Buddhist and Daoist Clash, Each with Their Own Strengths (Second update, monthly votes requested)

This move not only took him completely beyond Master Pu Nan's attack range, but as he slid away, he also pressed two fingers of his right hand together like a sword and jabbed through the air at Pu Nan's right ankle. The master had only just steadied himself after exerting too much force, leaving his footing slightly unstable!

"Condense water into a needle, pierce the Gang Qi!"

A deep-blue thread of water, as fine as an ox's hair and almost invisible, yet condensed to the utmost, shot from Song Zifeng's fingertips!

The water thread made no sound, but traveled as swiftly as lightning. It carried a subtle, yielding force that pierced and seeped inward, aimed straight at a joint where the defenses of Master Pu Nan's Vajra True Body were comparatively weak!

"A paltry trick!"

Though startled, Master Pu Nan remained composed. He had absolute confidence in the defenses of his Vajra True Body.

He stamped his right foot down, abruptly gathering dark-gold light around his ankle to withstand the attack head-on.

Hiss!

The sound was exceedingly faint.

The deep-blue water thread struck the dark-gold light. Unlike the earlier attacks, it was neither deflected nor absorbed. Instead, as though alive, its tip suddenly grew finer and sharper, vibrating at high frequency as it frantically drilled into that solid layer of protective golden light!

"Hm?"

Master Pu Nan frowned. An almost imperceptible prickling pain and numbness came from his ankle, as though countless fine needles were trying to pierce his skin and burrow into his meridians!

Although this attack was nowhere near enough to breach his defenses, its strange, yielding penetration and vibration briefly impeded the circulation of blood and qi in his right leg, making him falter.

In that lightning-flash instant, while his body paused and his old force was