Holding
Chaos continued to rain, but it didn't seem to have anything to do with Ryu. He sat in silent meditation, and no one bothered him. Quiet, unassuming, unmoved.
Soon, the Fiends seemed to realize that they weren't going to get anything out of this. In fact, because the Holy World had been located on the Real Plane, if they were too careless, they might end up being completely wiped out.
Of course, Ryu knew this. That was why he was confident that after a few clashes of getting nothing out of it, the Fiends would eventually choose to retreat.
This was also why Galadriel had chosen to take such a suicidal approach to begin with. Fiends would be at a disadvantage in the Real Plane, and the only way to get a leg up was through tricks like this.
They had already sent such a great genius, only to end up losing him. The loss of a top 100 character in a cultivation Realm wasn't small at all.