely new reshuffling, the balance of the entire fight began to turn.

Firona and Erigat lured Jupetz and Nuobolik all the way to this rendezvous point in the Swamp World.

Then, Firona faced Nuobolik for Erigat, while Erigat faced Jupetz for Firona.

With Firona and Erigat having learned the opposing Clowns' abilities in advance, the entire web of counters was overturned in an instant.