While Divine was battling Melissa and the Black Mandate members, Corey used the opportunity to heal his body, observe the environment, analyze the formation, observe Divine, Melissa, and the members of the Black Mandate.
When he did this, he realized a few things.
First of all, the array that was being used on the Neon Headquarters was not only an anti-mana array, it also sealed the space around them, prevented the usage of fire and ice elemental energies, and was also an illusion array that prevented anybody from seeing or even perceiving the battle that was occurring in the Headquarters of Neon.
At the moment of the ambush, Corey had tried to react to the rain of bullets, however, the sudden disappearance of the mana in his surroundings caused a severe backlash that would have crippled most.
