User blog comment:ChishioKunrin/RWBY 3 Livestream points/@comment-26512661-20160213000012/@comment-4010415-20160213015748

Well, he and his sword glowed when he blocked the bullets Blake shot at him.

And during this livestream, they said that Yang tends to rely on her Semblance way too much and thought she could just win by instantly using her Semblance on Adam, only for him to cut her arm off.