As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up

Chapter 258: Chapter 221: Dolphins Come to Help

Chapter 258: Chapter 221: Dolphins Come to Help

Chu Mingcheng didn’t bother with the harpoon, he immediately released the speargun after pulling the trigger and swiftly kicked his legs forward, darting ahead.

The next moment, the Great White Shark’s gaping maw snapped shut right where he had just been.

But he moved quicker, and the Great White Shark missed.

This was also where Chu Mingcheng was clever; everywhere but straight ahead would lead to prolonged chases from the Great White Shark, ultimately catching him.

Only by moving forward could he successfully evade.

Because that direction was behind the Great White Shark, and it wasn’t able to swivel around quickly without a flexible waist.

Chu Mingcheng turned back, drew his diving knife, and frowned at the speargun now gripped in the jaws of the Great White Shark.

Meanwhile, the fish arrow at the top of the shark’s head hadn’t fallen out, and blood continuously seeped from the wound.

In theory, it should have hit a vital spot, yet why didn’t the Great White Shark show any signs of a severe injury?

Helplessly watching the spear gun getting smashed, Chu Mingcheng now found it useless to retrieve it.

What should he do?

As he wallowed in frustration, a familiar sound suddenly reached his ears. Chu Mingcheng looked back in surprise, only to see a group of dolphins charging forward.

The leading Chinese White Dolphin bravely rushed forward and fiercely hit the shark, still biting the speargun, with its beak before hastily retreating—decisions were made decisively.

Despite the Great White Shark being significantly larger than the dolphins, Chu Mingcheng clearly saw it forced backward by a meter from the dolphin’s blow.

The Great White Shark wasn’t unscathed as he initially thought; the arrow at the top of its head had seriously injured it.

It was just that Chu Mingcheng hadn’t hit its brain, going slightly askew; thus, the Great White Shark still had so much vitality.

But the dolphin’s blow was not light; it immediately stunned the shark, causing severe pain in its abdomen.

The area impacted showed some internal organs had been slightly ruptured.

While the shark was dazed, the dolphins were not; another dolphin slammed into it from the other side.

This time, when the Great White Shark attempted to retaliate, the dolphins moved more nimbly, making it bite nothing.

With many dolphins around and itself injured, the Great White Shark truly became afraid, and it immediately attempted to flee.

But the dolphins weren’t about to let it go. Since the Great White Shark could prey on them, killing it would mean one less threat to their group in the future.

Hence, seeing the Great White Shark trying to escape, the dolphins immediately attacked in a group.

Chu Mingcheng didn’t just watch; he joined in, approaching the dorsal side of the Great White Shark.

With the shark being harassed by dolphins, it couldn’t pick up speed, allowing him to easily catch up.

Upon reaching the dorsal area, Chu Mingcheng forcefully stabbed with his diving knife near where the fish arrow was lodged and pressed down on the arrow with his left hand to drive it deeper.

The Great White Shark, pained, swam upward, trying to shake him off.

Chu Mingcheng gripped the handle of the diving knife and the fish arrow, firmly positioning himself on the shark.

As the Great White Shark swam upward, it gave the dolphins an excellent opportunity.

The leading dolphin wasn’t small at almost three meters, only slightly smaller than the Great White Shark.

It took the opportunity to severely slam into the shark’s belly causing another severe blow to the animal’s internal organs—an utterly fatal blow this time.

On the back of the Great White Shark, Chu Mingcheng could distinctly feel its movements slow down, its swimming speed deteriorating.

But he didn’t stop his actions; once the shark slowed, he pulled out the diving knife and relentlessly stabbed at its head until the Great White Shark was entirely dead.

Having successfully overcome the life-threatening crisis, Chu Mingcheng immediately relaxed.

Then he realized his body was sore and stiff, a critical aftermath of the intense tension.

He had planned to use a life transformation, but now that he was safe and given the situation, he wasn’t in the mood to continue fishing or hunting. He planned to swim to the surface and wait for the boat to pick him up and rest well in the afternoon.

So, he decided to save the life transformation for later.

He pulled out the fish arrow; the Great White Shark, with its belly turned up, lay motionless.

Dead or alive, as long as it was belly up, there was no need to fear.

After securing the diving knife and retrieving the fish arrow, Chu Mingcheng was about to recover his speargun when the dolphins gathered around again.

He thought for a moment; he definitely couldn’t bring the Great White Shark back by himself, but its liver seemed like a worthwhile trophy.

Thus, he swam back, intending to use the diving knife to cut open the shark’s belly.

However, he discovered the shark’s skin was really thick; even at the belly area, his diving knife cut very slowly.

Moreover, the significant amount of blood coming out from the Great White Shark made him uneasy, as he knew there was another larger Great White Shark nearby. If it caught the scent of blood, it might come over.

Mainly, after cutting the Great White Shark and seeing blood spurt out, the dolphins showed unease and quickly left the area.

Therefore, Chu Mingcheng ultimately decided to give up, retrieved his wooden speargun, then swam to the surface to check his current position.

This time his luck was good; as soon as he surfaced, he saw the boatman steering the small boat toward him.

Upon climbing into the small boat and seeing that Chu Mingcheng hadn’t hunted any fish, that a speargun was missing, and even the fishing line was cut, the boatman was shocked, “What happened?”

“Nothing much, couldn’t handle a big fish alone, almost got dragged to the deep sea. In the end, had no choice but to cut the line, and even lost a speargun,” he obviously wouldn’t mention the Great White Shark.

Aboard the “Sky,” besides a few of them, only a handful also engaged in trolling.

Even now, only a few among them still trolled; under normal circumstances, other anglers wouldn’t spend such unwarranted money.

Renting a boat costs five hundred per hour, but if only mackerel are caught in that hour, breaking even becomes an issue.

Unless they encounter a school of Golden Spearfish, they wouldn’t choose to troll, so now it’s enough for Chu Mingcheng to call Zhang Wei and Han Baola back.

After a while, the two small boats returned to the Sky.

The first thing Chu Mingcheng did was go to his room to shower and change clothes before he went to Jiang Luoluo’s room, where he hugged her, buried his face in her chest, and took a deep breath, all without her understanding what was happening.

Indeed, after facing a lethal crisis, only her embrace could calm one down.

“What’s the matter?” Jiang Luoluo initially thought he was coming to take advantage of her, but noticing the fatigue on his face, she couldn’t help but ask with concern.

“Nothing much, just a bit tired and in need of a good rest.”

Jiang Luoluo saw that he was not forthcoming, so she did not pry further.

She set her laptop aside and tenderly embraced him.

Chu Mingcheng felt very relaxed at this moment, but his mind dwelt on the day’s encounters.

In fishing and hunting, one could face any situation.

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If he had the physical fitness of Captain Chou, perhaps even just with a diving knife, he could have killed that Great White Shark!

It seems that once he returns, he needs to accumulate life transformations and quickly improve his physical fitness.

After the trip to Nansha, they returned to Xia City by the beginning of March.

The fishing moratorium in Xia City would start around May 1st and last till late August.

The timings weren’t much different across regions, not more than a month at most, so it was unnecessary for him to spend that month fishing in other waters.

He might as well implement his wild plan and travel abroad.

Meeting sharks seems common in foreign waters, thus enhancing his physical fitness becomes essential.

As for Chen Yang’s fishing gun, he would just buy a new one to replace it once he was back in Qiongzhou.

In the last week of the trip to Nansha, Chu Mingcheng no longer went fishing.

The group simply went deep-sea fishing every evening, spent the days on their own, and occasionally gathered for meals on the third floor; time quickly passed.

After the Sky set course back, Chu Mingcheng, with the help of a crew member, began tallying up his catch.

In a month, he caught over five thousand pounds of fish, regretfully the most valuable was just one Matsu Gold Spearfish.

Jiang Luoluo also caught quite a few fish, adding up to also more than one thousand and eight hundred pounds.

Of course, Chen Yang and the others had good hauls too, and considering Chu Mingcheng knew many restaurant owners who had high demand for rare catches, he decided to sell to them collectively.

Once he finished tallying the catch, he contacted customers in his group to send them the fish and let them choose first.

Frozen fish would be somewhat cheaper than fresh fish on the market, but due to good preservation, the price wouldn’t be reduced by much.

The most sought-after were the Long-tailed Shore Bream, followed by the Big Mouth Bream and the Big-eyed Carp.

Many owners in the group ran restaurants and although they had their supply chains, they didn’t mind buying in bulk from Chu Mingcheng.

Because buying in bulk would further reduce the price.

Of course, wholesale and retail prices differ.

Chu Mingcheng usually sold the fish to individuals, so naturally, he sold at retail prices.

This time, given the large catch from the trip to Nansha, he had to sell at wholesale prices if customers bought in large quantities.

But even at wholesale prices, it was more profitable than selling to fishmongers.

This was also because Chu Mingcheng engaged in filming; otherwise, he wouldn’t bother with this and would rather just relax at home after fishing.

The Long-tailed Shore Bream caught by their party of five weighed more than two thousand pounds, and these customers bought it all.

Chu Mingcheng had the most, totaling seven hundred and thirty-seven pounds, and along with Jiang Luoluo’s, it reached over one thousand and one hundred pounds.

The price was originally two hundred and sixty, but now he sold for one hundred and eighty, totalling exactly two hundred thousand after selling out.

Some high-value fishes such as Deep Sea Grouper were also sold out.

However, the quantity of Deep Sea Grouper wasn’t as abundant, totaling only seven hundred pounds for five of them.

A Seven-band Grouper from Chu Mingcheng was taken by a customer for eighty thousand, while a one hundred and fifty-pound green spot only sold for ten thousand.

The remaining, along with Jiang Luoluo’s catch, added up to more than three hundred and twenty pounds.

Each type of Grouper sold for different prices; he sold for sixty-five thousand in total, averaging just over two hundred per pound.

The Matsu Gold Spearfish, originally Chu Mingcheng planned to assess its quality upon returning before selling.

However, a clever customer in the group viewed the fish via video and made an immediate offer of four hundred thousand.

If priced by the pound, this Matsu Gold Spearfish reached a price of one thousand per pound.

This was not a cheap rate, even if sold in Modu, this Spearfish would only fetch about three hundred thousand at most.

One could say his customer had bid retail market price, giving Chu Mingcheng no reason not to sell.

The remaining catch was less easy to sell, his customers could not absorb all his catch, let alone help the others.

Ultimately, what the customers didn’t want, Chu Mingcheng conveniently sold all to the captain.