You have to make a counter hit using Litchi's Overdrive "Thirteen Orphans", performing →↘↓↙←→ D when the rod is placed. A little thing people might not know is that this Overdrive changes depending of how do you placed the rod, for example; set it with 5D, the staff will spin upward, but set it with 2D, the staff will walk forward striking some punches. I recommend using a second controller to make easy a counter hit, use the 2D variation of the attack a little away from the second player and spam a fast attack with the second controller, so the staff will make a counter hit when they reach the player.