Shocked and confused, the twins quickly grasped the situation.
The momentum of their attacks had been instantly disrupted by the stones. Reflecting on the mechanics of their ability, they realized that the stone obliteration counted as an attack, depleting their ability's "next attack" concept.
Consequently, the potent damage built up through the Spirit Synchro was reduced to their regular attack damage.
The stones had reached the blades first. It did not matter that Sikong Jian was the person the twins intended to strike; their weapons had already made the contact on which Piercing Focus spent its next-attack increase.
Everything they had done to hold him in place and build that power had brought them to the right range. The failure lay in the last few meters, where two ordinary pieces of stone had become the first things their strengthened weapons hit.
