Lone Suppression of the Heavenly Abyss

When Huang Sihai finished practicing,

Li Xiuwen asked, "Master, was that the force of the Whale-Killing Fist?"

Huang Sihai smiled. "Yes. That force is called Vast Sea Grapples the Whale. You'll grasp it when your Whale-Killing Fist reaches the fourth level."

In principle, the fourth level of the Whale-Killing Fist was Perfection.

The fifth level was a special realm.

So at the fourth level, one could comprehend a new "force."

At that moment, Huang Sihai seemed lofty and unfathomable to Li Xiuwen. The Whale-Killing Fist was the style's most important core Combat Method. The "force" it produced could not be just for show.

Curious, Li Xiuwen asked, "Does the fifth level, Peak Perfection, have a force too?"

Huang Sihai nodded. "The fifth level's force is called Lone Suppression of the Heavenly Abyss. If you comprehend it, then from that day onward, any inheritor of the Sea Sand Style who hasn't grasped that force will be suppressed by yours whenever he uses a Sea Sand Style Combat Method—even if his cultivation is higher than yours. His power will be cut by thirty percent, unless he too comprehends Lone Suppression of the Heavenly Abyss. If you want to reclaim the Sea Sand Style inheritance in Qingzhou Prefecture someday, you must grasp this force. Only then will you have even a sliver of a chance."

Li Xiuwen nodded, then asked, "Has Senior Brother Chen Beiwang grasped it?"

Huang Sihai smiled. "Yes. Even at the Sea Sand Style's peak, when people with superior physiques were as plentiful as clouds, fewer than one in ten could comprehend Lone Suppression of the Heavenly Abyss!"

Anticipation stirred in Li Xiuwen. After hearing about the Nine Dragons Patriarch's deeds, he had grown deeply interested in the Sea Sand Style inheritance.

Someday, when he had the strength, he would