The Fire Lotus primordial energy flowed out and, under Lu Ming's control, condensed once again into a ball of primordial energy at the hook.
However, this ball of primordial energy seemed much more condensed, and a faint green flame flickered deep within it, radiating a fluctuation of life force that was difficult for others to detect.
Li Shuang had mentioned earlier that the golden-eyed spirit fish loved to feed on primordial energy, especially pure primordial energy. The higher its purity, the greater the temptation for them.
Lu Ming's primordial energy strength might not be outstanding among the many anglers due to the number of his Divine Ability Dharma Inscriptions, but when it came to the purity of his primordial energy, the Fire Lotus primordial energy was probably unmatched by anyone present.
Thus, Lu Ming was confident that once the “Fire Lotus primordial energy” made its appearance, those golden-eyed spirit fish would be absolutely unable to resist the temptation.
He would inevitably shatter the balance on the field.
But he had no choice; he had been forced into this.
Since they didn't want to fish properly, then nobody would fish.
Within less than half a minute after Lu Ming transformed his Fire Lotus primordial energy into a ball of energy, he saw a silver light flash rapidly from the depths of the pool.
“Another one!”
Yan Qing also noticed this emerging golden-eyed spirit fish. Delighted, he immediately cast his primordial energy line in its direction, the ball of primordial energy condensed at his hook releasing intense fluctuations.
Swoosh!
Yet, the golden-eyed spirit fish didn't even spare a glance at the ball of primordial energy that landed not far from it. With a flick of its tail, silver light rippled across its silver scales as it swam right past it.
Seeing this, Yan Qing couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.
But in the next moment, he suddenly froze, realizing that the golden-eyed spirit fish was heading straight for the location of Lu Ming's hook.
“How is this possible?!”
Yan Qing was taken aback. His eyes immediately darkened, and with a quick glance, the disruptive anglers from before immediately repeated their old trick, vibrating their primordial energy lines to churn up waves in an attempt to scare off the golden-eyed spirit fish.
However, this time, the golden-eyed spirit fish—usually so timid that it would flee at the slightest disturbance—displayed an astonishing resolve. It actually ignored the violently churning waves, swiftly slicing through the water. In just a few breaths, it crossed a distance of dozens of zhang and appeared right in front of the ball of primordial energy Lu Ming had condensed.
Opening its mouth greedily, it didn't even bother to test the bait and swallowed the entire ball of primordial energy in one gulp.
Lu Ming suddenly lifted the golden rod in his hand.
Splash!
The water surface broke, and the primordial energy line pulled up a silver, glittering golden-eyed spirit fish. The spirit fish struggled frantically, splashing water in all directions.
Many astonished gazes from the surroundings turned toward him.
Li Shuang was also somewhat surprised, clearly not expecting Lu Ming to successfully catch a golden-eyed spirit fish despite being interfered with.
“Not bad, Lu Ming,” Zhou Fuling said with a light chuckle, offering her praise.
Yan Qing's face darkened slightly. How is this kid's luck so good? What was with that golden-eyed spirit fish just now? Why did it head straight for Lu Ming's hook?
“Could it be that our interference panicked it, and it just blindly swam into Lu Ming's hook, letting him get lucky?” Yan Qing desperately searched for an explanation.
While he was still lost in suspicion, Lu Ming leisurely removed the golden-eyed spirit fish from his hook, slipped it into the basket behind him, and cast his line once more.
Less than a minute after his line settled.
Silver light flashed at the bottom of the pool, and another golden-eyed spirit fish rushed out with lightning speed, biting down on the ball of primordial energy concealing the hook without the slightest hesitation.
Splash!
The fishing line flew out of the water, bringing up another silver, glittering golden-eyed spirit fish.
Everyone was completely shocked. If the first time could be chalked up to sheer luck, this second time could absolutely not be described as such.
Yan Qing's gaze turned thoroughly dark as he stared coldly at Lu Ming. He finally realized that this kid was no clueless novice, but had come prepared.
Is it some kind of divine ability technique that can confuse the golden-eyed spirit fish? Yan Qing snorted coldly to himself. Certain special divine ability techniques could temporarily alter the nature of one's primordial energy, making it highly enticing to the golden-eyed spirit fish. People had used similar unorthodox methods in the past.
It seemed that if he wanted to completely stop Lu Ming from catching any more golden-eyed spirit fish, he would have to take matters into his own hands.
With this thought, Yan Qing's primordial energy line suddenly shot out, landing near Lu Ming's ball of primordial energy. A powerful surge of primordial energy erupted, churning the water and gradually forming a massive whirlpool centered around the stone pillar where Lu Ming was sitting.
Robust primordial energy flowed within the whirlpool, seemingly forming a water cage that completely trapped Lu Ming and his primordial energy line inside.
Furthermore, Yan Qing was not the only one acting. Yan Zhizhi and several other disciples from the Divine Ability Clans also joined in. They were equally displeased to see an outsider like Lu Ming freely harvesting the golden-eyed spirit fish, so they naturally united against a common enemy.
With their joint efforts, the whirlpool of water surrounding Lu Ming's position grew larger and more violent.
As a result, any golden-eyed spirit fish that wanted to eat Lu Ming's ball of primordial energy would be blocked by this violent whirlpool.
“Yan Qing, don't take this too far!” Seeing Yan Qing leading the charge to isolate Lu Ming, Zhou Fuling couldn't help but feel angry and scolded him.
“Lady Fuling, he was the one who first used such a divine ability technique to confuse the golden-eyed spirit fish, so you can't blame us. Besides, we haven't directly touched his primordial energy line, so this doesn't count as a violation of the rules,” Yan Qing said indifferently.
So they've mistaken my Fire Lotus primordial energy for some kind of divine ability technique targeted at the golden-eyed spirit fish...
Lu Ming's eyes flickered slightly as he looked at the violently surging whirlpool around his stone pillar. This was normal. After all, no one would ever expect that a newly advanced Grand Divine Ability Practitioner like him could possess such incredibly pure primordial energy.
This was just as well, as it saved him from exposing his secret.
The surrounding whirlpool was filled with the primordial energy of multiple people, not just Yan Qing. With Lu Ming's current primordial energy strength, it was obviously impossible for him to break through such a primordial energy cage, and a stray golden-eyed spirit fish or two wouldn't be able to get in either.
Thus, it seemed to be an inescapable predicament.
However, there was not the slightest hint of anger on Lu Ming's face. If one or two golden-eyed spirit fish couldn't break through the obstruction of this whirlpool, then... what about more?
Lu Ming circulated the Fire Lotus primordial energy within his body, pouring it into his primordial energy line to suddenly strengthen the ball of primordial energy.
The Fire Lotus primordial energy rippled gently along the line.
After about a minute, a smile played at the corners of Lu Ming's lips. Deep within the Spirit Fish Pool, silver light suddenly flared as two or three golden-eyed spirit fish, seemingly sensing an irresistible temptation, swam rapidly toward the whirlpool.
Without hesitation, they plunged headfirst into the whirlpool, their silver scales shining as they tried to pierce through the currents to swallow that enticing ball of primordial energy.
However, they were instantly disoriented by the churning primordial energy whirlpool and thrown back out.
Seeing this, Yan Qing snorted coldly to himself.
But in the next instant, his pupils suddenly contracted.
Because he saw that deep within the pool, a massive cluster of silver light suddenly emerged, slicing through the water at extreme speed. Those were... golden-eyed spirit fish!
So many spirit fish!
At least twenty or thirty of them!
At this moment, Yan Qing's face was completely overcome with shock.
How are there so many?!
Right then, the dozens of golden-eyed spirit fish swarmed into the whirlpool in a frenzy. Silver light flowed over their scales, continuously dispersing the pressure of the primordial energy in the water, until they forced open a passage right through the whirlpool.
Accompanied by a series of splashes, the golden-eyed spirit fish bypassed the whirlpool and frantically lunged to feed on the ball of primordial energy.
Seizing the opportunity, Lu Ming swiftly lifted his rod and reeled in a spirit fish.
Then he cast his line again.
Lifted.
Cast.
He repeated the process over and over.
One, two, five, eight, ten...
Lu Ming continuously tossed one golden-eyed spirit fish after another into the basket behind him.
In the Spirit Fish Pool, everyone was utterly dumbfounded by the speed at which he was catching the fish. A dead silence fell over the area, broken only by the crisp splashes of the golden-eyed spirit fish being pulled from the water.
Even Li Shuang's frosty face was filled with sheer disbelief.
Yet, Lu Ming ignored them entirely, acting like a fishing machine as he mechanically reeled in and cast his line.
Finally, when the count in his basket reached fifteen golden-eyed spirit fish, he decided to quit while he was ahead. He dissolved his primordial energy line and looked up at the stunned, wooden faces around him—and at Yan Qing, whose face had turned green. An apologetic smile appeared on Lu Ming's face.
“My family is poor, and I've never seen such good things before. I hope you'll excuse my lack of manners.”
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