The first attempt failed.
The second failed, then the third...
After more than a dozen consecutive failures, the heart monster was clearly enraged. Using the arms covering its body, it wriggled out through the gaps in the hull. Its dozens of arms flailed desperately, illusory, translucent books appearing in its palms and rapidly flipping through their pages.
The next second, dozens of Beyonder abilities from different pathways and sequences came hurtling at Edward all at once. Although most were only low-sequence abilities, their combined force still gave him a considerable sense of danger.
Edward immediately stepped back and teleported away, tossing the coin in his hand several times in succession. Once he confirmed that the effects of those abilities had faded, he tore through the air and stepped out of the Spirit World again, unleashing Confringo, Fiendfyre, the Killing Curse, and all manner of other spells. At the same time, he used Lightning Storm once more, bathing the monster in lightning.
This barrage clearly inflicted greater damage. Wounds burst open across the black-and-red heart, blood gushing out of them. It immediately tried to teleport away again, only for Edward to prohibit it once more, leaving it no choice but to retaliate with its various abilities.
Edward's figure flickered repeatedly, illusory doors appearing all around him. He hid in another world isolated from reality, constantly shifting between the doors and causing every one of the black-and-red heart's attacks to miss.
The black-and-red heart clearly wanted to use [Prohibition] to restrict Edward as well, but the prohibition it had recorded was of too low a sequence to have any meaningful effect.
"Confringo!"
As Edward swung his wand and cast the spell for who knew how many times, the spot where the wooden chest was embedded in the black-and-red heart suddenly exploded, sending