[@Doc Doctor]
Fair enough, but it should still come with slight difficulty if he was running around in a fire, e.g take a moment to focus
And you guys know what instant means right? He was inside the instant it opened beneath his feet, E.g before anyone could swing a tail. He's stuck in an abyss of darkness which I've been told he can escape from but isn't easy to
Disorientation or something
Plus if you did JUST as the portal formed then you got sucked in as well XD, that is one nasty as portal XD