Chapter 125: Chapter 124: Puki Popsicle

A Puki quietly floated in the deep blue water, its entire body submerged underwater, with only a green mushroom cap hovering on the surface.

The seemingly drifting mushroom cap was attached to a sturdy rope made by intertwining three mycelial tentacles, connected to a fungal mat on the ceiling. Inside the body of the Puki, a small sickle weapon was hidden as a hook.

A group of backup Pukis and a Big Black Mushroom, drawn by the excitement, gathered on the shore. Without Lin Jun’s direction, Big Black Mushroom would randomly refresh on the ground where the Pukis gathered.

Initially, seeing the Puki soaked in the water, Xiao Hai wanted to go in too, but was stopped by other Pukis. Now she leaned against the wall by the shore, staring dazedly at the Puki in the water, lost in her thoughts.

Suddenly, the Puki in the water sank briefly before bouncing back to the surface.

Something was about to bite!

Lin Jun focused intensely!

To be honest, Lin Jun never thought he would fail. With the ability to perceive the bait’s status in real-time, there was no way he couldn’t catch something!

The creature at the bottom had just ripped off half of the Puki’s foot, intending to drag it underwater. Unexpectedly, the rope snapped its foot off, so it would surely try again.

Sure enough, the bait Puki sensed a current approaching—

A massive catfish leapt out of the water, engulfing the Puki along with half of the rope in its mouth, then dived back down.

The rope tensed instantly under the pull, while the Pukis on the shore extended their tentacles, intending to reel the catfish in. However, before they could hook it, the rope affixed to the ceiling, along with chunks of mud and stones, was pulled down and vanished into the water.

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Fishing is like this; anything can happen, which makes it fun.

Lin Jun maintained a good mindset, had the Pukis change positions, and with the infusion of magic power, a new rope soon grew. A hook was attached to the front of the rope, and the bait Puki was carefully strung on.

Round two, start fishing!

A giant prawn’s claw snapped the line…

The Frost Giant Eel froze the water surface, leisurely consuming the portion beneath the ice…

The bone-armored turtle crushed the Puki, hook, and rope in one bite…

The final blow for Lin Jun came from Xiao Hai, who had been watching the entire process.

Seemingly having understood what the Pukis wanted, Xiao Hai quietly submerged and handed a catfish she caught with her bare hands to the Pukis on the shore.

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Clearly, failing to catch fish wasn’t due to Lin Jun’s technique; it was simply because the fish on the seventh floor were not ordinary.

Demons!

All vicious demons!

Ordinary fishing methods naturally wouldn’t work.

Dozens of hours later, a batch of new Pukis returned in high spirits!

They casually threw some mushrooms into the water to create a feeding ground, waited a while until Lin Jun felt the time was right, and then had six Pukis jump into the water one by one.

[Infrasound Attack Level 6]

The invisible attack spread in the water, without causing a single ripple on the surface.

Soon, a pile of fish with ruptured innards floated up.

However, Lin Jun was not very satisfied—there were no big fish.

The high-blood-volume fish fled in time after being attacked, and only literal small fry were caught.

He tidied up the floating fish and threw them onto the fungal mat. After accelerated decomposition, as expected, there was hardly any gain.

A big fish was still needed!

Fortunately, Lin Jun didn’t have just one plan. A Fat Otaku Puki stepped forward.

Though it looked fat, in reality, its density wasn’t high, with its belly still hollow. If it went straight into the water, it would float like a water balloon, so Lin Jun had it carry a few rocks in its stomach in advance.

Once in the water, the little fatty sank directly to the bottom.

Lin Jun chose a spot on the edge of the waterway, where the bottom was less than ten meters deep.

The Fat Otaku lay quietly underwater, with small fish tentatively biting its body, which Lin Jun ignored.

The confidence brought by its blood volume!

Until a Frost Giant Eel swam over, coiling its serpentine body around the Fat Otaku Puki, this prey…

A muffled sound resounded from underwater, sending ripples spreading across the surface.

Several Cow and Horse Pukis, equipped with [Underwater Adaptation Level 4], jumped into the water. At this point, not a single live fish remained; those still alive had long been frightened away by the vibrations.

In no time, the Frost Giant Eel, now in several parts, was fished out by the Pukis. Along came a giant prawn; it crawled over but exploded before taking a bite of the Fat Otaku, blowing one of its claws off.

Kind-hearted Lin Jun helped retrieve its claw to reunite them.

[Seven Sins of Greed Triggered]

[Plunder Skill: Path of Frost Level 1]

[Plunder Skill: Frost Shield Level 1]

[Plunder Skill: Jet Wake Level 1]

[Plunder Skill: Saliva Arrow Level 4→Level 5]

[Plunder Skill: Water Flow Perception Level 1→Level 2]

[Plunder Skill: Giant Clamp Strike Level 1→Level 2]

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After decomposing the two creatures, Lin Jun finally harvested the desired skills, although they were still at a low level.

After conducting a few tests with some temporarily crafted Pukis, Lin Jun figured out these skills.

[Path of Frost] and [Frost Shield] were both underwater skills of the giant eel.

The former could temporarily freeze the surroundings, and the latter could form an ice shield temporarily, though they didn’t seem very practical on a Puki.

On the other hand, the prawn’s skills seemed more suitable.

[Jet Wake], as the name suggests, could accelerate by shooting out stored water from its body underwater, proving useful for the Puki’s underwater dodging and escape.

It still relied on the veteran Fat Otaku Puki.

Once confirmed useful, the areas on the seventh floor covered with fungal mats began the production of Fat Otaku Pukis.

With a bit of magic acceleration, in roughly half a month, the underwater skills could be assembled.

The issue of the rift was indeed pressing; it wasn’t time to conserve magic power.

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A palm-sized Incense Pill floated on the water’s surface, with light red material slowly diffusing in the water. Four Gold Level adventurers hid not far from the shore, waiting quietly.

A slight ripple appeared, and everyone perked up with utmost focus.

It’s coming!

A gigantic catfish leapt out of the water, swallowing the Incense Pill.

“This is it!”

The mage’s magic staff gleamed brightly.

Tier Five Magic — Ice Seal Technique!

A waterway over ten meters wide was instantly frozen, causing the catfish to land heavily on the ice, its tail even getting frozen, struggling violently driven by the survival instinct.

“Don’t give it a chance to break the ice!” The captain spoke, leading the charge.

Under the squad leader’s command, the experienced team quickly dispatched the nearly defenseless catfish.

After cutting off the catfish’s whiskers, the captain dug into its belly. Besides the whiskers being used as magic potion material, a piece of meat in its abdomen was a top-tier delicacy worth some money, even if not sold, it would serve as a sumptuous treat for the team.

“Hmm? What’s this?”

After some groping, the captain bewilderedly pulled a small sickle out of the catfish’s stomach…

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