Chapter 978 There’s Shark (2/2)

Li Du took a deep breath and dove down, holding the shark net and floating quietly in

the water, waiting for the fish to approach.

Sophie held up her camera and waited for the right moment to press the button.

Suddenly, however, Sophie lowered the camera and looked at Li Du in horror.

Li Du sensed something was wrong and reacted quickly. Instead of looking back to see

what was causing Sophie's panic, he pushed hard against the shark net with his feet

and used the reaction force to swim forward.

Almost at the same time, a strong impact hit his body like a crashing car. Li Du felt a

sharp pain in his back as his body was thrust forward.

Sophie hastened to catch him. Li Du's lungs ran out of oxygen, and Sophie dragged him

to the surface of the water.

As he rose to the surface, Li Du took a deep breath. Then he heard Sophie's anguished

voice: ”God, a bull shark!”

Surprised, he asked, ”Was it a bull shark that hit me?”

Sophie nodded vigorously. ”Yes, there are bull sharks around. Maybe they are attracted

by sardines.”

The scare was real, but the danger was not that great. There was a well-maintained

shark defense net, which the lion hunter took care to check earlier. The net was very

strong, and there was no apprehension that sharks might cross it.

Li Du went back into the water, though his back still ached. His underwater vision was

good, and he saw the shark that had hit him.

The shark's head was wide and flat, its eyes were round and its trunk was large. Its

whole body had the shape of a spindle, and its back was dark gray. Occasionally, it

rolled in the water and then one could see its abdomen was gray-white.

It looked very strong, but it was less than two meters long and not very bulky. Its impact

was not very strong from a distance.

Li Du and Sophie had seen blue whales in a submarine off Sydney, Australia. NowLi Du

wanted to get a closer look at the bull shark, and as he swam a few meters another bull

shark appeared.

One, two, five, ten...

Li Du was shocked. He looked ahead in disbelief, seeing as many as twenty or thirty

bull sharks.

He hastened to climb aboard the yacht. Although the shark net protected him, he was

still uneasy.

The lion hunter, who was sprawled on the deck enjoying a pleasant massage, noticed

the school of sharks under the water and got up at once, saying excitedly, ”Go, bring my

fish gun, I want to get a shark!”

Li Du said helplessly, ”Your hunting hobby is really extensive.”

The lion hunter said, ”I don't have any stuffed sharks in my castle yet.”

Killing sharks was not that simple. It was not just about having weapons, but more about

being able to get close enough.

Generally speaking, fishermen in Africa would use steel cages to protect themselves in

the water while they approached sharks and shot them through the bars. The lion

hunter, who had no such cage on his yacht, ventured out into the water to attack the bull

sharks through the shark net.

A shark net could act like a steel cage, but it was fixed in one place and could not

enable one to get close enough to the shark. At a distance, the fish gun had poor aim

and imperfect performance.

Shark group did not stick to the shark net, and the nearest one was about ten meters

away. The lion hunter shot many times but did not hit a shark.