Chapter 116: 124 Popsicle Puji

A Puji floated quietly in the dark blue water. The entire body of the Puji was submerged underwater, with only a cyan mushroom cap left on the water surface.

The mushroom cap, which seemed to drift with the current, was connected to a sturdy rope made of three tangled fungal tentacles, which was connected to the fungal carpet on the ceiling. Inside the Puji’s body, a small sickle weapon was hidden as a hook.

On the shore sat a group of spare Puji and a Great Black Mushroom who came to join in the fun. Without Lin Jun’s command, the Great Black Mushroom would randomly refresh on the ground where the Puji gathered.

When he first saw the Puji soaking in the water, Xiao Hei also wanted to go down, but she was stopped by other Puji. Now she was leaning against the wall on the shore, staring at the Puji in the water in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking.

Suddenly, the Puji in the water sank and then bounced back to the water surface.

Something was about to take the bait!

Lin Jun raised his spirits to twelve points!

To be reasonable, Lin Jun didn't think he would be skunked; being able to perceive the situation of the bait in real-time, how could he not catch a fish!

That guy under the water just now tore off half of the Puji’s foot. The original intention was probably to drag the Puji into the water, but it didn't expect to be pulled off by the rope, so it would definitely come back again.

Sure enough, the bait Puji felt a water current approaching—

A huge catfish leaped out of the water, swallowed the Puji and half the rope in one big gulp, and then plunged back into the water.

The rope tightened instantly under the pull, and the Puji on the shore also extended its tentacles, intending to pull the catfish back, but before it could hook it, the rope fixed on the ceiling was pulled down along with the mud and gravel, falling into the water and disappearing.

Fishing is like this; all kinds of situations can happen, which is why it is interesting.

Lin Jun had a good mentality. He let the Puji change positions. Under the infusion of magic power, new ropes soon grew out. After tying the hook and carefully stringing the bait Puji on, the second round began!

Second round, start fishing!

The big shrimp’s pincers snapped the rope...

The Frost Giant Eel froze the water surface and ate the part under the ice from the surface...

The Bone-Armored Alligator Turtle bit the Puji, the hook, and the rope to pieces in one bite...

The fatal blow to Lin Jun was Xiao Hei, who watched the whole process.

Seeming to finally understand what the Puji wanted, Xiao Hei quietly dived underwater and caught a catfish with her bare hands, pushing it to the Puji on the shore.

Obviously,

Magic beasts!

They are all ferocious magic beasts!

Ordinary fishing methods naturally won't work.

After dozens of hours, a new batch of Puji returned in high spirits!

First, he threw some mushrooms down to bait the area. After waiting for a while, Lin Jun felt it was about time, and the six Puji jumped into the water one by one.

[Infrasonic Attack lv6]

The invisible attack spread through the water, yet not a single ripple could be detected on the surface.

Before long, a pile of dead fish with ruptured internal organs floated to the surface.

However, Lin Jun was not very satisfied—there were no big fish.

The big fish with high HP had dodged far away after being attacked; all he could kill were truly small fry in the literal sense.

He cleaned up the floating fish and threw them onto the fungal mat. After accelerated decomposition, the result was indeed as expected: there was almost no harvest.

He still needed big fish!

Fortunately, Lin Jun had more than one plan this time, and a Fatty Puji walked out.

Don't let the Fatty Puji's size fool you; it actually has low density and is hollow in the middle of its belly. If it went into the water directly, it would float on the surface like a water balloon, so Lin Jun had Fatty stuff a few stones into its belly beforehand.

Once it hit the water, Fatty sank straight to the bottom.

Lin Jun chose the edge of the waterway, where the depth at the bottom was less than ten meters.

Fatty lay quietly underwater. Some small fish began tentatively biting its body, but Lin Jun didn't care.

Confidence brought by high HP!

Until a Frost Giant Eel swam over and wrapped its serpentine body around the prey, Fatty Puji... A muffled sound came from underwater, causing ripples to spread across the surface.

Several Puji equipped with [Underwater Adaptation lv4] jumped into the water. At this moment, there wasn't a single live fish left in the water; those that were still alive had long since been scared away by the vibrations.

Before long, the corpse of the Frost Giant Eel, blown into several pieces, was salvaged by the Puji. Also salvaged was a large shrimp; it had crawled over and hadn't even taken a bite of Fatty before it exploded, blowing its pincers off.

Lin Jun was kind-hearted and helped it retrieve its pincers so they could be reunited.

[Seven Sins: Greed Triggered]

[Plunder Skill: Frost Path lv1]

[Plunder Skill: Frost Shield lv1]

[Plunder Skill: Jet Stream lv1]

[Plunder Skill: Spit Arrow lv4 → lv5]

[Plunder Skill: Water Flow Perception lv1 → lv2]

[Plunder Skill: Pincer Clamp lv1 → lv2]

Once the two water-dwelling creatures were decomposed, Lin Jun finally harvested the skills he wanted, even though they were still very low-level.

After testing them out with a few temporarily created Puji, Lin Jun figured out these skills.

[Frost Path] and [Frost Shield] were both the Giant Eel's underwater skills.

The former could briefly freeze the surroundings, and the latter could temporarily form an ice shield, but he felt their practicality when equipped on a Puji was average.

Instead, the large shrimp's skills looked much more suitable.

[Jet Stream], as the name suggests, achieves an acceleration effect underwater by ejecting water stored in the body; it is quite useful for a Puji's underwater dodging and escaping.

He still had to rely on the veteran employee, Fatty Puji.

Once their usefulness was confirmed, the production of Fatty Puji began in all seven layers where the fungal mat had already been laid.

By using magic power to accelerate it slightly, he estimated that he could gather all the underwater skills in half a month.

The issue of the rift really could not be ignored; now was not the time to save magic power.

——

A palm-sized incense pellet floated on the water surface, and the pale red substance slowly diffused into the water, while four Gold-tier adventurers hid not far from the shore, waiting quietly.

A subtle ripple appeared, and everyone braced themselves with full focus.

It's here!

A giant catfish leaped out of the water and swallowed the incense pellet.

"Now!"

A dazzling light lit up on the mage's staff.

Fifth-tier magic—Ice Seal!

The waterway, over ten meters wide, was instantly frozen. The catfish slammed heavily onto the ice surface; even its tail was frozen, and it began to struggle violently out of survival instinct.

"Don't give it a chance to break the ice!" the captain said, taking the lead as he charged forward.

Under the command of the small captain, the experienced group quickly finished off the catfish, which had almost no ability to resist.

After cutting off the catfish whiskers, the captain sliced open its belly. Besides the whiskers being used as magic potion materials, a piece of meat in its abdomen was also a top-tier ingredient that could be worth some money; even if they didn't sell it, it was good for them to satisfy their own cravings.

"Hmm? What is this?"

After some fumbling, the captain pulled a small sickle out of the catfish's belly with a bewildered look on his face...