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Chapter 465 - 465 453 The Giant Blue Emerges from the Water

465: Chapter 453: The Giant Blue Emerges from the Water 465: Chapter 453: The Giant Blue Emerges from the Water The tripod’s fall to the ground just now was not very loud, but the fish started to flee desperately the second after it hit the ground, clearly a reflex triggered by the noise.

The previously taut Giant Que fishing rod bent as if it were attached to the rear end of a wild horse, and quickly pulled towards the deeper water area in front.

In the blink of an eye, Yue Feng sank his waist and steadied his stance, flipped his left hand over, and with his right hand holding the base of the rod, he swiftly lifted it up and reversed it into the water.

This Reversed Rod maneuver was different from the leisurely and effortlessly performed usual technique.

Yue Feng’s reaction in this moment was completely muscle memory—quick, precise, and ruthless—he completed the action in an instant.

With the fish still sprinting below, the advantage of the Reversed Rod was that the rod, instead of bending straight downward, now bent to one side, allowing the elasticity of its spine to absorb some of the force, so it wasn’t a direct tug-of-war like when the rod was completely horizontal.

Yue Feng’s fishing rod in hand trembled as if at any second it would snap, break off the line, or lose the fish.

The number ten heavy line was being dragged by the big fish underwater, emitting a high-pitched vibrating sound that made one’s teeth chatter, making everyone’s nerves taut.

Time seemed to stretch on for a century, as Yue Feng could even hear the harsh breaths from his nose and his heart pounding at well over 150 beats per minute.

After about a standoff of twenty seconds, the fish finally steadied its force.

The hook did not come off, and the rod did not break!

Yue Feng had withstood the unexpected assault!

Having witnessed the full sequence of events leading to the miraculous recovery, Zhou Ziqing walked over to Momo and her assistant in a few steps and bluntly said, “You’re welcome to live stream, but not here causing a disturbance in the competition area!”

The tone was not harsh, but the blame was quite clear.

The assistant who had fallen looked uncomfortable, apologized with a lowered head, and Momo, realizing that her live streaming had caused a significant disruption, obediently followed Zhou Ziqing to an area designated for live streaming behind the fishing spots.

Seeing that the fish had nearly caused a tug-of-war with the rod but had not escaped, Da Fei couldn’t help but curse silently, “Fuck.”

The struggle with the fish continued, with the large fish underwater finally calming down.

After a standoff, the fish changed direction, and Yue Feng seized the opportunity to lift his rod back up.

Only then did Yue Feng let out a long sigh of relief.

That had been too dangerous!

But it was all good now.

“Wow, Brother Feng is so cool!

He managed to get control of the fish back!”

“It was all because of that female host’s assistant’s mess!

Isn’t that just causing trouble?

Live streaming in the competition area, if the fish had gotten away, who would have been to blame?

Unprofessional!”

“No wonder experienced anglers say fishing requires quiet.

The noise from that fall just now wasn’t even that loud, but the fish in the water heard it!”

“Brother Feng’s horse stance and reversed rod move just now was so badass; damn, it got me all tensed up!”

“Does the guy above want a face slap?

I’m soaked, did I mention that?

Mind the impact on public decency, understand?”

“Kneeling to the big sister above, 666!”

“It’s just that we don’t know how big this fish is.

Since there are so many brothers in the live stream, what about starting a betting pool?

We haven’t played like this in a long time!”

“Count me in for the betting pool; I’ll start with a bottle of Laoganma!”

“Let me join in!

Are we guessing weight or what?”

“Weight then, I’ll start.

I bet this fish is 35 pounds!”

“I bet 29 pounds!”

“I bet…”

Without someone to manage the live stream at the moment, the viewers were used to taking things into their own hands.

Upon a regular viewer’s suggestion to start betting, everyone joined in one after another, and nobody seemed to be bored.

Unbeknownst to them, another ten minutes had passed, and the fish’s strength had diminished slightly; victory was now in sight.

In the twenty-seventh minute of hooking the fish, as its energy was nearly depleted, Yue Feng felt the fish starting to rise underwater.

He lowered his rod just a tad, not giving it any chance to err.

Five minutes had passed, and the giant fish’s strength gradually depleted, it floated up listlessly, only to dive down again quickly.

It was but a fleeting glimpse, yet Yue Feng’s heart raced, his whole being thrilled.

Big!

Huge!

He had only had a quick look, but he estimated the width of the fish’s tail to be two sizes larger than an adult man’s palm!

Yue Feng instantly made a judgement in his heart.

This fish was definitely more than just thirty or forty pounds!

The common green fish released into the reservoir weighed mostly around ten pounds, and those over fifteen pounds were considered big catches.

If he could land this fish, his score was secured.

He patiently played the fish back and forth a few more times, and at last, the giant fish exhausted its last bit of energy and surfaced, belly up.

“Look, look, the fish king has been caught, it’s so big!”

“Who just said it was only thirty or forty pounds?

I estimate this fish to be over fifty pounds, okay!”

“It’s definitely at least fifty pounds, I’ve seen a fifty-pound fish, and it didn’t look as big as this one!”

Several live broadcast cameras focused on the giant fish at the same time, but Yue Feng, holding a fish net, was steady as ever.

He slowly submerged the net under the water and then gently dragged the fish into the scooping net.

Once most of its body was inside, he gently lifted it, using the fish’s weight to force it to bend and flip entirely into the net.

The battle was over!

Yue Feng breathed a sigh of relief, set down the fishing rod, and with both hands on the net pole, he pulled the fish closer, grabbed the frame of the net head, and lifted the giant fish onto the shore.

This behemoth was a size larger than the big one he had seen the day the fish were released.

Its skin was slippery and shiny, the same color as the wild green fish he had caught earlier.

If he wasn’t mistaken, it ought to be one of the reservoir’s original wild big ones, which had been caught because of its gluttony.

The fish was too big for the previous Fish Guard, so to minimize the harm to the fish, Yue Feng gave Zhou Ziqing a hand signal from behind.

Old Zhou understood instantly, nodded, and quickly fetched a spare brand-new Fish Guard from the rod box, hurrying it over.

Zhou Ziqing: “Awesome, we’ve got this one in the bag!”

Yue Feng grinned: “Haha, now I feel confident.

That time it dived in, my heart nearly leaped out, I didn’t expect to still manage to hold on luckily!”

“No need to panic, just stay calm, we’ll definitely win if we hold on until the end of the contest.

Let’s celebrate tonight!”

“You got it!”

…

After properly setting up the giant green fish, Yue Feng noticeably relaxed quite a bit.

He estimated it to be at least fifty-plus pounds; one fish was worth at least three or four from other anglers, on top of the advantage of the previous five fish.

With just over forty minutes left in the competition, as long as no one managed a streak of catches to stage a comeback, victory was his.

“Who was it that guessed twenty or thirty pounds just now?

Hurry up and make good on that!”

“Exactly!

Fortune favors the brave!

I guessed fifty pounds, still quite wise, although I feel like it might be over fifty pounds!”