Sohei's claws scratched at the bodies of the Purgatory leaders, while their blows dismembered Sohei's scales. Their bloody bodies dueled and neither side took a step back. This battle lasted for a couple of hours. Biacko and the others had recovered a bit and were ready to fight at any time, but they still waited for Crhono's order.
He had insisted that they hold on a bit and although at first they didn't understand the reason, now they were clear about it. Before they had been focused on Sohei's battle with the Purgatory leaders and hadn't realized it, but now they could tell.
Lugia and the others were nearby and they immediately understood that Crhono wanted to wait for them to arrive to launch a joint attack. Although they didn't know the reason why Crhono didn't take action, they thought there must be a good reason so they waited.