Was honestly hoping for more of the MC just flexing his skills vs the army for a bit to build himself a reputation rather than end the war immediately.This makes sense but isn't as fun.Respecable choice good chapter as usual.
If water is about push and pull, then applying that force in between molecules, it should be possible to change it between the different states of matter - Solid, Liquid, Gass, Plasma, and Bose-Einstein condensates.
How about water body clones? Or him turning into a puddle of water, quickly moving away and reforming his body to avoid a deadly blow? Perhaps he could elementalize his entire body into water, moving from point a to point b as there's water in the air. Could be mistaken for teleportation