Clear Rain's response was extraordinarily fast, casually tapping the spacebar in midair to immediately cancel the glide trajectory of his grappling hook.
While still in midair, he clicked both the left and right mouse buttons, preparing to fend off the opponent's fully charged Dragon King Break.
But Water was even craftier; as Clear Rain's sword began to glow red with the attempt at Waving Swords, Water swiftly sidestepped to the left, cancelling his charge and unleashing a right-click ordinary attack.
The longspear's ordinary attack drew an arc in the air, directly hitting Clear Rain just as his Waving Swords stance had ended, causing a stagger.
Then Water followed up with two left-click ordinary attacks, stabbing forward with the longspear like the tip of a needle twice more.
Clear Rain, clad in golden armor, lost almost half his armor gauge from this combination of attacks from the opponent's golden longspear.