The Eternal Farmer: I Trade My Harvest for Immortality

To someone unfamiliar with the situation, or if Jiang Chen were alone, seeing such a large fish tail would surely make them eagerly pull on the fishing line. But doing so would play right into the aquatic fish demon’s trap.

After all, its strength in the water was immense.

Last time, if not for Mo Yu, who was at the Foundation Establishment stage, helping out, Jin Fugui would have undoubtedly died.

Now, watching the faintly visible enormous fish tail, all three of them remained extremely calm.

Jin Fugui gritted his teeth and said, “Let’s see how long you can keep up this act!”

A while later, another fishing line tied to the Giant Leaf actually began to sway as well. At this moment, both fishing lines and both hooks were reacting.

This left everyone in a dilemma.

Was it the fish demon? Or was it the Dragon Carp? Should they pull or not?

The three of them quickly exchanged glances.

Jiang Chen couldn’t help but ask, “Should we try the second line?”

“This…” Mo Yu, hearing this, exchanged a look with Jin Fugui, somewhat hesitant.

Seeing that neither of them knew how to decide, Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow. “To be honest, dragging this out isn’t a solution. Let’s just take action.”

Jin Fugui was taken aback. “Old Jiang, what are you thinking?”

Jiang Chen said solemnly, “The fish demon wants to trick us, right? So we deliberately pull the hook, making it think it’s about to succeed, and then suddenly launch our attack!”

“That feels a bit…” Mo Yu was reluctant to take the risk.

Based on his years of fishing experience, if they failed once, it would be hard to get another chance. Moreover, future fishermen coming here might face even more dangerous attacks. This fish demon would surely hold a grudge.

However, Jin Fugui said fiercely, “I think Old Jiang is right. We can’t just wait around. What if a Dragon Carp really bites? Wouldn’t that be a huge loss? Besides, I want revenge too!”

Seeing both Jiang Chen and Jin Fugui say this, Mo Yu thought it over and finally nodded. After all, they were a team, essentially one unit.

Jiang Chen said seriously, “Once my Giant Leaf starts spinning, it generates immense force. This will make the fish demon in the water mistakenly think someone is pulling the hook. We’ll watch for the right moment and strike directly. Even if we don’t kill it outright, injuring it would still be revenge for Old Jin.”

Immediately, Mo Yu and Jin Fugui nodded in agreement.

Next, Jiang Chen raised the Giant Leaf above his head, infusing it with his own Wood spiritual power. It immediately began to spin clockwise.

At first, the rotation was slow but gradually became faster and faster. From four leaves, it gradually appeared as one.

Initially, the fish demon below thought the fishermen had finally reacted. It never expected this “reaction” to be so intense.

With a splash, it was even forced to break the surface.

Jiang Chen and the other two had been watching closely. When they saw its face, their expressions all changed slightly.

The fish demon looked quite ferocious.

Not only did it have facial features similar to a human’s, but its eyes were triangular, hiding malice within its gaze. Its lips were thin, and all its teeth inside were fine and sharp.

Its body was quite massive; just the part above water was two to three meters long. From top to bottom, except for its face, it was covered in dark black fish scales. Combined with the slightly greenish pool water and this dim environment, it appeared incredibly sinister and terrifying.

The fish demon also saw Jiang Chen and the other two. Seeing they weren’t pulling the hooks, it was momentarily stunned.

Jiang Chen gave a signal.

Immediately, the three unleashed their respective attacks.

Jin Fugui raised his hand and tossed up an iron block. Then he snapped his right fingers.

Snap!

The surface of the iron block suddenly ignited with orange-yellow flames. Soon, the large iron block melted into dozens of small, sharp iron needles, still burning, as they shot toward the fish demon.

This time, Jin Fugui was determined to get revenge for last time.

Meanwhile, Mo Yu activated the Water spiritual power in his Dantian, creating an invisible water wall that directly halted the flow of water around the fish demon, trapping it as if in a cage.

Jiang Chen held the Giant Leaf in his left hand while his right palm manifested a [Wood] character spirit seal.

The weed seeds stored within scattered out, transforming into poisonous thorny weeds as they neared the fish demon.

By the time the fish demon reacted, the attacks were already hitting its face.

Instantly, its massive body shook uncontrollably. Its face, receiving special attention from Jin Fugui, was instantly disfigured and twisted, making it look even more ferocious.

The fish demon was furious, baring its teeth at the three above.

Originally, it had intended to lure Jiang Chen into pulling so it could drag him underwater, never expecting to fall for a trick itself and even get attacked first.

In its rage, it initially planned to dive underwater to temporarily escape, but encountered resistance instead; the surrounding water seemed to have turned into a cage, trapping its entire body inside.

At that moment, Jiang Chen’s poison thorn weeds also landed around and on the fish demon’s body. They lacked precision but made up for it in quantity, covering a larger area and range.

Moreover, Jiang Chen could control them remotely, so any poison thorn weeds near the fish demon immediately began burrowing frantically into its flesh through gaps in its black scales, as if trying to take root within.

The fish demon writhed in pain.

In water, its strength increased manyfold. Even with the water halted, it was still not to be underestimated. Thus, after enduring several attacks from Jiang Chen and Jin Fugui, it suddenly leaped upward.

With a splash of breaking water, the fish demon’s massive body came into full view of all three.

Its total length was at least around five meters, like a black catfish that had become a spirit.

However, Jiang Chen keenly noticed that its tail seemed to have been burned by something. The scales there were all cracked and dry, the flesh charred.

Yes, cracked, dry, and charred. Even in the extremely cold pool water, it remained in this injured state.

Then, the fish demon fell heavily back into the water, this time landing outside the halted area, on another side.

Snap, snap, snap!

The fishing lines on the Giant Leaf couldn’t withstand this weight, snapping instantly. Waves churned across the water’s surface, shattering any previous calm.

Seeing this, Mo Yu said regretfully, “It seems we won’t be catching any Dragon Carp now.”

Jin Fugui was very unwilling. “If I had reached Foundation Establishment, I could have inflicted greater damage.”

But Jiang Chen thought to himself, This fish demon seems… not that powerful?

If all three were at Foundation Establishment, they might have severely wounded or even killed it.

But Mo Yu wasn’t wrong. With things like this, even if a Dragon Carp had been attracted earlier, it would have been scared off by now.

So, the three simply packed up their gear and quickly left.

Time soon came to nightfall.

The already dim Black Pool became pitch black. Eerie green light made the atmosphere particularly sinister.

At this time, Jiang Chen, who had left earlier, returned alone to Black Pool.

With Jin Fugui and Mo Yu present before, he couldn’t go all out. Now alone, he naturally had no reservations.

So, looking at the pool water that had regained its calm, Jiang Chen focused his mind and summoned forth the [Demon Wood Boat]!!!