As long as you don’t bite my float, everything is negotiable.
Han Qiwu clung to the hamrhead shark icon like glue, crazily sticking to it.
In no ti, the progress bar on the side had already risen to a quarter full.
"This is going pretty smoothly, huh? What does the spring pattern even an?" Han Qiwu thought to himself.
Just as the thought crossed his mind, it happened.
After a brief jump upward, the hamrhead shark icon suddenly shot high into the air, leaping to the very top of the fishing ga fra.
Seeing this, Han Qiwu hurriedly controlled the spinning float to rise.
But the ascent speed of the float was fixed. Even though it caught up to the hamrhead shark, the progress bar on the side dropped by more than half, and it looked like failure was imminent.
[Radiance]!
Han Qiwu quickly hurled a skill at the hamrhead shark.
Familiar streaks of dozens of lights condensed once more in the ga fra, but just as they were about to focus on the hamrhead shark’s body—
The hamrhead shark icon’s eyes lit up, and it instantly dodged the Radiance attack.
[Insight]
Seeing the ineffective Radiance, Han Qiwu hastily controlled the spinning float in another attempt to catch up.
But since too much of the progress bar had already been lost, this round of fishing was a failure.
[Such a pity—the hamrhead shark ate the bait and swam away]
Han Qiwu: "......"
I’m happy to feed it bait!
While putting on fresh bait, Han Qiwu mulled over the situation.
He felt that the spring pattern of this hamrhead shark ought to be called the coil type instead.
First, it builds up power over a short distance, and then it suddenly shoots forward by a large margin.
This thing’s literally a spring!
"It can dodge one skill, but if I use two skills, the chances of it dodging might decrease. Besides, during the first few seconds of gaplay, the hamrhead shark tends to behave quite decently. I need to seize the mont to raise the progress bar early. Later on, if the skills fail, I’ll just have to rely on luck and keep trying."
Let’s do this again!
Hook cast into the sea.
In just a matter of seconds, the hamrhead shark that had tasted victory previously reappeared on the surface, swaggering over with its massive hamr-like head to gulp down the bait.
"Damn shark, you’re treating this place like a cafeteria, huh?"
As the fishing interface launched, Han Qiwu cautiously controlled the spinning float to get closer.
Soon enough, the progress bar climbed to a quarter.
At that mont, the hamrhead shark began a brief energy build-up and ascended slightly.
"Shark! Where do you think you’re going?"
[Radiance]
[Interdiate Thunder Spell]
Two skills launched simultaneously.
Facing a storm of lightning and dazzling light, the hamrhead shark’s eyes lit up once more, darting to the side.
But while it evaded the thunderbolt, it couldn’t escape the light.
[Blindness]
This ti, the blindness effect took hold, darkening the hamrhead shark’s eyes instantly.
"Wait, could the blindness effect neutralize its Insight ability?" Han Qiwu’s eyes brightened, and he hurled another pre-charged Interdiate Thunder Spell.
[Paralysis]
Success!
Faced with this skill, the hamrhead shark seed utterly oblivious, showing no reaction whatsoever.
Half a minute later, Han Qiwu pushed the progress bar to its peak and successfully reeled in the hamrhead shark, which had gobbled down two servings of bait.
[Congratulations! You have caught a hamrhead shark (Silver Star Quality☆) in a One-Star☆ Secret Realm]
[Hamrhead Shark (Silver Star Quality☆)]
[Market Price: 2,000 Gold]
[Stamina 600]
[Life -150]
[Note: Once you’re strong enough, feel free to savor the hamrhead shark’s unique flavor]
"Two thousand gold? Eleven tis the return?" Han Qiwu nodded in gratification. Even with two baits used for this catch, it wasn’t a loss at all.
As for the remark in the note, Han Qiwu chose to ignore it outright.
Unique flavor?
Sharks expel waste through their skin—I have zero intentions of sampling their unique flavor.
With this two-thousand gold in hand, wouldn’t it be better to go to Brother Zhu for so fresh at instead?
Speaking of which, it’s been ages since I visited Brother Zhu. I should drop by when I’ve got ti to see if there’s anything new to snag.
As for the funds for new gear...
I’ll bank on this hamrhead shark!
After contemplating, Han Qiwu decided to start by catching swordfish to accumulate skill energy before attempting hamrhead sharks again for higher profits.
Goldfin sharks can wait—fishing those costs way too much float durability.
Let’s fish!
An hour later.
An excited yet slightly weary Han Qiwu leaned against a rock, chewing on pine nuts.
Catching hamrhead sharks was exhausting.
It wasn’t that they were harder to catch than Dunkleosteus.
It was mostly because the difficulty of the hamrhead shark matched Han Qiwu’s fishing skills evenly.
Only by focusing completely—and with a dash of luck—could he reel them in.
After an hour of non-stop action, even a macho man would be worn out.
"If the regular hamrhead sharks are already this challenging, I wonder what the so-called rare species of hamrhead sharks would be like. Good thing there’s still so ti—might as well give it a shot."
Han Qiwu brushed off the pine nut shells on his hands, picked up so newly bought hamrhead shark bait, and placed it on the ground. Then, he plucked a sizable chunk of deep-sea seaweed.
Comparing shapes for a mont, he stuffed the seaweed into the center hole of the hamrhead shark bait, pressed it firmly, and smoothed it out.
Done.
He hooked the modified bait and hurled it forcefully into the sea.
"Whoosh."
"Splash."
Watching the tranquil sea, Han Qiwu felt curious.
He had been here for quite so ti yet hadn’t seen a single seabird. What could be going on?
The ancient sea zone should have seabirds, right?
Where are the birds???
"Splash splash."
A silvery-gray figure not far away interrupted Han Qiwu’s thoughts.
Han Qiwu stood up and gazed at it. This hamrhead shark looked very different from the previous ones. The distance between its two eyes on its head had significantly decreased, asuring only thirty to forty centiters, and its head had beco more streamlined. As it swam closer, it bit down on the bait, triggering the fishing ga.
[Narrow-Head Hamrhead Shark: Movent pattern is reverse curve jump, Skill—Evasion: Uses stamina to actively evade one attack]
"Narrow-head hamrhead shark? Well, the naming is certainly straightforward." Han Qiwu heightened his vigilance and carefully maneuvered the float closer.
Compared to the hamrhead shark’s skill, the narrow-head hamrhead shark’s evasion was more explicit—it actively dodged a single attack.
This ant Han Qiwu had to tread carefully and aim to succeed on the first attempt.
If it escaped, catching it next ti would an significantly lower skill accuracy.
Just like the hamrhead shark, the first half of the fishing progress was smooth, with the progress bar quickly rising to a quarter.
Feeling threatened, the narrow-head hamrhead shark stayed calm, building up energy briefly before hopping upward slightly.
Recalling the information from the interdiate fish guide, Han Qiwu didn’t advance but retreated instead, maneuvering the spinning float to the bottom of the ga fra to lie in wait.
And sure enough, the narrow-head hamrhead shark icon rebounded downward in a sudden leap.
"So this is the reverse curve jump?" Han Qiwu chuckled mischievously and rcilessly launched Radiance straight at it.
[Evasion]
A silver glow shimred above the narrow-head hamrhead shark, effortlessly dodging dozens of beams of light.
"Nicely dodged!"
[Interdiate Thunder Spell]
Half a minute later, the narrow-head hamrhead shark’s slowed-down movents left it helpless and hooked.
Why did it get played so effortlessly!
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