@Voidreader01 that's what I'm trying to say... I mean at this point it's something that a lot of manhwa do... Yes he had a hard time but it wasn't necessary for him to use it since it was not life threatening but just tough... Ther was no risk of death a MC knew that... First fight against meo he had to kill him even if he had to risk his life with mana disruption or whatever it's called...
This time Meo was caught off guard precisely because he didn't know that he could use more than two elements