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Chapter 721: 708: Catching the "Local Emperor

Chapter 721: Chapter 708: Catching the “Local Emperor

The shark had ripped the bait fish to shreds, leaving it in tatters. Yue Feng casually plucked off the remaining half and replaced it with a fresh fish, once again making small cuts to bleed it before casually tossing the rig into the water.

As it happened, he was quite lucky this time; the point where the bait entered the water was very close to the underwater cave entrance, about only half a meter away.

The bloody scent of fish blood quickly spread again in the surroundings. Sensing the new food, the big fellow in the cave slowly stuck its head out again.

Yue Feng jiggled the bait fish back and forth in irregular movements, and after several tentative approaches, the big fellow could no longer withstand its craving for the delicious food and slowly drew near the bottom of the sea to the side of the bait fish. Then, it suddenly opened its mouth wide.

All that could be seen was a splash, as a large mouthful of sea water mixed with mud and debris, along with the bait fish, was fiercely swallowed down its throat. A bait fish weighing several pounds was merely enough to get stuck between the teeth of the big fellow’s exaggerated mouth.

The next second, Yue Feng felt a heavy tug, and the fishing rod in his hand was forcefully yanked downward.

Since switching to this super heavy-duty single-section boat rod he used today, Yue Feng hadn’t felt such an exaggerated force with any of the previous fish, not even with the first Giant Grouper, which hadn’t managed to pull the rod flat instantly.

But now, the rod was instantly flattened by brute force, the unreasonable kind.

“Fuck!” Yue Feng couldn’t help but curse as he tightly grasped the fishing rod with both hands.

The fish underwater was still straining with all its might, and Yue Feng could feel the tip of the rod jerking downward. The previously satisfactory strength of the fishing rod’s back was instantly overwhelmed and collapsed pitifully.

It felt as though it wasn’t a fish underwater but rather as if it were latched onto the rear of a tractor in full sprint, with a force so immense it was almost impossible to muster the will to contend with it.

Almost in an instant, Yue Feng immediately activated the Barbarian Bull Power Card. A warm sensation returned to his lower abdomen, spreading with his blood to all his limbs.

With the power of the card, Yue Feng finally had a sliver of capability to resist the fish. He braced himself and pushed the handle of the rod into the slot at the top of his abdomen, then locked the drag and wrapped his arms tightly around the bent rod.

The big fellow underwater that had swallowed the bait and hook felt something was amiss and turned its head to burrow back into the cave. However, the larger the fish, the harder it was to turn around. Before it could retreat back into the cave, the fishing line was already taut, forcefully stopping it less than a meter from its hiding hole.

For a full twenty seconds, the fish underwater showed no signs of relenting and surfacing.

If it had been during the first catch, Yue Feng might have become complacent, considering the possibility that it could dive back into the hole and become firmly stuck.

But this time, Yue Feng didn’t relax at all. The burst of power he felt at the moment of the catch was definitely stronger than any of the other fish he had caught before. If the line didn’t break, he couldn’t afford to give up no matter what.

After several fruitless attempts to flee with force, the fish underwater started to roll in an effort to break free from the hook’s control.

But the tens of meters of fishing line neutralized the rolling force with the massive high-speed sea fishing swivel, rendering it ineffective. It only muddled the underwater environment even more, as silt and debris churned. Meanwhile, the force from above remained unyielding.

After a stalemate of roughly thirty seconds, at last, the fish underwater moved!

The almost imperceptible ascent of about a meter finally allowed the fishing rod, which had been taut and bent under pressure, to lift slightly into an arc.

Perceiving this subtle change, Yue Feng’s thoughts stirred, and he activated another Sea King Card.

The Sea King Card’s conventional effect had already been solidified due to the mission rewards, but the card had not disappeared. After activation, his Sea Fishing Skill temporarily increased to max, and the fine control over his body improved significantly,

It could be said that, with the amplified buff of two consecutive cards, Yue Feng’s state had reached its limit.

Initially sensing only a singular force attribute, Yue Feng, now at full capacity, could vaguely discern the direction of the fish’s movement underwater, as well as its current approximate stamina reserve. His mind even conjured up a simulation of a giant grouper frantically trying to escape.

The strength of the fish underwater was astonishing; after just a brief moment of relaxation, it began to make a desperate escape again.

Relying solely on brute force to deal with such a fish, even for Yue Feng at the moment, only had a sixty to seventy percent chance of success. The fishing line vibrated at a high frequency, with the knotted areas slightly deformed and flattened, threatening to exceed the fishing tackle’s limit and break at any moment.

At this critical moment, Yue Feng turned his head and called out to the wheelhouse, “Captain David, reel in the anchor, I’ve hooked a very tough big guy!”

Underwater space is a 360-degree three-dimensional domain, and while the fishing line’s strength could withstand the big fish’s force, the fishing boat was fixed in place by the anchor.

To land this big fellow, using the old methods would be difficult because human strength is limited. Even when exerting it fully, one can only maintain a fragile balance and not gain the upper hand, let alone pull up the fish by force.

The method with the highest success rate for turning the situation around was to use the fishing boat to ‘play’ the fish.

By reeling in the anchor and letting the fish run with it, as long as there’s no bad luck with obstacles, there’s a great chance of success. The mutant Big Mouth Bass was caught this way previously.

With ample experience, Captain David quickly complied with Yue Feng’s instructions, swiftly retrieving the boat’s anchor.

Once the anchor detached from the seabed, the strength of the big fish underwater quickly transferred to the boat.

Luckily the boat was large enough; a smaller-sized fishing vessel might have been flipped over with one powerful tug.

“Kid, you and Xiao Zhang go to the other side of the gunwale, squat down and maintain balance! Captain David, start up the fishing boat and use the method we used last time to play the fish with the Big Mouth Bass!” Yue Feng commanded with utmost calmness while simultaneously glancing down at the buckle near his heel that connected to the boat.

The roar of the boat’s engine started, and following the direction of the fish’s force, the boat steered away from the bridge pillar, just off the direction of the fish’s thrust.

The big guy underwater initially aimed to dart back into its hiding hole, but the roll and collision didn’t free it from the control of the fishing line. Now exerting force to one side, it inadvertently got pulled a few meters away from its cave.

This big guy had been active around here for many years, and one could say that the area was its hunting territory. Apart from bold sharks, most predators dared not roam nearby.

Now, the Emperor had encountered a tough nut and fallen into a heap of trouble.