To defeat Commander Honglan in Wuchang Fallen Feathers you need to parry, counter or dodge her attacks and build up the Poise Break meter to be able to use Obliterate. Use Charged Heavy Attacks when you're safely behind her to also trigger Obliterate while using Light Attacks where it's safe to do so.

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers rethinks the genre’s grind loop, offering a surprising resource system that may render soul-farming obsolete at some point.