Chapter 18: Seven-Colored Sea Carp Spirit, Fishing God!

The sea sharkman's scarlet long tongue licked at the corner of its mouth, and foul-smelling, viscous white saliva dripped down.

Huo Zhongjue no longer had the strength to resist.

Hiss hiss hiss!

Like a lizard catching an insect, the sea sharkman's long tongue suddenly lashed out, like a sharp spike, about to pierce through Huo Zhongjue's body in the next second.

Just then, an unexpected change occurred.

"Quiet down, you scared away the fish spirits."

Along with an impatient rebuke, a fist-sized pebble shot over from not far away, happening to collide with the sea sharkman's tongue tip, directly piercing through it.

Blue-black blood splattered in all directions.

The sea sharkman cried out in pain, immediately retracting its tongue, halting its steps, and looking furiously toward the direction the sound came from.

Huo Zhongjue was shocked and uncertain, suspecting he was hallucinating; he turned his head and only then discovered that the handsome youth from before was actually still sitting there spirit-fishing.

Moreover, right now the youth was just reeling in the line, as if a sea demon spirit had taken the bait.

Only a "swish" sound of the spirit-fishing line cutting through the air was heard; the sea surface rippled with waves, and faintly, seven-colored light could be seen flashing underwater.

"Run quickly!" Huo Zhongjue cried out in alarm!

At a time like this, what could be more important than life.

The sea sharkman discovered Li Qingran; a vengeful mentality made it temporarily abandon Huo Zhongjue, turn around, and leap into the sea, wanting to attack Li Qingran from the water.

Li Qingran turned a deaf ear.

He flicked the spirit-fishing rod in his hand.

One saw a seven-colored large fish over one meter long burst out of the water.

After gliding a graceful arc in the air, it fell to the ground with a plop.

This fish was covered in seven-colored scales, had long whiskers at its mouth, a pair of round fish eyes exuding a bewitching sense, and overall gave a feeling of nobility.

"This is... this is a Seven-Colored Sea Carp Spirit!"

Seven-colored koi symbolize good fortune and are extremely rare among koi.

And the Seven-Colored Sea Carp Spirit is even rarer than the seven-colored koi; it can be said to have a market but no price.

Because the Seven-Colored Sea Carp Spirit has a miraculous effect: after a Spirit Master consumes it, guardian spirits below S-rank have a certain probability of rising one grade!

It can be called heaven-defying!

Even Li Qingran couldn't help revealing a delighted expression; he hadn't expected to have such an unexpected harvest today.

He put the Seven-Colored Sea Carp Spirit into his bag.

At this moment, a black shadow flashed beneath the sea surface.

The sea sharkman attacked in rage, raising waves over ten meters high!

Beneath the sky-reaching giant waves, Li Qingran appeared so tiny.

Huo Zhongjue watched all this, his heart shaken to the utmost.

To catch a Seven-Colored Sea Carp Spirit requires not only "European Emperor" luck but also formidable fishing skill.

The Seven-Colored Sea Carp Spirit is practically already sentient; wanting to fish it up is too difficult.

Technique, hand speed, strength, reaction speed, endurance, etc. — every aspect must be perfect; not a single one can be lacking.

Without years of daily bitter cultivation, it's hard to achieve this level.

Possessing such fishing skill, calling him a "Spirit Fishing Grandmaster" would not be an exaggeration!

Huo Zhongjue was shocked that Li Qingran caught the Seven-Colored Sea Carp Spirit, and simultaneously couldn't help but sigh heavily: "Men die for wealth, birds perish for food."

"What a pity, no matter the Seven-Colored Sea Carp Spirit, in the end he has no fortune to enjoy it."

Li Qingran's eyes were like torches, as if he saw the sea sharkman through the seawater.

Facing sky-reaching giant waves enough to smash through embankments, his expression was calm, the corner of his mouth carrying a mocking smile: "Since you ran back into the sea yourself, I'll just directly fish you up."

Li Qingran faced the giant waves, unhurriedly casting out the spirit-fishing float!

In the distance, Huo Peiting had run all this way in one breath and finally couldn't hold on.

She stopped her steps, panting heavily with big mouthfuls of breath; looking back, she happened to see the scene of giant waves striking toward Li Qingran, her heart shocked, tears unable to stop falling.

"Grandpa, he's dead..."

Suddenly, she was like a madwoman, staring blankly at the terrifying waves crashing down, coldly laughing to herself: "That idiot! Now he's thrown away his life for nothing..."

The giant wave fell, the seawater gradually receded.

Under such terrifying impact force, the human body is as fragile as paper; it might be pulverized, the corpse not even findable.

But an inconceivable scene appeared.

Li Qingran stood in place; strangely, not even his hem had gotten wet.

Accurately speaking, he was standing in midair.

The huge rock originally under Li Qingran's feet had long since split into pieces, unknown where the waves had washed it to.

The impacting seawater fell, covering heaven and earth.

With Li Qingran as the center, the surrounding one-meter range seemed to have an invisible protective shield; seawater could not enter by even a fraction.

"Unharmed in the slightest, standing in midair?"

Huo Zhongjue rubbed his eyes; his vision blurred; all this seemed somewhat unreal.

"No way, no way... could he be a Spirit Master Grandmaster!"

Just then, Li Qingran in midair suddenly exerted force, holding the spirit-fishing rod taut without moving.

The slender spirit-fishing line went straight into the pitch-black, bottomless seawater, its source unseen.

One minute passed; the sea surface actually slowly returned to calm, without any movement.

Huo Zhongjue breathed a sigh of relief: "The sea sharkman got scared away?"

Unexpectedly, the next moment the water surface once again stirred up a huge wave.

In the water a black shadow was struggling, precisely the sea shark person from before.

It had already sensed something unusual; to remain unharmed under the impact of great wind and waves, this was no ordinary human.

It regretted not thinking at all before swallowing in one gulp the bait that person threw out.

Its innate sixth sense told it, this person is very dangerous, it must escape immediately!

However, when it wanted to escape, it discovered it could not break free from that thin line no matter what.

This kind of helplessness at the mercy of others, it had only experienced from its mother.

Li Qingran stood on empty air, the Spirit Fishing Rod steady as Mount Tai in his hand; no matter how the sea shark person struggled, it was all in vain.

"Rise!"

Li Qingran shouted loudly, his demonic spiritual power like a trickling stream, flowing along the Spirit Fishing Rod, then to the Spirit Fishing Line, invading the sea shark person's body...

Boom!

As the Spirit Fishing Rod swung up, the sea shark person burst out of the water, crashing onto the shore not far away, stiff and motionless, already dead.

Huo Zhongjue was already shocked beyond measure, a pair of eyes fixed dead on Li Qingran.

Silver Spirit Fishing Rod, ginkgo leaf float, demonic spiritual power!

Unknowingly, it overlapped with that shadow from the rumors.

"Fishing God, you are the Fishing God of the Shennongjia Secret Realm!"

In the Shennongjia Secret Realm, there is a strange person, known as the Fishing God.

Rumor has it, this person studied the art of fishing from childhood, obtained ancestral secret teachings, can observe celestial phenomena, fathom water conditions, know demon natures; whenever he goes out he never returns empty-handed.

Everyone calls him — the Fishing God.

Huo Zhongjue never imagined he would actually meet his idol in the tiny Black Sea City.

The Fishing God in the Shennongjia Secret Realm has always not shown his true face, yet is actually a youthful Grandmaster!

In the distance, Huo Peiting watched in disbelief.

After a long while, confirming she hadn't seen wrong, and that the sea shark person no longer moved, she hurriedly ran back.

Only then did she discover, turns out Grandpa is still alive!

"Wonderful! Grandpa, as long as you're alright!" Huo Peiting hugged Grandpa tightly, sobbing uncontrollably: "Just what on earth happened?"