I called Xijun, Song Wanyi, and the others out, while Jiang Han stood atop the sedan chair.
"Song Wanyi, don't let this horde of ghost-things get close. Ghost Path, borrow the law—Blood Robe!" To guard against the unexpected, I put Blood Robes on all of them. After thinking it over, I figured Song Wanyi might be able to control the ghost beasts, so I asked, "Try to see if you can control them!"
Song Wanyi stared at me in astonishment. "How could I, Master? These are all ghost beasts in the mid-to-late Ghost General stage. Controlling one or two would be fine, but I can't control this many. Look—there are at least two or three hundred!"
I was silent for a moment, still unwilling to give up. "Can you control two or three of them and make them attack the others? Would that make them turn on each other?"
"No. They're all ghost sharks, and their noses are incredibly sharp. Once they catch the scent of something different, they bite down and won't let go." As she spoke, Song Wanyi cast Yin Spikes and Wind Blades, striking several ghost sharks and sending them leaping out of the water!
I glanced at the ghost sharks and my expression changed dramatically. Each of these sharks was three or four meters long, fat and powerfully built, with razor-sharp teeth. They looked ferocious indeed.
"Tasty!" Xijun giggled. The little glutton had started thinking about food again.
Although she was a Ghost King, there were too many ghost beasts for Xijun to protect us from all of them. Getting ashore as quickly as possible was the sensible thing to do.
As we spoke, a gigantic ghost shark shot up beside us, wheeled around with incredible speed, and lunged at us! Its head alone was at