User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 458: Morning Star, Review./@comment-96.24.244.24-20151026174451/@comment-3290324-20151026175147

You're about the only person who's said this fight was bad. :D
 * 1) He didn't have enough time to block Jupiter. He didn't see it until it was too late because his Sand was blocking his view. And even if he did see it, he had Erza in one hand and an axe in the other.
 * 2) Bisca is a master sniper aiming a humongous weapon. Not that hard to get a shot off.
 * 3) He didn't dry up her swords. He turned them to sand. And obviously a powerful Mage is going to take longer to dry up than a weapon. :/ Plus, he was arrogant and was trying to force her to call him god.
 * 4) Trying to apply science to a manga is ridiculous. Water making a sand person attackable is a well known manga trope (see One Piece).