"Ouch!"
The chain bobbing in the water traced a faint golden light before quickly sinking to the bottom.
The fishing rod in my hand instantly bent into an arc.
A powerful force came from the water. I could barely hold onto the rod!
"Quick, help me!!"
While gritting my teeth and desperately struggling against the force in the water, I shouted to Fang Rui and Asa, who were standing stupidly on the shore watching the show. "It's hooked!"
Fang Rui was stunned for a moment but still followed my order. He came over and grabbed the fishing rod, exerting force with me.
"Asa, come here too!"
Since I couldn't draw a talisman with both hands gripping the rod, I turned to the hip - hop youth who seemed completely unconcerned. "Don't let the thing underwater get away!"
Unexpectedly, Asa shook his head and said, "I'm a vegetarian. Don't involve me in this fishing business."
"Ah!! Asa is so sly!"
True to her status as an actress, Bai Ruoyun spoke in a coquettish voice, voicing my thoughts. "You're clearly trying to slack off instead of going to the picking group!"
As she said that, she took off her shoes and walked bare - footed to my side. "Miss Du, I'll help you. I hope you can rescue Su Guohua soon!"
I was slightly surprised that Bai Ruoyun would offer to help on her own initiative, but I still let go of the rod.
"All the drowned ghosts in the world, listen carefully. Above are the Six Jia, below are the Six Ding. I suppress your spirits and souls, and fix you with the thunder. The Supreme One has given the order, and I shall carry it out!"
I formed a hand gesture for the ghost - suppressing spell and silently recited the incantation in my heart. I dipped my right index finger into the water and then held it upright in front of my chest.
Immediately, a wisp of faint cool wind circled around my finger and headed towards the direction of the fishing line in the water.
When I looked up, I happened to see a smug look on Director Shi Anbang's face.
He was covering his earpiece with his hand, presumably making some arrangements...
It seemed they thought their plan was foolproof and would trigger a huge wave of topics!
However, this time, the topic might cost Su Guohua his life!
"Go!"
I pointed my finger at the splashing water. The thing in the water seemed to suffer great pain and sank forcefully. With a scream from Bai Ruoyun, the extremely tough carbon fishing rod snapped into two pieces. Bai Ruoyun and Fang Rui immediately fell backward onto the ground.
The part of the rod with the fishing line was quickly dragged into the whirlpool in the water.
"Don't go!"
I drew another "ghost - suppressing spell" towards the water. Suddenly, countless transparent hands emerged from the dark water, tightly grasping my arms and choking my neck, trying to drag me into the water.
I was extremely frightened. This situation had happened before!
In the small stream where Xiaoshanzi drowned, the old Taoist priest Li Chengxian used the innate water spirit talisman. It wasn't a ghost and wasn't afraid of my ghost - suppressing spell. I couldn't even detect its presence!
I desperately pulled back. The half of the fishing rod that had been dragged underwater suddenly shot out of the whirlpool like a javelin and stabbed towards my neck!
I was being held by the countless little hands transformed from the water spirits and had nowhere to dodge. I could only raise my only movable left hand and grab the half of the fishing rod.
However, the fishing rod was too slippery to hold due to the water. I could only watch helplessly as the broken end of the fishing rod loomed in front of me like a hideous weapon.
"Be careful, Xiao He!"
Suddenly, an arm wrapped around my waist. As I was lifted up, a big hand firmly grasped the fishing rod stabbing at me. The slender fingers pinched and turned, and the thumb - thick fishing rod instantly broke into countless pieces and fell into the water one by one.
The silver - white translucent fishing line was caught between those beautiful fingers. It was wound a few times and then quickly pulled upwards!
"Si..."
I was just about to turn my head and call out when I heard the familiar voice behind me whisper in my ear, "I don't want to be famous... I'm just the man of the well - known Du Yinyang master."
"Um!"
Even in such an urgent situation, I still blushed embarrassedly. It seemed that as long as he was around, I wouldn't be in any danger!
Si Jiangchen was behind me, helping me pull the fishing line. The huge stage lights of the program crew couldn't even illuminate his face clearly. His face was hidden in the shadow where the light couldn't reach, and the camera couldn't capture him!
I could hear Shi Anbang scolding the lighting technician and asking them to add reflectors, but I didn't have the time to think about it. I pinched two fingers of my right hand together and stroked the fishing line. The cool wind that had been lingering around my finger suddenly slid along the fishing line into the water...
"Squeak!!"
A sharp, high - frequency scream came from the water. Si Jiangchen pulled hard upwards, and a huge black shadow was dragged out of the water by the two of us!
"Quick, help me pull it up!" I shouted to Bai Ruoyun.
This woman might act in front of others, but she was completely sincere towards me. I didn't have any aversion to her.
"Fang Rui! Come on. I'm out of strength!"
Bai Ruoyun noticed that Fang Rui was trying to dodge, so she simply pushed him hard on the back with both hands and forced him to our side.
Fang Rui wanted to curse, but when he saw the camera shooting right in his face, he swallowed his vicious words and managed to hold them back.
"I was going to help anyway!"
As he said that, he reached out and grabbed the thin fishing line.
Soon, the huge shadow in the dark water was dragged onto the shore.
"My God!! What's that thing?!"
When Bai Ruoyun saw the thing dragged out of the water, which reflected a pale light under the illumination of the lights, she suddenly bent down and vomited.
[Ah! Is that a fish? Why is it so big?]
[It looks like a torn piece of clothing to me...]
[No, it's a person, right!]
[A person!! A person without hands, feet, or limbs!]
[No way... There's no head either!!]
[Call the police quickly. Someone has been dismembered!]
[Ah ah ah... It's so scary!]
... The live - broadcast room was in an uproar, and we outside the camera were truly frightened.
What I had dragged onto the shore with the ghost - suppressing spell was neither Su Guohua nor any mutilated body, but a huge fish!!
This nearly one - meter - long fish didn't have silver - gray scales all over its body like ordinary freshwater fish. Instead, it had only white fish skin tightly attached to its streamlined body. Its pale color was just like a dead body that had been soaked for a long time.
What was even more terrifying than the fish's strange appearance was that the gold bracelet belonging to Su Guohua, which I had used as bait, was actually fastened to its fish tail.
It was as firmly attached as if it had been custom - made for it!
"What kind of fish is this?!"
Although Fang Rui didn't vomit, his face turned ashen. He came to participate in a life variety show, not to visit the disgusting creatures in the world's unsolved mysteries!!
"This is Su Guohua!"
I looked calmly into the struggling fish's eyes and twitched the corner of my lips. "Are you satisfied with becoming famous like this?"