With Smokey taking a significant blow, Shima has to change targets. There’s no way he can get through all three pillars before he runs out of steam and they’d still have an angry bear to deal with. So might as well try to knock him out and hope that dispels all the shadows. He yells up at Rin.

“Forget the chains! We’re doing that thing ya did at the library! Yamantaka-kun!”

The demon lunges towards the giant bear, reaching up to grapple, grabbing its wrists to try to keep the iron claws out of the way if they aren’t otherwise occupied. They don’t need long, just a moment for Yamantaka to clap his top set of hands, ready to blast him with a burst of flames from the inside the moment Rin is able to join in.