Headless Immortal

Chapter 19 Shooting the Tiger
腥！
The stench is overwhelming.

Lu Xun, the black cat, wrote the character 'tiger' in Zhao Jia's palm.

"You mean the tiger that hurt you is also on the ship?" Zhao Jiafei asked eagle-eyedly, lowering his voice.

The cat nodded.

The scent carried by the river breeze with the tide was very clear.

The ship's manager, who was also an official, was now jumping around like an ant on a hot fire, wishing he could personally steer the ship to escape the bandits' encirclement.

All thirty men were dressed in armor.

The sailors on the official ship trembled like quails, clutching their weapons.

A thick fog covered the river.

Three large ships broke through the clouds and blocked the official ship's path.

A dozen or so small boats swarmed around like worker bees, banging their weapons and howling.

Bang!
The ship is anchored in place.

Iron hooks flew out amidst the shouts of the henchmen and hooked onto the ship's eaves.

Planks were laid out to form a long deck road.

The pirates jumped onto the makeshift deck.

"Cut the iron chain!"

The moment Zhao Jia gave the order, everyone moved in unison.

Swish.

Plop, plop.

Several pirates who had first stepped onto the makeshift deck fell into the gap between the large ships.

Chen Sheng, the Dragon in the Waves, spotted Zhao Jia at a glance.

"Chief, be careful! This is Constable Zhao from Meilan County. He's a martial arts master who's studied martial arts manuals for twenty years. Don't underestimate him!" Xiong Tao quickly warned.

The chief of the Tuolong Water Village on the Xunyang River was very confident and enjoyed dueling with others; his skills were certainly not lacking.

However, the constable in front of them was no pushover either. Now, he was covered in armor, and an outer sect master in armor could completely withstand the siege of a rabble on the battlefield.

"rise!"

Chen Sheng, the Dragon in the Waves, picked up a large, thick door panel and threw it out with all his might.

Keng.

The door panel lay across the ropes, forming a solid deck. The strong men, who were trying to cut the iron chains, suddenly realized that the door panel was completely wedged between the two large ships, and even if they cut the iron chains, it would be useless.

Chen Sheng's gaze shifted: "Mr. Xu, it's up to you now."

Xu Hong smiled and clapped his hands.

"Roar!"

Its roar shook the mountains and forests, startling thousands of birds and beasts.

A large, white-browed tiger emerged from the cabin, its slow gait resembling that of a king surveying his territory. Its fierce tiger eyes swept over the crowd, finally locking onto Zhao Jia at the bow of the ship on the opposite bank, based on a woman's cryptic words.

The tiger leaped suddenly, its body reaching two zhang in length, and instantly stepped onto the huge deck.

The beast's throat rumbled and roared.

My heart seemed to tremble along with it.

Even though everyone was wearing armor, their expressions all changed.

Fighting the river bandits is ultimately a battle against people, and with their armor on, they can certainly hold out until reinforcements arrive.

Who would have thought the battle would turn out this way?

No one knows what kind of sorcery the bandit stronghold used to tame tigers.

None of them had any experience fighting tigers.

Zhao Jia, still flustered, forced himself to remain calm and asked, "Where is the crossbow?!"

Two crossbowmen stood on either side, and the crossbows were cocked. Zhao Jia took the opportunity to pull out an ironwood bow from the box, nocked an arrow, drew the string back halfway, aimed at the pacing tiger, and roared, "Beast, come on!"

The big worm is very arrogant.

It always roars and howls, and no insect dares to make a sound in its presence.

The two-legged man's loud shout ignited the beast's ferocity. With a roar, it pressed its two claws slightly against the ground and suddenly exerted force, dodging the incoming crossbow bolt. Seeing the tiger leap high, the other crossbowman quickly released the crossbow.

Whoosh!
The fur was wiped clean, but the job was still unsuccessful.

Zhao Jia drew the ironwood bow to its full extent and fired from the high point of Tiger Leap.

call out.

puff.

"bingo!"

The arrow struck, but the tiger wasn't slowed down much by the iron bow; its heavy claws hurtled straight at Zhao Jia.

Zhao Jia abandoned his bow and firmly planted his horse.

With a broadsword in hand, one must fight a fierce tiger.

Everyone knew that Officer Zhao was likely doomed.

That tiger was ten feet long, and with one swipe of its paw, it could shatter both man and horse with the force of a thousand pounds.

At the critical moment.

Just listen,

"Cuckoo..."

"Cuck!"

It was as if a thunderbolt had struck from the sky.

It sounded like thunder.

A beam of white light swept in.

It exploded with a crack on the tiger's glaring eyes, spurting out blood.

The striped tiger, in pain, was also struck by the white light and staggered, losing its balance and crashing into the eaves of the boat. Its outstretched claws barely touched Zhao Jia before it hastily withdrew.

Zhao Jia gripped his broadsword tightly, stepped forward, and used all his strength to chop down on the tiger's head.

Clinging to the eaves, the magnificent tiger, its hind legs propping it up as it prepared to climb back up, was cleaved into the water by a single blow.

Blood stained the river tide red.

Pfft!
A toad the size of a washbasin jumped off the boat.

Huffing and puffing!

Zhao Jia felt as if his heart was about to jump out of his chest, and his lungs felt like broken bellows. He had never worked so hard before, as if he had used all his strength.

Exhausted, he felt a tingling, long-lasting strength welling up from his dantian, flowing through his limbs and bones, and the tiger's claws no longer hurt so much.

He vaguely heard a clap of thunder just now.

It sounds like a toad croaking.

Bai Guang was also very familiar with it. He would never mistake the toad's fleeting silhouette.

It's the toad from Qingquan Temple.

Why would a toad save him? Wasn't he already dead?
His eyes searched for the black cat.

No cat was seen.

"A true warrior! Even if the Little King Wu were reincarnated, he would be no better than this."

Chieftain Chen Sheng clapped his hands and cheered, saying, "Brother, you have the skill to shoot tigers, why bother working for a tyrannical and corrupt emperor? Why not join my water stronghold? I'll appoint you as the second-in-command, and you can choose from gold, silver, treasures, and beautiful women. Eat meat and drink wine to your heart's content, wouldn't that be wonderful!"

Zhao Jia brandished his sword and shouted, "Officials and bandits are irreconcilable enemies! Enough talk, who dares to step forward and die!"

Chen Sheng stepped onto the deck with a grim expression: "They won't listen to reason, so kill them!"

……

The one who jumped into the river with the striped tiger was Lu Xun.

He knew that tigers could dive and swim.

The arrow wounded him, but it wasn't fatal.

Once the tiger climbs out of the water, it becomes a ferocious beast that preys on humans, and the little creatures on land are hardly a match for the magnificent tiger.

Rivers and lakes, however, are the domain of toads.

He must seize this opportunity to kill the tiger completely and obtain its head!
Guru,

Gulu.

"..."

The tiger tightly closed its mouth and nose, preventing any more water from flowing into its throat.

The tiger in the water slowed down, and the dog paddled towards the surface of the river.

"Cuckoo!"

The tiger looked in the direction of the sound.

A beam of white light propelled a vortex that rushed closer.

boom.

The white light struck its wound directly.

It howled in pain.

This scream was terrible; water from all directions poured into his mouth as if it were free.

Sensing the threat of death, the tiger whimpered and shut its mouth and nose.

The clever creature realized it could no longer speak freely. Without bothering to see who attacked it, it only wanted to escape to the shore as quickly as possible.

Mountains and forests are its domain; rivers, on the contrary, are its demise.

In the swirling currents of the river, the immense force of the palm strike was largely dissipated, and the sharp fangs could not be easily opened. On the contrary, the little thief that attacked it moved freely, and the white light torrents that attacked from time to time were not diminished much.

"Crack."

The toad, the size of a washbasin, swelled to the size of a millstone.

Lu Xun always charged up his power to the absolute limit.

aim.

emission.

"Water rocket!"

Snapped.

The tiger, in pain, roared instinctively.

Gululu.

The panicked, spotted tiger struggled frantically, but the more it struggled, the more river water rushed in.

Gradually, the tiger's struggles weakened.

With its single eye, it saw the light on the water's surface as both so close and so far.

"Water arrow".

"Water arrow".

"..."

"Water rocket!"

A flash of white light appeared, so much like the surface of rivers and lakes.

In a daze, it felt everything calm down, and the uncomfortable, suffocating feeling completely disappeared.

"Stop struggling?"

Lu Xun suppressed his excitement, watching from a distance without rashly approaching.

"Water rocket!"

After a few more minutes of probing, the tiger's body was already floating in the river like a rootless duckweed.

Lu Xun was completely relieved and used his webbed feet to get closer to the tiger.

The tiger with its colorful fur had one eye wide open, and its once radiant, pearl-like pupil was now only a dull gray.

It is lamentable that a powerful ruler on land drowned in the whirlpool.

Lu Xun stretched out his toad-like webbed hands and grabbed the tiger's head.

With a gentle lift, he raised the enormous, striped tiger's head.

The writing appeared like ink splashed from black smoke.

[The Skull of the Rampant Tiger of the Jing Shi Army]

Type: Furry (beast - tiger)

Quality: Normal

Trick: Tiger Hunt

Commentary: The prefecture was infested with tigers, which frequently caused harm to the people. They often hired people to set traps and snares, but many still suffered injuries.

[They ate people, they ate many people.]

Lu Xun was overjoyed, but his brows furrowed.

What's gratifying is that the raging tiger is powerful.

He thought to himself: No wonder I was able to escape from the tiger's jaws in such a panic; it was all a trick. If it had been a magic tiger hunt, I probably wouldn't have been able to escape.

Evil is the target of rampant tigers.

The toad represents silver, while the Jing Shi Jun's rampant tiger represents cannibalism.

'Eating people' is much easier to understand than 'silver'.

[Has the Jing Shi Jun's rampant tiger's head been crushed?]

"Not crushed."

(End of this chapter)