Striking a fist and swinging a sword, the distance is as small as three feet, and within three feet, the change in direction is only the horizontal shift from the left shoulder to the right shoulder, and the strength exerted will be significantly less than normal."
This move is akin to the "force analysis" in classical mechanics, changing the direction of the force, it becomes a "component force", resulting in a much smaller force in the corresponding direction.
Not only that.
Recalling the battle with Balster, the two of them never once got close to this distance from beginning to end.
Back and forth with all Martial Saint techniques, in the end, the "Kill the Flood Dragon" was a cut in the air, more than thirty feet apart, the thickness of the ground alone was seven or eight feet.
Therefore, Liang Qu did not use this ability frequently and it was mostly irrelevant in Zenith duels.