User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 353: Exorcism, Review./@comment-11525161-20130928072145/@comment-4829046-20130929115046

Unless you mean a mental fight where he was like using will-power and concentration to stay without freezing for as long as possible, I doubt it, since the Village was frozen before the Giants could actually fight and I assume according to Erza's "deductions", he entered in plain sight ergo why the Giants were armed and facing away from the Flame. If Atlas and Silver fought, then it would have been nearer to the flame.

However you can believe what you want. ^_^