Qiguan Sui gave a quiet sigh. He had completely abandoned the idea of persuading Sima Yunshan. The man was stubborn beyond reason, already past saving.
The Beggar King, Sima Yunshan, likewise stopped trading arguments with Qiguan Sui and said, "Hand over the scriptures of the Way of the Yellow Heaven, and I can spare your life today."
Qiguan Sui could not help smiling. "How do you intend to kill me?" he asked mildly.
Sima Yunshan sneered. "Like this, of course!" He thrust both palms forward, unleashing Dragon Gate Leap to Attain the First Fruit. The vast, forceful power of the Yellow Heaven Great Method surged toward Qiguan Sui.
The Way of the Yellow Heaven traced its teachings back to the Xuanhuang Dao of old, and the Yellow Heaven Great Method originated from the Xuanhuang Dao's Xuanhuang Scripture. Yet Dragon Gate Leap to Attain the First Fruit was not a martial art of the Way of the Yellow Heaven. It belonged to the Beggar's Gang's defining martial art, known as the Seventeen Divine Dragon Forms.
The Beggar King, Sima Yunshan, had joined the Beggar's Gang many years ago and had long since refined this palm art until his furnace flames burned pure blue. Combined with the Yellow Heaven Great Method, the ferocity of his palm force could be called the greatest under heaven.
Qiguan Sui shook his head and employed the exquisite moves of the Eighteen Heaven-Swapping Hands. Quietly and lightly, he redirected that incomparably fierce palm strike into the ground, sending up a great cloud of dust.
The Beggar King, Sima Yunshan, roared. His palms circled, and he blasted out another move, Azure Dragon Gives Birth to the Sea Tide. This palm art of the Beggar's Gang was unmatched in ferocity, and in the hands of its leader, it displayed