The Buddha's Heart Passes on the Lamp: Wu Song Receives a Spirit Infusion, and the Emergency Headband Is Developed! (Continued)

A card master responsible for transporting supplies let out a scream as a strange fish clamped down hard on his thigh.

The strange fish's teeth were barbed. Once they bit down, they refused to let go, madly tearing at flesh while devouring the card master's spiritual power.

"Fall back! Form up!"

Lin Chen roared. The Dragon Slaying Sword in his hand swept out a fan-shaped Sword Qi, clearing a swath of fish from before him.

But it was only a drop in the bucket.

Under the pressure of the epic leader, the River Devouring Carp, these strange fish minions were practically a tireless school of man-eating piranhas.

"We're done for..."

Despair spread through the ranks.

Faced with this overwhelming, all-pervasive assault, even with Door Gods protecting them and Zhou Tai tanking the monsters, casualties were inevitable.

Once the defensive line was breached, Lin Chen could still protect himself.

But the brothers beneath his command would meet the fate of being torn apart by ten thousand fish.

At this critical moment.

Xi Shi, who had been standing behind Lin Chen all along, moved.

A rare trace of icy anger flashed through her eyes, which had originally been as gentle as water.

And with it came the majesty of a "ruler of water" whose dignity had been violated.

The embarrassment from her loss of composure at Curved Courtyard Lotus Pond just now—the shameful memory of begging for pleasure in Lin Chen's arms—replayed endlessly in her mind.

Shame, indignation, vexation, and self-reproach.

All these emotions intertwined, transforming into a powerful urge to prove herself.

I'm not a mere vase...

Xi Shi told herself inwardly.

I'm not a burden who only knows how to hold everyone back!

She slowly stepped forward. With a delicate lift of her hand, she removed the tattered bamboo hat