Chapter 68: Jiang Fan Hooks a One Thousand and Eighty-Pound Mekong Giant Catfish! The Fishing Emperor Allocates Points! Full Firepower!-Pescador: Taxa Explosiva de Pesca, Em Busca de Gigantes de Mil Quilos(Xia é bonito)

A few more splashing sounds echoed from the river.

Jiang Fan took out his sunglasses-style detector and put it on, a wave of joy washing over him.

[Mekong Giant Catfish! 1,080 catties!]

"It’s that thousand-catty behemoth! Jiang Fan, hurry down and help me!"

At the same time, Jiang Qi realized he had hooked a colossal creature and hurriedly called out to Jiang Fan.

Being alone in the water, he simply couldn't muster enough strength to pull it.

Yet, just as Jiang Fan was about to jump in, the monster snapped the line and fled!

"What the hell? It got away?! What cursed luck!"

Jiang Qi cursed and grumbled in the water, swimming back to the bank with a long face.

"Damn it! After managing to hook it with such difficulty, it breaks the line and escapes! This is more agonizing than killing me!"

"Ah, ah, ah!"

"It hurts!"

"So depressing!!"

"Hey, why are you three wrinkling your noses like that?! Do I smell that bad??"

Jiang Fan nodded, "Cousin, did you use my special bait—the one made of cow dung, horse urine, pig feed, corn, and roasted fish—to chum the water?"

Jiang Qi grinned sheepishly, "Yeah, your bait is pretty potent, so I secretly took a little bit."

"No wonder."

"What do you mean? Am I not allowed to take any? Damn it, I'm your cousin!"

"A maternal cousin."

"Blood is thicker than water!"

Jiang Fan replied, "I didn't say you couldn't take it, but it smells awful. You should go find somewhere to wash up, otherwise we won't be able to fish."

Jiang Qi frowned, sniffing himself left and right. "Does it stink? I don't think so. How come I can't smell it?"

"Is it really that bad??"

With that, he looked at Liu Zhoucheng and He Qiang, both of whom nodded in unison.

Seeing this, Jiang Qi muttered curses under his breath as he went off to find a water source to scrub himself clean.

Not only did the big fish get away, but he had managed to cover himself in literal crap! What a nightmare!

At this moment, Jiang Fan remembered his two [Disciple Angler] slots and immediately bound his cousin Jiang Qi as well.

Since his cousin hadn't used his bait previously, he hadn't bound him before. But now that his cousin had shown an interest in his bait, how could he leave out a fellow fishing addict like him?

[Ding! Disciple angler binding successful!]

[Name: Jiang Qi]

[Age: 27]

[Fishing Experience: Fifteen years]

[Title: None]

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Liu Zhoucheng asked, "Kiddo, isn't the bait you're using the same one you used to catch that 558-catty Mekong giant catfish earlier?"

Jiang Fan replied, "That's right."

"Give me some too." Liu Zhoucheng picked up the container of bait Jiang Fan had left behind. The moment he opened the lid...

"Ugh! So stinky!"

Jiang Fan said, "It's a bit smelly, but giant catfish love this kind of bait."

Liu Zhoucheng had no doubts about that. Otherwise, how had Jiang Fan managed to catch a giant catfish earlier, and why would another giant catfish bite Jiang Qi's hook just now?

He Qiang also took a bit of the bait, and Jiang Fan tossed the rest into the river to chum the water.

Since his cousin had hooked a fish earlier, it meant that colossal creature had appeared once more.

The 1,080-catty Mekong giant catfish swam past in a swaggering manner.

*Oh? Why are there so many anglers here today?*

*Could they be trying to tame this old fellow?*

*Heh, I thought it was going to rain, but this actually cracks me up... A bunch of idiot anglers, watch me drag every single one of you into the water!*

*By the way, why does this bait smell so good?*

*Since they haven't discharged any sewage today, I'm feeling a bit hungry... Snickers, satisfy your hunger and be yourself!*

The Mekong giant catfish suddenly opened its giant maw, vacuuming up the cow dung, horse urine, pig feed, corn, and roasted fish bait along the way, until it finally swallowed Jiang Fan's fishhook as well.

Jiang Fan jerked his rod upward fiercely, hooking the Mekong giant catfish firmly by the lip!

"Ha, hooked!!!"

Through the [Ability to Listen to All Things] and the functions of his sunglasses detector, Jiang Fan had already spotted the Mekong giant catfish, though he hadn't expected it to bite so quickly.

Liu Zhoucheng muttered with a twitch of his mouth (￣_,￣ ), "Kiddo, why are you pulling so hard? Did you snag the earth's crust?"

Jiang Fan shouted, "I've hooked a fish!"

Just as he spoke, the Mekong giant catfish gave a powerful yank, dragging Jiang Fan toward the bank and nearly pulling him headfirst into the water in one breath.

Fortunately, Jiang Fan instantly unleashed the strength granted by 800 points of emotional value, managing to hold his ground against the catfish.

However, only a few seconds later, the system issued a warning!

[Damn! Such formidable pulling force!!!]

[Ding ding ding!!! Host's strength is inferior!]

[Ding ding ding!!! Please consume emotional value to increase personal strength!]

"Add points!"

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for Strength +100, Emotional Value -100!]

"System, 100 isn't enough. Max it out to the limit of an Angling Emperor!"

[Understood!]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for Strength +700, Emotional Value -700!]

Swish, swish!!

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Fan's strength surged to the maximum, completely subduing the Mekong giant catfish!

"Slap, slap!!!"

Once fully restrained, the Mekong giant catfish thrashed against the surface of the water several times, producing loud, thunderous slaps!

"It looks like someone over there has hooked that monster!"

Someone shouted, and countless anglers turned their gazes in that direction.

It was pitch black and impossible to see clearly, so everyone immediately turned on the flashlight functions of their phones. Sure enough, they spotted a dark figure thrashing underwater, violently pulling on Jiang Fan's reinforced steel rod back and forth, creating a series of tearing sounds.

"It really is that monster! That's 200,000 grand!! Ah, why wasn't it me who caught it?"

"Wait, isn't that Master Xia the Handsome?!"

"Hahaha, so it was hooked by Master Xia the Handsome. That makes me feel much better."

"I'm at peace now!"

"If anyone else had caught it, I wouldn't be convinced, but since Master Xia the Handsome caught it, I concede!"

"Why? Is that kid really that good?"

"Nonsense! He's the only super angler on Douyin certified as a Behemoth Master!"

"Baka! I refuse to accept this! I flew all this way to catch a giant, and someone else steals the catch? Baka, I'm not convinced!"

"What the f*ck! Why is there a Jap angler here too???"

"Yeah, looks like the news about the giant has even spread overseas."

"Aishibah! I'm not convinced either! A giant like this should only be caught by a South Korean angler for it to have any meaning. Others aren't worthy, aishibah aishibah!"

"There's a Korean here too?"

"I'm numb. How are these foreign anglers always so fast to act?"

"Screw them, let's all go take a look at Master Xia the Handsome."

"Hahaha, I'm going to livestream. Whenever Master Xia the Handsome makes an appearance, the stream's popularity always goes through the roof."

With that, a crowd of anglers rushed toward Jiang Fan and his companions' fishing spots.

"Aah!"

"Aah!!"

Amidst the surging, bustling crowd, two sudden cries of agony rang out.

"Huh? Did you guys hear something just now?"

"Yeah, sounded like someone fell into the water?"

"It was that Jap and South Korean angler—they slipped and fell into the river!"

"Huh? What? I didn't hear anything!"

"Me neither!"

"Baka! I didn't slip, someone kicked me down!!"

"Aishibah! Who the hell kicked me?! Damn Great Xia anglers, you have no fishing sportsmanship!"

"Baka! Who threw a rock at me?!"

"Aishibah! I got hit too! Aishibah! Aishibah! Zero sportsmanship! Absolutely none!"

"Agh!!!"