The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?
Chapter 716 - 503: The Round God Sect Has Come

Chapter 716: Chapter 503: The Round God Sect Has Come

"Oh? I forgot about that."

Liu Zheng was taken aback for a moment, then he realized.

"Nest-building Immortal: Each time you build a nest, you receive a random blessing. The blessing effect is positively correlated with the level of the nest materials and the fish group. A new blessing will automatically override the previous one."

This was the compensation given by the Pond Master when the San Huamao regretted turning two treasures into one last time.

But why didn’t this status trigger when he fell into the Treasure Lake last time?

Oh, understood. The Nest-building Immortal is Si Xue, he’s just the nest material.

"Drawing complete, the player receives a blessing: Collateral Fish Damage."

"Collateral Fish Damage: When the player attacks a target, it deals 30% splash damage to surrounding enemies."

The system notification continued to sound.

"Holy crap!"

Liu Zheng’s eyes widened.

Now he finally had a means of area attack, and it’s constant too.

Not to mention that with the Legendary Armor boosting him, his attacks count as true damage.

If he ran into a group of high-defense, low-health mobs, wouldn’t he just slaughter them easily?

"Heh heh heh."

Just as Liu Zheng was fantasizing about a massacre, the Resentment Fish’s drunkenness finally kicked in.

It suddenly rolled its eyes upward, belly facing up, and then its appearance rapidly changed as if fast-forwarded, finally becoming a fish-shaped orb of light.

"Success!"

He joyfully extended his tentacles to grab the Resentment Fish, only to be blocked by the halo around it.

"I knew it wouldn’t be that easy."

Liu Zheng wasn’t surprised. Anything that the Pond Master remembered wouldn’t be easy to get.

So what should he do now?

This halo wasn’t physical, his true damage could definitely penetrate it.

But this thing seems connected to the Resentment Fish’s body, if he forcibly broke it, who knows if it would harm the core.

But if he tried a softer approach, Liu Zheng didn’t have the means to do so.

Oh, wait, he did.

"Father-in-law, help me catch the fish!"

He shouted at the top of his voice.

After yelling several times, the Fisherman’s impatient voice came from above.

"Stop yelling, who the hell is your father-in-law?!"

"Help me get the fish up, and I’ll stop yelling."

Liu Zheng said with a cheeky grin.

"Ugh, what sin did I commit to meet someone like you?"

The Fisherman sighed deeply.

"Maybe you fished out the Supreme Councilman’s eggs."

"Bullshit, I’m not you. Besides, how do you even know the Supreme Councilman is male?"

The Fisherman retorted.

"Just a guess. Anyway, for beings of that level, gender must be pretty arbitrary."

Liu Zheng said.

"Are you implying I might turn you into a female?"

The Fisherman said sinisterly.

"Then besides having another daughter-in-law, what other benefits would you have?"

"The Sea Girl already likes me so much now. If I turned female, wouldn’t she be even more infatuated?"

He countered.

"Then I could just kill you!"

"That would be even worse. A boyfriend who dies during a passionate romance is the perfect boyfriend, let alone a girlfriend. That way, she’d never change her sexual orientation."

Liu Zheng said confidently.

"..."

After a moment of silence, a hook with a line sank down in front of him, then the hook transformed into a fishing net, covering the Resentment Fish.

A massive force stirred the oil-like river water, lifting the Resentment Fish toward the water’s surface.

"Father-in-law, wait for me, I haven’t boarded the car yet."

He quickly shouted.

"Damn, you’re such a nuisance."

The Fisherman was exceptionally irritable today.

Another hook sank down, hooking onto Liu Zheng’s tailbone, lifting him toward the water’s surface as well.

"Thud!"

After breaking through the waves, Liu Zheng crashed onto the riverbank with water soaking him.

"Damn!"

This fall wasn’t any lighter than a kick from Niu Ma.

"This old guy is definitely retaliating."

He glared at the Fisherman.

"What are you staring at? If you’re dissatisfied with my fishing, I’ll throw you back into the river, and you can swim up again."

The Fisherman glared back.

"No way~ You did an excellent job. The force, angle, and speed were all perfect. As expected of the legendary sewer emblem, Fisherman master."

Liu Zheng put on a smiling face.

"Hmph, your flattery skills haven’t gone rusty. Here you go."

The Fisherman tossed the Resentment Fish to him.

Liu Zheng quickly caught it, but the item description didn’t pop up.

"Hmm? Father-in-law, you haven’t taken a liking to this fish, have you?"

He asked.

"You must be crazy. I’m not the dead, what would I need it for? But if you call me father-in-law again, I won’t mind trying to see if it can be mass-bred."

The Fisherman threatened.

"Ahahaha, obviously it can’t, it’s not even a living thing, it certainly can’t reproduce. Speaking of which, will it run away when it sobers up?"

Liu Zheng worriedly asked.

Speaking of which, the mechanism by which the system determines whether something is an item is really baffling.

"Of course it will, and this spiritual body can escape directly back into the sewer the moment it touches the ground."

The Fisherman said with schadenfreude.

"Huh? Um, Father..."

"Hmm?"

The Fisherman responded from his nostrils.

"Father most loved by Sea Girl."

He immediately corrected himself.

"Mm~"

The Fisherman nodded in satisfaction.

"Can you think of a way~"

Liu Zheng said in a voice slicker than the Underwater River.

"You’re more disgusting than the sedimented fish poop in the fish farm."

The Fisherman said with disdain.

"Not as disgusting as calling you father-in-law, right?"

He shrugged.

"Mm, that’s true."

The Fisherman thought for a moment and then painfully tore off a piece of his own fingernail.

"Hiss!"

A cry of pain.

"It’s not your fingernail being torn, why are you crying out?"

The Fisherman said irritably.

"I was just worried you might feel awkward because of your elder status and be too shy to scream. As the saying goes, if something needs doing, let the disciple handle it."