Despite the thick steams produces by the collision of fire and water type attacks, as powerful mages at Archmage level, even the thickest of steam won't impede their senses at all
In fact, having this much steam and not is almost the same for people at their level
Despite the thick steam, they can still sense each other
Cairo poured more mana into his long staff causing its size to grow bigger than before. Cairo then uses it to smack in the body of his enemy but the quick and nimble doppelgänger of his was not letting him do whatever he wants
The doppelgänger nimbly maneuver in the air. No matter how fast Cairo uses his elongated long staff to attack, he wasn't able to hit the enemy even at least once
In fact, the doppelgänger even retaliated as a storm of countless leaves formed with the real Cairo at the center
As a result, Cairo returned his long staff to its original size while erecting a powerful barrier around him to block all the leaves