Chapter 61: Old Sow Brings Omen, One Trick After Another
This Iron Head Dragon King had its eyeball pierced by Su Mo with a steel pipe, the tip penetrating straight into the brain marrow, and it was already severely injured at this point.
After it surfaced, one monstrous eye seemed filled with hatred as it glanced at the people on the bow, then it turned and charged headlong at the boat, this collision coming with ferocious momentum, as if determined to capsize the boat in the Yellow River.
Everyone saw the Iron Head Dragon King charging fiercely and immediately became flustered.
Wang Pang Zi had no gun on him at this time, but even if he did, it wouldn’t help; the Iron Head Dragon King’s head was as hard as raw iron. Su Mo’s first steel pipe, carrying a thousand jin of force, only pierced its shell without damaging the brain marrow. The second steel pipe precisely pierced the eye socket to severely injure it.
If shot with a gun, it would be no different from scratching an itch from inside a boot!
Hu Ba Yi and Da Jin Ya’s faces both changed drastically. The boatman in the cockpit hurriedly turned the rudder in panic, but with the rapid river current and the Iron Head Dragon King approaching extremely fast, turning the bow at this point was also very difficult to dodge.
At this moment, Su Mo suddenly said in a deep voice:
“Everyone cover your ears!”
Wang Pang Zi and Hu Ba Yi, upon hearing this, quickly covered their ears.
Da Jin Ya was still stunned for a moment, then got slapped on the head by Wang Pang Zi:
“Hurry!”
Da Jin Ya quickly covered his ears as well.
At this time, Su Mo had already gathered his qi and suddenly let out an angry roar at the Iron Head Dragon King charging fiercely toward the bow!
“Get lost!”
This angry roar was like the simultaneous mad roar of over a hundred male lions on a mountaintop, carrying the boundless might of Kirin Sacred Blood!
And at this time, Su Mo had reached the Martial Saint Initial Stage, pushing this Buddhist Lion’s Roar and Kirin Sacred Might almost to the extreme.
A wild and powerful sound wave force instantly shook the entire boat.
And on the river surface, Su Mo’s roar actually shook up waves!
The Iron Head Dragon King charging fiercely came to a sudden halt in the roar, as if crashing into an invisible iron wall. Its body trembled instantly, then its remaining monstrous eye rolled back, and it flipped belly-up into the river water.
Su Mo’s roar had actually shattered its already injured brain marrow, instantly taking its life!
Previously, Su Mo’s steel pipe had injured its brain marrow, so it was already at the end of its strength. Su Mo’s Buddhist Lion’s Roar worsened the damage, shattering its brain marrow completely.
The Iron Head Dragon King’s body floated belly-up on the river surface for a few seconds before sinking into the water.
Hu Ba Yi, Wang Pang Zi, and Da Jin Ya, standing on the boat, were all shocked speechless.
One roar took out the Iron Head Dragon King?
This was too unbelievable!
Especially Da Jin Ya, who looked at Su Mo as if gazing upon a heavenly god.
“This… this… Master Su is simply a god descended to earth!”
Wang Pang Zi and Hu Ba Yi put down their hands covering their ears at this time. Though they also felt shocked in their hearts, they had seen Su Mo use the Buddhist Lion’s Roar before in the Western Regions, so their shock was slightly less than Da Jin Ya’s.
Seeing Da Jin Ya’s dumbfounded expression, the two felt both amused and proud.
“Master Jin, did you see that?”
“This is our Master’s skill. Impressive, right!”
Da Jin Ya finally came back to his senses, but couldn’t help sucking in a cold breath. His face then broke into a brilliant smile as he ran to Su Mo’s side and began a barrage of flattery:
“Master Su, you are truly a god!”
“One roar scared the Iron Head Dragon King to death. This skill, this ability—simply a god descended to earth!”
“In ancient times, the Yan man Yide roared once, and Cao’s soldiers retreated; roared twice, and the river flowed upstream; roared thrice, and Dangyang Bridge broke. Later poetry praised: ‘Before Changban Slope he saved Zhao Yun, roared back Cao Cao’s million troops, named Zhang Fei, styled Yide, a reckless man eternal in fame!'”
“Today, Master Su stands alone at the bow like a gate guardian, first steel spear piercing the Dragon King’s iron armor, second shot blinding the Dragon King’s divine eye, one roar shattering the Iron Head Dragon King’s vitals—stronger than Yide back then by who knows how much. In my view, Master Su’s is the skill eternal in fame!”
Hu Ba Yi and Wang Pang Zi, hearing Da Jin Ya’s flattery like a tidal wave from the side, couldn’t help exchanging a glance.
Good grief, this Master Jin was the true expert at flattery—when he got going, it was like a sow in heat, one set after another!
With the Iron Head Dragon King killed by Su Mo’s Buddhist Lion’s Roar and sunk to the river bottom, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. The boatman maneuvered the ferry and soon arrived at Gu Tian County.
After reaching the dock, the boatman refused Fatty’s money no matter what, looking at Su Mo as if at a god descended to earth.
Su Mo smiled faintly:
“Take the money you’re owed. It’s what you deserve!”
Only then did the boatman accept Fatty’s money and thanked Su Mo profusely.
Su Mo and the others bid farewell to the boatman and found a guesthouse in Gu Tian County.
Along the way, with rain and the Iron Head Dragon King, everyone’s clothes were soaked through. Now finally having a place to rest, they all hurried to take hot showers and change into clean clothes.
When Su Mo finished showering and changed clothes, he saw that Da Jin Ya had already bought alcohol and food and placed it on the table. Seeing Su Mo come out, he said with a full-faced smile:
“Master Su, you’ve had a hard journey. Come sit and eat something hot! The restaurants are all closed at this hour, and there’s not much good stuff—make do with this!”
It was already past ten o’clock. Gu Tian was a small county town, with street restaurants mostly closed. Da Jin Ya could only buy instant noodles, ham sausages, peanuts, chicken legs, Lao Bai Gan liquor, and such from the shop. But this kid had run out to buy things while Su Mo was showering—this attentiveness was quite rare.
Wang Pang Zi couldn’t help teasing:
“Master Jin, why so diligent all of a sudden! Still hoping my Master will take you on?”
Da Jin Ya grinned:
“I know my talent is ordinary and I’m old. Master Su definitely won’t take me, but I’ve admired capable people since I was young. If Master Su hadn’t taken out that Iron Head Dragon King today, we’d all probably be down seeing the Dragon King Lord!”
“This alcohol and food isn’t much. Anyway, everyone needs to eat after the hard journey. I didn’t contribute much, so buying some things counts as my contribution!”
Hu Ba Yi nodded, then invited Su Mo to sit.
After the four sat down, drinking Lao Bai Gan and eating what Da Jin Ya bought, they ate quite heartily.
Da Jin Ya then asked about the origins of the Iron Head Dragon King and how Su Mo knew it was called that.
While speaking, a passing old man nearby heard Da Jin Ya mention the Iron Head Dragon King and couldn’t help showing a surprised expression:
“You folks saw the Iron Head Dragon King on the Yellow River today?”
Before Da Jin Ya could speak, Su Mo stopped him with a look.
Su Mo smiled faintly:
“We encountered it on the river today. Nearly got our whole boat capsized, but luckily we passed safely!”
The old man couldn’t help exclaiming:
“You folks are really lucky. This Iron Head Dragon King is no ordinary thing—countless people on this Yellow River have died in its mouth!”
