Evolution from Carp to Divine Dragon - Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Ink

TL: Etude

In the moment the giant catfish was stunned, Lin Hao directly charged at it.

He opened his mouth and continued to bite at its body!

But just like before, the giant catfish’s body was slick and slippery. His teeth bit down but easily slipped off!

There was simply no way to inflict any real damage on it!

At this moment, the catfish also recovered from its dizziness and opened its massive mouth to bite down on Lin Hao’s body!

Lin Hao’s scales were as hard as black iron, and the giant catfish’s teeth weren’t sharp enough to penetrate his body.

However, he could still vaguely feel pain.

It was the pain from being gripped and squeezed tightly!

Fire Scales!

In that instant, Lin Hao activated his skill with a single thought!

All the scales on his body turned fiery red, and the surrounding seawater began to evaporate instantly.

The giant catfish’s mouth was scorched, causing it to retreat.

Chase!

The duration of the Fire Scales was short, so he had to continue his pursuit!

Gurgle, gurgle!

But at that moment, the giant catfish’s mouth spewed out a large amount of black substance.

This black substance was like ink.

What is that!?

Seeing this, Lin Hao’s expression changed slightly.

In the next moment, accompanied by a flash of light, the area before his eyes transformed.

“I’m back!?”

Looking closely, he realized he had returned to the Hualong Pond!

“An hour passed so quickly.”

Lin Hao slowly came to his senses.

Just at that moment, the time had run out.

The system had directly teleported him back.

With a single thought, the system panel reappeared.

In the upper right corner of the panel, a map icon was clearly visible.

When he clicked on it with his mind, the previous map interface appeared before his eyes again.

Transmission cooldown in progress

“A one-day cooldown?”

Seeing the prompt on the map interface, Lin Hao felt a bit helpless.

If only I could have devoured that giant catfish.

A mutated creature of that size should have provided many evolution points.

“But what was that black stuff it spewed out? Was it poisonous?”

Thinking of the black substance the giant catfish had released at the end, Lin Hao’s expression turned grim.

Although his body was protected by Black Iron Scales, if the opponent could release poison, it could still be dangerous.

“If I could kill it with one blow, that would be ideal.”

“But its body is covered in that strange mucus. Biting down on it causes my teeth to slip. It’s hard to get a firm grip.”

Lin Hao felt a bit helpless.

“I wonder if the effect of the Fire Scales could burn away the mucus on its body…”

While he was contemplating his next strategy to deal with the giant catfish, he noticed several people walking to the shore.

“Pull them out, pull them all out.”

Boss Peng also looked helpless.

“A scavenger fish is still a fish. Fish are life. Releasing life is a good deed…”

He muttered to himself in dissatisfaction.

During this period, the stocks he bought fluctuated wildly, making him extremely frustrated.

However, oddly enough, the stocks seemed to rise whenever he came to the Hualong Pond to release fish.

This led him to come back repeatedly because he felt it was beneficial!

At this moment, the few people he had brought along began casting nets to catch fish.

“This guy released scavenger fish into the pond.”

“Scavenger fish? Those are invasive species! What a jerk!”

“…”

People around him started to grumble.

“We haven’t caught any. It shouldn’t be like this.”

These people had been busy for quite a while, but they hadn’t caught a single scavenger fish.

“I’m going into the pond to take a look.”

One of them took off his jacket, put on goggles, and dove into the Hualong Pond.

Looking around underwater, he couldn’t see any scavenger fish!

All he saw were some koi!

Splash!

Not long after, he resurfaced.

“How is it?” A man on the shore called out to him.

“Nothing. There are no scavenger fish in the Hualong Pond!” He shouted.

“Nothing? Impossible, I’ve released a lot recently!” Boss Peng was slightly stunned by his words.

He had seen quite a few scavenger fish when he released them, and now there wasn’t a single one?

What a joke.

“I’ll check over there.”

The man was a strong swimmer and continued to dive, heading to the other side of the pond.

But after searching all around, he still didn’t see any scavenger fish!

He couldn’t even find any scavenger fish carcasses!

“The pond is full of koi, not a single scavenger fish.”

Soon, the man swam back to the shore.

After working so hard, checking all directions, he couldn’t find any trace of the scavenger fish.

“Is it possible that the scavenger fish were eaten by the koi?” A man hesitated slightly and then spoke up.

“Eaten by the koi? You’re joking, right? Scavenger fish are tough; there’s no way they could be eaten.” Another man laughed outright.

One reason these fish became invasive species is because they’re hard to eat and don’t taste good!

“It doesn’t make sense…” Boss Peng continued to mutter to himself.

His eyes were still filled with disbelief.

He had released quite a few scavenger fish. Even if they all died, there should be bodies to find by now; it hasn’t been that long.

“Boss Peng, isn’t it better if there aren’t any? Saves the trouble of catching them and saves money.” A man shrugged and smiled.

Although he got paid for helping to catch the scavenger fish, Boss Peng paid very little. If he hadn’t owed a favor, he wouldn’t have come.

“True. Maybe the Dragon King showed his spirit and helped me.” Boss Peng didn’t think much more about it and laughed.

“Almost got discovered. Given my current size, they’d probably be scared to death if they saw me.”

Hiding behind a black rock at the bottom of the pond, Lin Hao muttered to himself.

His body had now reached a length of one and a half meters, and just by looking, he was already very large.

A koi growing this big would indeed surprise people.

But he had the Camouflage skill, and human vision was impaired underwater, so people wouldn’t easily notice him.

“By the way, it seems I’ve accumulated enough evolution points now.”

He hadn’t paid attention earlier, but after devouring so many fish in the Hanshui River, it was no surprise that he had enough!