As for reducing the intensity of damage, it refers to turning "severe damage" into "moderate damage," and "moderate damage" into "light damage."
The arrows shot by the two Blood Ring Generals were initially powerful, their speed hard to discern by the naked eye, but after striking Bai Pu's Protective Gang Wind, they trembled violently and ultimately left only two scrapes on Bai Pu's body surface, with no impact on his Wind-Stepping Slash direction.
Hidden Snake was also striving for self-preservation. After breaking free from the Shadow Walking state, he saw Bai Pu leap high and immediately shifted direction laterally.
But Bai Pu, in mid-air, traced a virtual line with his sword tip along the flow of the wind. Enveloped by a blood-red whirlwind, he instantly changed direction, pouncing like a Cangying on a rabbit, crashing down onto the top of Hidden Snake's head after changing direction in the air!
