Giga Devouring Veil
Almond's defense absorbed the beam's power for a full 1.5 seconds before it broke, and the remaining beam that lasted for 0.5 seconds struck the group, but everyone wasn't injured with stacked defenses from those with defense skills and Marcus's Geoprime General's Halo skill that buffed everyone, which was further boosted by his Talent's Ironheart Force, making its effect double.
The long-range attackers were preparing as well, so they began their assault shortly with adrenaline rushing in them as nobody was hurt from that beam attack!
Almond was planning to hold back at first and let his teammates attack, but he wasn't expecting the Heroic Challenge to change its ways, so he decided to join the attack right off the bat.
"Start!" Almond grinned as the group already knew what to do. He also used Spirit Syringe on himself to boost his stats by 20%.
