Adam wanted to see what the three family heads were capable of and retracted his Devouring Death Daggers into his arms, amazing the onlookers who couldn't understand how exactly he was able to make weapons appear and disappear as he pleased.
The Dale Family Head formed a large wall behind Adam, supposedly blocking off his path of retreat, giving the Lin Family Head the chance to land a Dragon Fist on Adam, then followed up by a sword strike from the Ford Family Head, also called New York's swordmaster.
However, despite their great plan and execution of it, Adam was still too nimble, calm and skilled in combat to allow himself to be struck by such attacks.
They didn't land a single attack on Adam the entire time they fought and despite all their intelligent strategies and power, all their attempts to wound Adam ended in failure and they were beginning to look for a way to retreat.