As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 411 - Chapter 411 Chapter 296 Inspiration from the Video_2

Chapter 411: Chapter 296: Inspiration from the Video_2 Chapter 411: Chapter 296: Inspiration from the Video_2 Jiang Luoluo felt she had rested enough and continued to nestle into Chu Mingcheng’s embrace to help.

Although she wasn’t as energetic as when she started, she still alleviated a lot of pressure from Chu Mingcheng, until after about ten minutes, she left to rest again, drained of strength.

But this time, after she left, the marlin had also become tired, losing the vigor it had at the beginning.

Seeing this, Chu Mingcheng directly set the drag to its maximum and grabbed the fishing rod with both hands to pull up forcefully, actually managing to halt the marlin’s forward charge in that instant.

Nearly six hundred meters away from Sea God, a giant black marlin rapidly swam upwards and then, with a “whoosh,” burst out of the water, leaping high before slamming back down with a “smack.”

For a moment, water splashed everywhere, sending the other marine creatures nearby scattering in fear.

Six hundred meters or so was the limit of distance Chu Mingcheng was willing to allow.

Any closer would make the marlin attack the fishing boat, putting both them and the boat at risk of damage.

Now, during the competition, if they were unlucky and the boat encountered issues preventing them from sailing, they would be in a state of utter dismay.

Of course, the chances of that happening were so slim as to be negligible.

Moreover, going too far wasn’t an option either, as reeling the fish back in would take an indeterminable amount of time.

But having the fishing line pulled out six hundred meters, he still felt somewhat helpless.

Chu Mingcheng’s physique hadn’t reached the level of science fiction; being able to single-handedly wrestle a two-hundred-pound fish was impressive enough, let alone directly confronting one that weighed over five hundred pounds. He still had a long way to go.

So when the marlin first ran out more than four hundred meters, even with Jiang Luoluo’s help, he couldn’t stop its momentum.

Because it was night, Chu Mingcheng couldn’t see six hundred meters away, so he could only sense the approximate direction of the fish by the angle of the fishing line.

He knew the fish had swum to the surface, so he placed his right hand on the reel again and started winding it to bring in the line.

After turning the handle twice, it got stuck, and the fishing rod bent downwards again.

He continued to hold the rod, pulling up with strength.

The distant marlin was yanked and showed itself above the water again, but this time only its head emerged, not leaping high as before.

Yet with that one appearance, Chu Mingcheng still took the opportunity to reel in the line a few more turns.

What followed was the second phase of the fishing process, a tug-of-war between man and fish.

Chu Mingcheng’s aim was to further exhaust the marlin’s energy until it completely lost the ability to struggle.

Normally, he would just need to maintain the distance and slowly ‘walk’ the fish, but given how far the fish was from the boat, he had no choice but to keep lifting the rod and reeling in the line.

Chu Mingcheng estimated that by the time he pulled the fish near the boat, it would have exhausted its strength; he would be able to kill two birds with one stone.

After half an hour, the fiercely resisting marlin had only been reeled in by a little over thirty meters.

At nearly a rate of just over a meter per minute, it was evident how difficult this fish was to catch.

Sometimes, Chu Mingcheng would manage to bring in a bit of the line only to have the marlin burst forth with a slight surge of energy, pulling four or five meters of line back out again.

Jiang Luoluo had rested enough and, seeing him drenched in sweat, she wiped him down with a towel before preparing to nestle into his embrace to assist again, but this time he stopped her.

“I can handle it on my own now, it’s harder for me to operate with you in my arms.”

Jiang Luoluo looked at his rod-lifting posture, her cheeks reddening, realizing that she wasn’t truly fit to help anymore.

So, she stayed by his side providing water and snacks, wiping his sweat, doing whatever she could.

Chu Mingcheng continued to lift the rod and reel in the line, but as he did so, he suddenly noticed the fishing line move upwards slightly, and the tip of the rod trembled lightly.

“Has the fish jumped again?”

He speculated in his mind, although the distance made it indeed difficult to grasp the fish’s movements.

But if it was as he guessed, that was actually a good thing!

The fish would expend a lot of energy jumping out of the water, depleting its stamina much faster than usual, which meant he could reel it in quicker.

So he began to test his theory — for every ten lifts of the rod, he would add one fierce yank.

Then, he noticed that the fishing rod and line swayed intermittently just as before, and each time he managed to take in a bit more line.

However, the fish was so large that without the method of trolling, it would just take a lot of time to endure.

By the time Chu Mingcheng pulled the marlin close enough for them to see, it was already around three in the morning, and it was still sixty to seventy meters away from them.

The marlin still looked agile, but in reality, it could hardly swim any longer.

Chu Mingcheng himself was also quite tired, his clothes soaked with sweat, virtually without a dry spot.

If it weren’t for Jiang Luoluo providing water, his throat would have been parched long ago.

Now, with the fish right before his eyes, he took two deep breaths, then mustered up his strength and pulled the rod up forcefully.

This fierce yank caused the hook in the marlin’s mouth to tug harshly.

Even exhausted, the marlin, as a sovereign of the sea, had its own pride.

It accelerated once more, expended all its energy and burst more than three meters above the water, with only a section of its tail remaining submerged.

“Wow~” Jiang Luoluo, who was very sleepy, was startled by the commotion and suddenly widened her eyes, her mouth slightly gaping, she couldn’t help but exclaim, “These big fish never fail to amaze.”

“That’s why so many people love to conquer these leviathans,” Chu Mingcheng had relaxed by now and smiled as he replied.

He relaxed because he saw the marlin lose control of its body and it slammed sideways into the water with a “boom,” creating a huge splash.

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