The Top Fishing
Chapter 365 - 186: International Competition

Chapter 365: Chapter 186: International Competition

The competition rhythm had continued, and before long, it was around two in the morning when Wang Feng finally halted his frenzied pace.

Seeing Wang Feng’s score at that time, Lin Yang also smiled. Unless something unexpected happened, his win that day seemed secure.

Initially, he had only hoped for Wang Feng to make it into the top five, but to his surprise, Wang Feng had pretty much locked in the championship in advance.

Discounting the results from the day before, and just considering that night alone, Wang Feng, who was in the first place, had already caught 438 pounds of fish. Even if he stopped fishing now and went home to sleep, it was estimated that he could still make it into the top five.

Though there would be a flurry of early morning biting before the end at four and six o’clock.

However, with the advantage he had at that point, even if others caught on to that flurry of early bites, his chance of capsizing was no more than 1%.

At that time, Master Deng, who was in second place today, had only caught 321 pounds of fish, and the gap between him and Wang Feng was significant.

Most importantly, Wang Feng wasn’t the arrogant type. Although he could almost say he had the win in the bag, he had not rested and was still fishing.

The only way Wang Feng could lose now was if his fish basket suddenly broke. To avoid such an accident, Wang Feng used a new basket every 150 pounds. So unless all his baskets broke, it would not be possible for him to lose.

Watching Wang Feng steadily catching fish in the live broadcast, Xia Xiaoxue and Old Chen, who were hosting, couldn’t help but feel it was already time to celebrate for him; of course, they wouldn’t really do so, but there were hints of congratulations in their words.

As for the people in the livestream room, they weren’t in a hurry to leave. Having made it to two o’clock, they didn’t mind staying up until four to witness the moment when the dark horse of the competition took the crown, which was also a nice thing for them.

As time slowly passed, Wang Feng caught another flurry of bites between four and six in the morning. As dawn broke and the sounds signaling the end of the competition reached the ears of the anglers.

At six in the morning, this year’s champion battle officially ended.

And at that time, all participants’ catch weights had officially appeared before the audience’s eyes.

Seeing the weights for the day, all the viewers were incredibly excited.

Wang Feng had a net weight of 491 pounds the day before, and without a second weighing that night, his net weight was 518 pounds. Taking into account that a second weighing might reduce that by three or four pounds, his total weight for both days also reached around 1000 pounds.

Although it didn’t break the record for the event, this figure was absolutely terrifying.

Remaining in second place was Master Deng. He had moved up from his position since he was in third place on the first day, and he hadn’t fished well earlier that night.

While many of the contestants had caught over 200 pounds, he had only had 100 pounds in his basket. However, he caught up during the flurry between four and six in the morning, and his total weight for the day was 394 pounds.

Today’s third place went to Li Damao. He had been second in terms of weight the day before, and now he was third. If not for the dark horse Wang Feng, today’s champion could very well have been him or Master Deng.

Zeng Dapen, who was temporarily in the first place due to good luck the day before, had slightly worse luck tonight. Since he was not adept at catching big fish, these kinds of competitions were to his disadvantage. Nevertheless, securing fourth place was already quite an accomplishment for him.

Among all the well-known masters, the one who had the most dramatic tumble was Liu Changgan. Everyone had thought that his fourth-place standing on the first day was slightly disappointing, but he faltered even more tonight. The spot he chose for fishing met with several hang-ups, wasting a lot of time, so by the end of the competition, his total score had fallen outside of the top ten.

As day fully broke, the 36 contestants returned to the banks of Qiandao Lake.

By then, Lin Yang and the other two had already been waiting there, ready to host the trophy ceremony.

Yes, the award stage had been set up, starting with the second weighing ceremony, followed by the direct awarding of the top five places.

As Wang Feng approached, Lin Yang also looked towards him, and he excitedly waved back.

Although he hadn’t known how much the other contestants had caught during fishing, by the time he returned, they had already turned in their communication devices. Thus, their staff had already informed each contestant of their rank.

When Wang Feng finished weighing and came back on the speedboat, hearing that he had won the championship made him feel somewhat surreal at first.

But that was the reality.

In fact, during the nighttime competition, he had felt somewhat unreal. He had been fishing for catfish and baiting just as he had practiced during the past few days, but the fish seemed especially willing to bite that night, even better than they had during the day. All he had to do was keep bringing in the fish, one after another.

This competition had even led to a very simple thought in his mind.

Yet thinking about it, he felt it was unlikely. If he had defeated a master, it could be chalked up to good luck, but to overcome so many masters all at once, one’s luck had to be a bit frightening.

Although he couldn’t quite figure it out, as he had already won the championship, he wasn’t going to ponder over it too much.

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