Alice delivered slash after slash with the grace of a dancer.
Kirito tried his best to take them on but got unsightly blown
away each time. He would have chances at a counterattack if he
could dodge purely by shifting his body, but Alice's sword was
dreadfully quick with superb aim despite its hefty size, making it
extremely hard to evade them cleanly.

Finished with the art ritual chant even while trembling with
fear, Eugeo chased after the pair who continued to move about.
With things having proceeded this far, he had no choice but to
activate the armament full control art while Kirito somehow took
on the attacks.

After merely five exchanges of offense and defense which took
next to no time, Kirito had already been driven to the western
wall. Behind him was solid marble with all routes of escape cut
off.

(Alicization Rising, 321)