Chapter 21 - Five Frozen Centuries

Steering his sailboat, Wei Huo kept heading south. He would fish whenever the waves were tranquil.

Worms were used as baits for tiddlers, while tiddlers were used as baits for larger fish. He made fishing rods out of fish bones and thickened the fishing line using fish tendons. Wei Huo’s life went on with him constantly upgrading his fishing rod, and catching larger fishes. Just like that, seven years had gone by.

One day, Wei Huo caught a frighteningly big fish which was worth 80 points. He almost could not suppress his desire to exchange it with a game item.

However, he managed to hold it back. He needed a powerful weapon, not novice equipment like the Dolan’s Shield and Strength Bracer. It would be better if he could draw a Guardian Angel as nothing is more important than having an extra life.

Wei Huo was not worried about losing his way as he had the world map with him. He checked the map and realized he still had halfway to reach the central continent. They had ample resources too as the ship was packed with various fresh aquatic animals.

Wei Huo’s fishing skills have improved tremendously after years of persevering in fishing. In addition to the fish rod being upgraded continuously, a fish could not escape once it was hooked.

However, there were several occasions where Wei Huo encountered dangerous incidents. There was that one time where a hooked big fish floundered about in the water while dragging Wei Huo’s ship. It nearly destroyed the boat and killed him.

Fueled by anger, Wei Huo grabbed a javelin made from fish bones and threw it towards the gigantic fish when it floated above the water. The javelin killed that fish immediately.

If it was not for the javelin, the fish could have dragged Wei Huo back to the Southern continent.

The creatures living under the sea were growing larger and looking weirder. They probably did not care how they looked since nobody visited them.

In the past seven years, Wei Huo caught creatures such as a two-headed fish, a thorn-filled snake, a green-haired fish, and a fish with antlers on its head.

Wei Huo did not feel guilty for capturing and eating them as these weird-looking creatures were judged too ugly to live.

Fishes were not ugly even if they were not that good looking in the past. Animals like killer whales and dolphins on the other hand looked adorable. Were they using their cuteness and charm to survive? However, people still hunt and kill them regardless of their cuteness level.

Today was another stormy day. Wei Huo had been waiting very long for that day to come as he wanted to try out a mischievous fishing method.

He climbed onto the top of his sailboat and installed an iron needle. He then tied the fishing rod and the iron needle with a bunch of iron wires while using one Tianshan Snow Lotus as bait.

Wei Huo has found the iron needles and iron wires in an underground dry storage warehouse. He had brought them along as they looked useful. The hermetically sealed warehouse seemed like it also underwent moisture controls and oxygen reduction systems in the past. That explained why the iron products were still usable as they were not over oxidized and rusted.

On that day, thick layers of dark clouds occupied the sky. Thunders rang out, and lightning flashed across the sky. Taking advantage of such an opportunity, Wei Huo took a Tianshan Snow Lotus from his Inventory Menu.

A dim white glow emitted from the Tianshan Snow Lotus. One would feel refreshed and energetic after sniffing it. Wei Huo was reluctant to use it, but as the saying goes, ‘If you don’t sacrifice for what you want, what you want becomes the sacrifice.’ How could he catch a high scoring big fish if he did not want to make any sacrifices?

Wei Huo tied the Tianshan Snow Lotus to the hook. Before even lowering the bait into the water, countless fish species had swarmed over.

The fishes thought, ‘What is this? Why can’t I control myself?’

The fishes started gathering around uncontrollably. Wei Huo could experience a bountiful harvest of fish if he cast his fishing net now. However, he was not interested in catching tiddlers and little prawns.

Wei Huo continued to wait patiently. That was not the first time he tried such a fishing technique. He already wasted seven Tianshan Snow Lotus in his previous attempts. Unsure if he could succeed this time, Wei Huo could only rely on luck.

Thunders and lightning flashed above Wei Huo’s head. Right at that moment, Wei Huo threw his Tianshan Snow Lotus into the sea.

A swarm of fish and prawns flocked over following a ‘plop’ sound. However, at that next moment, the fishes and prawns scattered away as a gigantic creature swam towards their direction. Wei Huo could see the shadow of that gigantic creature from his boat.

Wei Huo felt a terrifying pressure in his heart. It was formidable and horrifying. The panda was trembling on the deck while Wei Huo grabbed the sharp javelin.

The next moment, a thunderbolt struck down from the sky and hit the iron needle, consequently splitting the sail apart.

The lightning was led into the sea by those iron wires. Instantly, the Tianshan Snow Lotus cracked into pieces, and a silver light appeared under the ocean. Fishes started floating above the seawater while emitting a faint fishy and salty scent.

The shadow beneath the seawater was growing larger. A massive creature then floated above the sea. A saying came across Wei Huo’s mind as he set eyes on the creature.

‘There was a fish named Kun¹ in the northern underworld, it was a thousand miles long.’

It looked like a tremendous island on the ocean although only the vertebra was exposed. Huge waves were formed when the big fish emerged. It nearly overturned Wei Huo’s ship.

Wei Huo could not get the full view of the creature with one look, but he could smell the burnt smell radiating from the creature’s body. However, the creature’s breathing has not deteriorated even after being struck by the thunderbolt. It was still alive!

Wei Huo lifted his javelin but did not know where to start.

The creature’s rank was rare, meaning that that creature would be terrifying. Everything would have been fine if things ended there. However, Wei Huo’s toothpick-like javelin was nothing compared to the gigantic creature in front of him. How could he kill such a tremendous creature with that javelin?

It was impossible unless another lightning hit the creature!

The seawater started to move when Wei Huo was deep in his thoughts. Mouth drenched in blood, the gigantic creature sucked in dead fishes and prawns. Wei Huo’s ship began to move towards the direction of the gigantic creature too.

Wei Huo frowned and took some bottles out from the hold. The bottles were filled with colorful venoms which were extremely poisonous. Those venoms were extracted from the fangs of snakes that Wei Huo had captured.

Now, he could put these venoms to use. Venoms from poisonous snakes were lethal. A dropped venom from a cobra could kill 50 people. One could only wait for death if anti-venoms were not injected on time after the snake bite.

Wei Huo was unsure if the venoms could work on that gigantic creature. However, currently, he had no other ways.