"Who says so!" Hearing So Jia’s words, Xiang Yun widened his eyes and loudly declared, "Don't underestimate water; it's the symbol of Yin's softness. You say it’s weak because you haven’t learned how to use it yet."
"Uh-huh?" So Jia was confused as he asked, "Do you mean that water can actually be used for defense? That’s ridiculous! Just like your previous slash, what can these water droplets do now? Can they block a sword?"
Hearing So Jia's complaints, Xiang Yun smiled slightly and said, "Don’t rush. Let’s try this first. Now… you control the water curtain to spin as fast as possible."
Although unsure of his intentions, So Jia still followed Xiang Yun’s instructions. With So Jia’s water control ability and his fruit control abilities, coupled with Xiang Yun's enhanced spiritual strength, the water curtain began to spin faster and faster until it reached an unbelievable speed.
Seeing the rapidly spinning water curtain, Xiang Yun’s eyes lit up. He suddenly thrust out his battle saber, and in a flash of golden light, the thick blade crossed over ten meters before slashing at the rotating water curtain.
"Bang!" Under So Jia's gaze, when the thick battle saber touched the water curtain, it seemed to hit an inflated ball, rebounding sharply and flying hundreds of meters away. Xiang Yun quickly intercepted it with his battle saber.
Seeing the rapidly spinning water curtain, Xiang Yun laughed excitedly. He dashed forward in several steps, appearing before So Jia again. With all his might, he slashed downwards.
"Bang!" The dull sound echoed as So Jia could clearly feel the force from Xiang Yun’s blade through his super concentrated spiritual energy. Just as Xiang Yun’s battle saber cut into the water curtain, a lateral pulling force suddenly appeared within it. Despite Xiang Yun's reluctance, the battle saber veered off course due to the massive rotational force. Before he could react, the battle saber was flung out of the water curtain.
Seeing this, So Jia was momentarily stunned. What happened? He could feel that Xiang Yun hadn’t held back; this slash was no different from the previous one, but with his second strike, he only managed to cut into the water curtain by half a meter before being flung away!
As he wondered, Xiang Yun laughed heartily and said, "Just as I predicted. Just as I predicted! This lateral pulling force is indeed hard to control; under such defense, any weapon will be affected."
While saying this, Xiang Yun signaled So Jia to retract the water curtain. He then handed his battle saber to So Jia and said, "I know you don’t understand, but soon you will. Now… hold the hilt tightly with both hands, I’ll show you."
Following Xiang Yun’s instructions, So Jia held the long handle of the battle saber firmly in both hands. At the same time, Xiang Yun extended his right hand and grabbed the blade tip.
"Now, I'm going to press down. Pay attention and resist," said Xiang Yun.
As soon as Xiang Yun pressed down, So Jia felt a massive force pressing from the blade’s tip. Feeling the force, he took a deep breath and lifted his blade upwards, fighting against Xiang Yun's downward pressure.
"Alright!" After pressing slightly, Xiang Yun continued, "Now… I will change my direction to upward. Pay attention to pressing down on your saber to resist my force!"
Xiang Yun changed from pressing down to lifting up while So Jia urgently adjusted his forces and pressed down with both hands, canceling out Xiang Yun’s massive force.
After completing this, Xiang Yun smiled and said, "How do you feel now?"
"Hmm..." Nodding, So Jia firmly replied, "I can sense it. Lifting is harder to apply power compared to pressing, which easily concentrates the strength in your body and both arms. From my perspective, pressing down can generate twice the force!"
Smiling in agreement, Xiang Yun turned his body sideways and lightly extended his right middle and index fingers, pushing against the front part of the blade. He then smiled and said, "Now I’m going to push sideways with the same strength. Pay attention to resisting."
As a massive force surged from Xiang Yun’s two fingers, So Jia fought back with all his might. However, despite sending out exactly the same force, So Jia was shocked to find that he couldn't resist when the force came from the side; he couldn’t stop the battle saber's movement!
Watching Xiang Yun easily push the blade off course, So Jia was momentarily stunned. Clearly, no matter how many times Xiang Yun exerted his strength, the results were entirely different. Especially when pushing from the side, it was completely unstoppable.