"At Twin Dragon Gorge, two mighty warriors vie for supremacy!"
Ever since word of the incident at Lanyue Garden spread, and the Guo Family, Hua Family, Canal Gang, and other major powers jointly posted an astronomical bounty of a hundred thousand taels, Hong Yuan's name had thundered throughout Linjiang Prefecture.
Most people believed Hong Yuan would soon lose his head.
A smaller number thought he would flee in panic, escaping to some distant land.
No one expected that, rather than fleeing, Hong Yuan would press forward against the tide of warriors hunting him, cutting his way through one formidable enemy after another.
Victory followed victory as he swept through his enemies like rotten wood and withered weeds, sending renowned experts to their graves.
Finally, atop the Ding Sheng Building, he used the corpse of Chen Jiulang, the foremost of the Canal Gang's younger generation, as his challenge to its greatest expert: the long-established grandmaster, Lei Meng, the Raging Tide Hand.
The news swept through the region like a hurricane.
Even well-informed people beyond Linjiang Prefecture hurried over on horseback, riding day and night without rest.
Three days passed in a flash.
In the blink of an eye, the day of the decisive battle arrived.
Within Twin Dragon Gorge, torrents surged and mighty waves battered the banks, their tremendous roar like peals of thunder tearing across the sky.
It was not yet noon, but crowds already packed both banks of the gorge around the enormous fortress of the Canal Gang Headquarters.
At a glance, the densely packed heads on either side seemed to form long dragons. Who could say whether hundreds or thousands had come?
There were martial artists from every walk of life, from both the righteous and outlaw factions, as well as scions of powerful clans. Yet the largest