User blog comment:Andrew S-997/Andrew's Logs: From the Eyes of a Madman 1: Neo's Vanishing Act/@comment-9464517-20150814121817/@comment-4010415-20150814221807

It really is possible that she could've used illusions on Yang, making Yang punch the wrong spot, which made it much easier for Neo to dodge. It also would've made it easy for Neo to trick Yang into creating an opening for her to counter attack.