Evolution from Carp to Divine Dragon - Chapter 77

Chapter 77: A Large Number of Mutant Sea Loaches

TL: Etude

Lin Hao observed his surroundings while hiding at the bottom of the Hualong Pond, continuing to listen to the discussions of the people around.

He wanted to hear some useful information.

However, most of what he heard was mundane family matters.

“I heard the giant beast that appeared in Luoming City was killed.”

“Really? Wasn’t that beast a CG creation? Did it really appear?”

“Of course, it’s real! Everyone in Luoming City knows. My cousin works there and saw it with his own eyes!”

“…”

Just as Lin Hao was getting a bit bored, he overheard a conversation between several young men walking across the stone bridge.

But before they could say much, they walked into the Dragon King Temple.

The noise inside was so overwhelming that he couldn’t make out anything.

“The giant beast in Luoming City was eliminated.” Lin Hao was a bit surprised.

He had heard about the incident in Luoming City before and was quite shocked that a giant beast had appeared in a city.

Now, it seemed the beast was ultimately destroyed.

Time quickly passed, and by noon, as the transport time refreshed, Lin Hao immediately pulled up his system panel.

“The transport range has expanded again, but it’s still near Longyin City. If I could transport to the seaside, I could go take a look.”

Looking at the areas lit up on the map, Lin Hao couldn’t help but mutter to himself.

The transport time had also increased, now up to four hours!

Four hours was enough time to devour enough creatures and gain more evolution points.

Especially if he could find some mutant creatures!

“This river flows from another mountain range within the city.”

“It seems quite large.”

Glancing at the newly lit area on the system map, Lin Hao noticed he could now transport to another new river.

This river was called Yinshan River and was popular among fishing enthusiasts.

Besides this river, there were also many small lakes.

“I’ll transport here this time.”

With a brief thought, Lin Hao’s entire body was enveloped in white light in an instant.

In the next moment, he disappeared from the Hualong Pond.

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“Hmm!?”

“The water quality here is so good.”

Upon transporting to the Yinshan River, Lin Hao was a bit surprised.

The water quality here was better than that of the Hanshui River, the Longyin Reservoir, and other places he had visited before.

The water looked clear, and there were plenty of fish and shrimp!

As soon as he arrived, he saw small fish and shrimp in the nearby area.

“Why are they all so small?”

However, these small fish and shrimp were far too tiny for his over six-meter-long body.

They weren’t even enough to fill the gaps between his teeth!

“Aren’t there any bigger fish?”

Lin Hao continued to swim forward.

Bang!

At that moment, something seemed to bump into his body, making a small sound.

Hmm!?

He clearly felt something and turned to look behind him.

Upon closer inspection, he saw a creature resembling a large loach clinging to his body.

It seemed to be constantly gnawing at his body!

However, Lin Hao’s body was covered in scales as hard as iron, so no matter how hard it tried, it couldn’t cause him any harm.

“This thing… a sea loach!?”

Lin Hao was a bit surprised at the sight.

“It looks similar to the mutant sea loach I devoured before!”

He quickly realized what it was and shook his body violently, flinging the creature off. In an instant, he darted forward and opened his mouth, swallowing it whole!

Devoured mutant juvenile sea loach, gained 400 evolution points.

“It really is a mutant sea loach!”

No wonder it looked familiar just now.

“But how did it end up here?”

Lin Hao was immensely surprised.

Previously, he had discovered a mutant sea loach in the Hualong Pond and devoured it. For a while, he hadn’t encountered any mutant creatures. Now, having transported to the Yinshan River, he had come across one!

Let’s see what’s ahead.

Without hesitation, Lin Hao continued swimming forward.

“What is this…”

With his sharp eyesight, he could clearly see a large number of… skeletons at the bottom of the river ahead!

They were all fish skeletons!

Moreover, beneath the riverbed, there seemed to be many things writhing, their backs emitting a faint golden glow!

Mutant sea loaches!

There were numerous mutant sea loaches at the bottom of this river!

Why were there so many of these vile things!?

At this moment, some of the mutant sea loaches seemed to sense Lin Hao’s presence and began rushing towards him!

“Courting death.”

Seeing this, Lin Hao sneered.

As they approached, he opened his mouth and spewed out flames!

Crimson Flames!

With the intense burst of crimson flames, the oncoming mutant sea loaches were instantly charred!

Lin Hao’s massive body charged forward, spewing flames towards the area ahead.

Even underwater, the flames were quite powerful, causing the surrounding water to boil furiously.

Many mutant sea loaches were cooked and charred by the flames!

However, many more mutant sea loaches came charging from the other side, clinging to Lin Hao’s body and trying to gnaw at him with their incredibly sharp teeth.

But no matter how sharp their teeth were, they couldn’t penetrate Lin Hao’s black iron scales!

“Bite me? I’ll make you bite!”

As Lin Hao sneered, intense flames burst out from his entire body.

Hiss!

The surrounding river water boiled even more fiercely.

All the mutant sea loaches that were biting Lin Hao’s body were charred.

Devour!

Devour madly!

Having stopped spewing flames, Lin Hao opened his mouth wide and began frantically devouring the mutant sea loaches around him!

Devoured juvenile mutant sea loach, gained 350 evolution points.

Devoured juvenile mutant sea loach, gained 450 evolution points.

Devoured…

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A large number of evolution points kept appearing as notifications.

Lin Hao was having a blast devouring them this time!

The evolution points from these mutant sea loaches were numerous, with each one worth several hundred points!

And there were so many of them that it was staggering.

He didn’t know how long he had been devouring them until every mutant sea loach in this area was consumed, and Lin Hao finally stopped.

“Hmm?!”

“Is that all?”

After coming to his senses, Lin Hao looked around and found that he had devoured all the mutant sea loaches!

(Author’s Note: Apologies for the earlier error in mentioning the knife fish; it’s actually a freshwater fish. I’ve now corrected everything to sea loach. Sorry about that.)

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