Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 66 Bait, Hunter

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Congratulations on slaying the D-rank sea monster: the Great Scaled Swordfish.

[After bathing in beast blood, the user gained the D-rank skill "Sword Speed". Because the "Sword Speed" skill was too low-level, it was assimilated and absorbed by the S-rank skill "Black Tortoise Shield", increasing the host's attack power by 2 points.]

[Attack power: 50]

[Stamina: 58]

[Endurance: 62]

[Defense: 108]

[Mental Strength: Unknown]

Shine——

The king was slain and returned to his sheath.

He also took the two-scaled swordfish aboard the light boat and sailed away.

This hunt also made him realize that nautical charts that can be used to find sea monsters are indeed rare treasures. No wonder the underworld was so persistent in pursuing them, even at great cost and with the help of powerful outsiders, in order to retrieve them.

Unfortunately, he can only hunt D-rank sea monsters near the Lost Sea now.

Theoretically, a C-grade sea beast would be a better choice, but he doesn't yet have the C-grade sea beast blood to activate the nautical chart.

We have B-grade sea beast blood, which is worth a try, but the only B-grade sea beast nearby is the former Eight-Armed Hunter.

In their brief battle, Shi Ming severed one of its tentacles.

After being severely injured, the eight-armed hunter sank into the deep sea and became difficult to find. Shi Ming had already absorbed its blood, so even if he managed to kill it, he would not be able to improve his strength.

Moreover, to be honest, humans have a fatal weakness when fighting these giant sea monsters—humans are too small. Even if they have great energy, they will be at a great disadvantage if these sea monsters control them and swallow them whole and take them to the deep sea.

For a more exhilarating battle, the C-rank Mist Jellyfish underwater is a great choice right now.

I don't know what method I can use to lure them in.

Shi Ming piloted the ordinary light boat, relying on the upgraded navigation system, through the fog, and returned to Ding Lan's silver ship in the Lost Sea.

The swordfish was carried into the kitchen by the crew.

Since Shi Ming became captain, Lao Yang's workload in the kitchen has doubled. Even Chun Yi's meals were obtained from the ship's food preparation equipment. Only when they caught a good catch would he be allowed to cook himself.

But nowadays, high-end ingredients are being offered one after another.

Of course, Lao Yang had no complaints.

On the contrary, they enjoyed it and felt honored by it.

What D-class sea monsters, B-class sea monsters, what once invincible hunters, the ocean overlords feared by ships, are now lying under his blade, becoming a dish?

He had long seen that this new captain was young, charismatic, and incredibly capable; following him had significantly improved their standard of living.

Who knows, he might become an Awakened One someday.

……

Not long after, Old Yang brought today's lunch to Shi Ming's captain's cabin.

"Captain, beer-braised swordfish, beef soup, and dried shrimp rice."

This is today's lunch.

Beer swordfish is a local delicacy in Yangshuo. After arriving in this world, Shi Ming missed it very much. Fortunately, there was a beer machine on the ship that he had obtained from the Sakura. He dictated the recipe and handed it to Lao Yang to cook.

The aroma of malt complements the crisp swordfish meat, and the taste is already seven-tenths similar.

It's a pity that without the fermented bean paste to thicken the sauce, it lacks its soul.

Shi Ming ate a simple meal.
He planned to throw the other half of the swordfish into the sea later to see if it could lure a C-grade mist jellyfish.

If he could obtain the blood or bodily fluids of a C-rank jellyfish, he would have the trigger to activate the coordinates of a C-rank sea monster on the nautical chart, allowing him to specifically hunt C-rank sea monsters. Now that he had obtained this treasure, which might be recorded in the "Complete List of Wonders of the Endless Ocean," he should make good use of it. The stat points gained from C-rank sea monsters should be more than those from D-rank sea monsters, making it a decent way to improve his strength.

……

Just do it.

on the deck.

After setting up his submachine gun and adjusting the angle of the ship's close-in weapon system, Shi Ming used his knife to cut the half of the swordfish into decorative shapes, and then threw it into the fog-filled sea.

Perhaps because too many mist jellyfish were hunted yesterday, there are far fewer jellyfish surrounding the ship today. Without these things interfering, the drifting ship can carry out the work of extracting sea crystals more efficiently.

Jellyfish are carnivorous animals, and the remains of D-class marine mammals are quite tempting to high-level mist jellyfish.

With the bait prepared, Shi Ming instructed the crew to closely monitor the real-time movements of the maritime patrol radar.

If a powerful creature approaches, immediately warn him.

Patience, focus, decisiveness, and a strong sense of crisis are the basic qualities of an excellent hunter.

This principle applies not only to dealing with sea monsters, but even more so to dealing with aggressors among humans.

I do not know how long it has been.

"Captain, there's movement at a depth of fifty meters underwater," Huang Pao whispered from the side.

"Ok?"

Looking down into the water, Shi Ming could indeed feel a slight ripple.

The maritime radar also showed that a large life form beyond the limits was approaching.

Shi Ming immediately perked up.

He waved.

The dark close-in weapon system was aimed at the corresponding area.

He didn't really want to fight the Mist Jellyfish by hand. Those creatures were slimy and huge, and there was no satisfying feedback when he cut them. It was like cutting cotton, and he would get covered in sticky fluid.

Gollum—

Bubbles rose from the water, accompanied by a subtle sound.

coming?

Wow! ! !

The giant waves erupted underwater like a volcanic eruption, spewing out massive water columns three or four meters thick and seven or eight meters high. Then, the water columns rained down like rain from the sky, bringing a heavy downpour that was even more disorienting than fog.

The rain, carrying the half-swordfish piece, quickly plunged into the deep sea!
???

Shi Ming was stunned.

Throughout the entire process, the life form that resembled a Class C mist jellyfish never entered the range of the close-in weapon system!
I've never seen such a cowardly sea monster!

He decided to change tactics.

No creature could steal his half of a swordfish unscathed!
……

This isn't Shi Ming's fault; this C-class mist jellyfish is indeed quite cowardly.

When it was weak, it witnessed firsthand the king of its kind, who was more than thirty times its current size, perish along with the warship under the suppression of the steel warship's cannon fire and the attacks of the Awakened. Several other powerful members of its kind had died at the hands of the hunters long before.

After scavenging and consuming a portion of the core of the tribe's king, it developed a tiny bit of intelligence.

The aversion to steel behemoths is ingrained in its genes and cannot be erased.

Moreover, having developed a bit of intelligence, it also had an instinctive fear of the man standing at the bow of the ship.

It's like the inferior person facing the bloodline suppression of the superior.
Horrifying and unsettling.

(End of this chapter)