Your timing is completely off, it would take a second for a pillar to emerge [with great force as I stated], a rock from 2 meters away boosted by a pillar rising with great force, you actually have a second to defend.
For example: Do this right now, clap your hands, how long did it take you to do that? A second right? that's a single sound beat. Now snap your fingers, took a second right? Now explain to me how your ice is released before the rock hits.
Another problem, this entire deal of "I feel the earth shifting" is useless, The earth doesn't move under you to then rise, it rises at the spot, so by the time you feel any earth shifting, a rock is lodged in tour head, shifting you to the right, causing damage to your skull, as spikes rise to stab you in your leg and you fall. Your move doesn't fit the time frame, so you're actually on the ground, unable to walk and suffering from an injury to the head.
Sigh.
and so it begins.
1. I did not CLAP my hands. I snapped my fingers.
2. 3 spikes are coming out of the earth, you trying to tell me I dont feel the earth move?
3. You said as the rock is traveling towards me, the spikes come at me.
Timeframe
You -Small rock from 2 meters away is traveling towards me. No handseals
Me - I take my trident off my back with my left hand and snap my fingers with my right. Ice Nagashi waves flow in 360 degrees from my body.
Rock gets caught by Ice waves and frozen in place and form into a stalagmite.
You, not pausing to do your 3 spikes, requires no handseals yet again, would start to form as the ice come from my body. Spikes would get caught by the waves as well.
Summary of fight so far.
Stop bitching and moaning about technicalities that are wrong in the first place and fight. If I wanted to fight someone like that I would fight Yard.
Guess what. If Rock travels towards me, I snap my fingers and freeze it and everything around me, You wont even be able to do the damned spikes, but it wont stop you from trying to do it. Spikes wont hurt me since C Ranked Earth is not strong enough to penetrate A Ranked Ice, Elemental Weakness or not.
And another BS technicality for you. I'm wearing a helmet. a small rock aimed to my ear would hit my helmet, bounce off, and I wouldnt feel it at all. so please, carry on with the bs or just fight.