Although the situation did not look very favourable, as it looked like Loimos was getting charred by life and would soon be divided into two pieces across the torso at a somewhat diagonal angle- Things were actually not that bad.
Loimos would have kept going even if that were to happen, as getting blasted by a bit of life and being bisected were not exactly the end of the world, considering his situation, it would be best to avoid any unnecessary damage.