Lancelot does have a moment to think about the fact that he possibly should not have forsaken the shield, given that he's spent so much time with it lately. But wielding his blade in this fashion has been his favorite, his most comfortable method, since he was a teenager -- and it is the way he drills each morning. It's easy to tell his mind to step back and let his senses and training take over.

He deflects Lan Wangji's swing fairly easily, though he is always impressed by his power and precision, and very quickly shifts his momentum to swing his own blade around in an arc to try for a touch on Lan Wangji's right hip.