While that was going on, the challenger also reformed her other clone, and I instantly understood the crux of the battle. "The technique is expensive as hell to use. If she uses them well enough to break through his defenses, she wins, but if he can last long enough for her to run too low on spiritual energy, he wins."
In moments, the former case began to win out. The veteran was still having trouble fending off two attackers, allowing the newly recreated clone to maneuver behind him. Once it had done so, the trio simultaneously called out, "Raging Torrent!"
The veteran was overwhelmed by three intense blasts of magic water at once, in a triangle formation. He fought on, but from that point he was much too injured to regain the upper hand. His opponent fought much more conservatively from that point—she had to, since that triple attack had expended even more Qi than recreating a clone, but she could afford to now.
