Evolution from Carp to Divine Dragon - Chapter 25

Chapter 25: Another Battle with the Giant Catfish

TL: Etude

“Heh heh!”

“I can teleport again!”

Hearing the system prompt, Lin Hao’s thoughts stirred, and the map interface appeared before him once more.

“Still only an hour of teleportation time.”

“This teleportation time should gradually extend, right?”

Lin Hao felt a bit frustrated as he looked at the teleportation time column.

One hour wasn’t enough to devour many creatures.

After all, he had to search and chase them down.

“It should increase as my level goes up, right?”

He continued to speculate.

“Hanshui River.”

“Teleport!”

Without thinking much, Lin Hao fixed his gaze on the Hanshui River map. With a thought, he chose to teleport!

In that instant, accompanied by the familiar white light, he felt the surrounding water temperature drop!

“Here I am!”

Just upon arriving in the Hanshui River, Lin Hao became excited.

The biological resources in Hanshui River were abundant. As soon as he teleported over, he could clearly see a large grass carp swimming by!

Eat!

Lin Hao naturally wouldn’t miss out on this feast delivered to his doorstep. With a fierce swish of his tail, he smashed the grass carp’s head. Opening his serrated mouth, he began devouring the carp’s body voraciously!

Devoured an adult grass carp, gained 105 evolution points.

“Huh!?”

“105 evolution points!”

As the system prompt came, Lin Hao’s eyes were filled with surprise.

He hadn’t expected to gain 105 evolution points this time!

“Wait, could it be because this grass carp is much larger than the ones I’ve devoured before?”

“That must be it. The evolution points must fluctuate within a range based on the size of these fish.”

“As long as their size breaks through that range, the evolution points will increase.”

As Lin Hao pondered this, he continued swimming forward.

Devoured an adult river shrimp, gained 30 evolution points.

Devoured a juvenile river shrimp, gained 10 evolution points.

Devoured…

…

As he swam forward, Lin Hao discovered many river shrimps!

The evolution points gained from an ordinary-sized river shrimp were similar to those from the adult ones he had devoured earlier!

“Those scavengers, even dogs wouldn’t eat them!”

While munching on river shrimp, Lin Hao couldn’t help but complain.

After eating these normal creatures, he recalled the taste of the scavengers, which was indeed unbearable!

Following the route from his memory of yesterday, Lin Hao continued devouring as he went.

“I wonder if that giant catfish is still there.”

This time, his combat power had increased significantly after leveling up, and the duration of his Fire Scales skill had extended by several seconds.

Considering his previous battle experiences, he was confident he could devour the giant catfish this time.

He just had to be cautious of the black ink it spewed, unsure if it was poisonous!

Soon, as Lin Hao accelerated, he arrived at the area where he had fought yesterday.

“It’s gone!?”

After searching the surroundings, he noticed the giant catfish was clearly missing!

“No way?”

He started to get anxious.

His goal this time was to devour that giant catfish, and he had rehearsed the battle in his mind many times!

But now, the giant catfish was nowhere to be seen.

“Did another creature eat it?”

“No, that’s impossible.”

Lin Hao internally rejected this idea.

This giant catfish had such a large body, and with that special slime on its skin, it was very difficult for ordinary creatures to bite it.

“It should be around here, let’s keep looking.”

After searching the area, Lin Hao swam ahead.

Devoured an adult grass carp, gained 90 evolution points.

Devoured an adult crucian carp, gained 90 evolution points.

…

However, there was still no sign of the giant catfish. He did find some large grass carps and crucian carps, though.

Lin Hao didn’t worry about it too much. He devoured whatever he found first.

He needed evolution points badly and had to evolve and level up quickly!

As he continued swimming forward, he noticed that the number of fish around him was decreasing.

Further ahead, he couldn’t see any aquatic creatures at all!

“It should be here.”

Sensing the abnormality, Lin Hao cautiously observed his surroundings.

It was impossible for this area to be devoid of fish; something must have driven them away or eaten them.

Moreover, he noticed some sediment in the water, as if it had just been stirred up and hadn’t settled yet.

As he swam forward, a massive, gaping mouth suddenly emerged from the mud below!

It had been lying in ambush, waiting for Lin Hao!

“So, here you are!”

Lin Hao, with his heightened mental focus, wasn’t going to be ambushed so easily.

His powerful burst of energy propelled his entire body forward, dodging the attack!

The giant catfish missed its bite and frantically chased after Lin Hao!

Its long whiskers swayed continuously, and its eyes locked onto Lin Hao.

It seemed to remember that Lin Hao was the one who attacked it yesterday. Now, its massive body charged crazily towards him, aiming to ram him with its head!

“Good fellow, you hold a grudge, huh? And you know how to ambush me!” Seeing this, Lin Hao sneered coldly.

He had only an hour of teleportation time, and searching for it had already wasted a lot of time.

He needed to finish this quickly!

Watching it charge, Lin Hao showed no fear and activated his skill!

Fire Scales!

As soon as the skill was used, his Black Iron Scales emitted a fiery red glow in an instant.

It looked like blazing flames were bursting out!

Splash!

The water around him seemed to boil!

Lin Hao didn’t dodge; he charged straight at it!

Just as their heads were about to collide, Lin Hao swung his tail!

Powerful Tail Slap!

The strong, forceful tail strike landed heavily on the giant catfish’s head!

Now, his tail was also infused with the Fire Scale effect!

The scorching heat combined with the tremendous force left a charred black mark on its head!

The giant catfish was momentarily stunned and dizzy!

This time, the Powerful Tail Slap was even more formidable due to Lin Hao’s increased combat power!

The damage it inflicted was significantly greater!

“Perfect opportunity!”

In that moment, Lin Hao rushed forward!