User blog comment:DarkLordZeta/Is it just me or has Fairy Tail/@comment-3075024-20140409194155/@comment-76.161.172.226-20140410171510

Erza didn't defeat Kyouka, Kyouka simply tanked being blasted through the cube, then took a minute to get back to where Erza was. Possibly deliberately waiting until Fairy Tail had thinned out by going into the base to resume the fight.