The Black Water River, Falling Eagle Gorge.
This was an exceptionally treacherous waterway. The steep black cliffs on both sides were like twin swords piercing the heavens, tightly gripping the turbulent river between them. The current here grew incredibly swift, laced with countless undercurrents.
It was a vital chokepoint on the route from the Ten Islands Region back to Black Stone City.
On a protruding rock on one of the cliff faces.
A middle-aged man with a thin, three-stranded beard and a cold expression stood with his hands clasped behind his back. His hawk-like eyes were fixed on the winding waterway below.
This was Hu Yanmo, a Tributor Elder of the Huyan Family. He was here under the Patriarch's orders to ambush and kill Su Yu.
In the clearing behind him, the massive, mountain-like Hu Yanxin sat cross-legged on the ground, his snores as loud and heavy as thunder. Even in his sleep, his nearly ten-foot-tall, powerful frame emanated a palpably tyrannical aura.
