Supreme Star Card Master

Chapter 1564: Chapter 1238: Fishing (Part 2)

”That’s true...”

Uncle Chen nodded, and after a brief contemplation, he took a handful from his own bait and handed it to Su Yuan, lowering his voice, ”I made this myself, added some ’special ingredients’, young man, do your best!”

As he spoke, Uncle Chen gave Su Yuan an encouraging look.

Su Yuan smiled, immediately nodding to express his thanks.

Looking at the bait given by Uncle Chen, Su Yuan raised his rod and reeled in the line, replacing it with Uncle Chen’s bait, then cast it back into the water...

In the blink of an eye, two more days passed.

The green-haired young man raised his fishing rod, and a plump, snow-white Cold Star Carp flew out of the water.

”I caught one too... such a big one!” The green-haired young man’s eyes gleamed with excitement, filled with joy.

The surrounding people immediately cast envious and surprised glances because this Cold Star Carp was indeed large, even bigger than the one Uncle Chen caught earlier!

The green-haired young man was pleased and a bit smug, intending to gracefully reel the Cold Star Carp directly into the fish basket like Uncle Chen. However, the struggling Cold Star Carp thudded onto the ground and frantically flopped on the snow-covered ground, almost returning to the water as if it were a flat ground.

”Oh no!”

Seeing the efforts of the past few days about to go to waste, the green-haired young man was anxious to chase after it.

The middle-aged man nearby shouted, ”You can’t catch up, quickly activate the enhancing rune on the fishing rod!”

The green-haired young man stopped immediately upon hearing this, pressing down on the talisman on the fishing rod. Instantly, strands of spirit light spread along the rod and line, tightly gripping the Cold Star Carp that was nearly leaping back into the water.

”Take it slow, don’t rush...”

”The important thing is to maintain steady, even speed!”

”Ha, young people are so impatient, they only learn after a loss!”

The surrounding anglers either gave tense reminders, watched with cold eyes, or looked on with schadenfreude.

It must be said, the green-haired young man had real luck, but if he were to let his catch fly away, he would have truly blown it~

Fortunately, under the guidance of the middle-aged man and others, the green-haired young man slowly dragged the Cold Star Carp back to him until it was safely secured in a fish basket equipped with a Star Power seal.

”That was close...”

The green-haired young man exhaled deeply, casting grateful glances at the surrounding middle-aged man and others.

”Such a big Cold Star Carp could probably be exchanged for an Epic Star Card!” The green-haired young man looked at the Cold Star Carp in the fish basket with a full face of delight.

The greater the storm, the higher the price for fish!

Due to the influence of the Grey Realm, the dense grey mist over the sea had been thickening over the past five years, so much so that even the military found it difficult to observe the distant sea.

Although the Grey Realm had not yet launched a formal attack, beast tides of varying sizes occasionally struck the coastal areas, including the Black Qun Islands.

In the past two years, beast tides had become more frequent, with rumors suggesting that the Grey Realm might ”attack tomorrow,” so fewer and fewer people dared to come to the sea to fish for Cold Star Carp.

As a result, the price of Cold Star Carp had been skyrocketing every year, now having increased dozens of times!

”Even Brother Nie managed to catch one, yet Brother Su still hasn’t?”

The crowd looked at Su Yuan beside Uncle Chen, who still had no catch, and sighed; fishing truly depended on both luck and patience~

At that moment, the ever-calm Su Yuan suddenly had a flash in his eyes, murmuring, ”Looks like my fish is about to bite...”

Next to him, Uncle Chen glanced at Su Yuan’s unmoving float on the water surface, slightly puzzled.

”Hmm?!” Just then, someone suddenly exclaimed, ”Look at the sea! Is there something there?!”

Everyone looked towards the distance, where the vast sea’s misty grey fog began to surge unexpectedly.

As everyone focused their Star Power and looked carefully, it wasn’t hard to spot countless dense black dots appearing over the sea under the grey mist’s cover...

”Demon Beasts? So many Demon Beasts!”

”It’s a massive beast tide!”

Beside Su Yuan, Uncle Chen’s face changed, staring intently at the sea where the grey fog surged and demon beasts appeared.

Over the years, Uncle Chen had been fishing for Cold Star Carp there, and had experienced numerous beast tides of various scales, but the piercing, urgent warning was a first...

”No, it’s not a beast tide...!” Uncle Chen’s face turned pale, as if realizing something, he trembled, ”The Grey Realm is coming!”

The Grey Realm?!

Everyone’s pupils shrank as they looked at the countless demon beasts surging ahead, eyes instantly filled with growing terror...

On the main island of Black Qun Island.

”Detected Burning Sun Level 12! Detected Radiant Moon Level 216! Detected Shining Star Level 3205! Lower Three Levels...”

”It’s the Greyrealm army! Not a beast tide, it seems they’re really serious this time!”

”Why is it that just when it’s my turn to watch, the Greyrealm launches an attack... Damn it!”

The command post was filled with astonished cries, everyone staring at the Star Power detector with its dense, varied shades of red dots almost covering half of the projection, their eyes full of horror!

”Everyone, stay calm!”

At this moment, General Chang Bingtang, who was stationed at the command post, issued a series of commands in a resolute voice:

”Immediately send a crisis report to headquarters, requesting reinforcements and directions!”

”Initiate Level One combat readiness, combat personnel, communication personnel, logistics personnel... Everyone get ready for battle!”

”Activate the Sea Defense Array immediately, and prepare sufficient Star Stone supplies!”

Chang Bingtang was deeply alarmed too; the forces stationed at the Black Qun Islands had been increasing every year, including himself and two deputy generals, making three Burning Sun Level warriors.

But compared to the dense Greyrealm army at sea, it was nothing!

Yet at this moment, as the commanding general, he couldn’t afford to lose his composure!

Chang Bingtang shouted loudly, ”The Sea Defense Array is a Seventh-level Array. As long as we stabilize, we can surely hold until experts from the city arrive!”

Upon hearing Chang Bingtang’s calm and steady words, the people present, who were filled with fright, felt somewhat reassured.

After all, those who dared to come to such a frontline post like the Black Qun Islands were already prepared for sacrifice!

Although they were momentarily intimidated by the overwhelming Greyrealm army, their hearts filled with fear, they quickly subdued the panic in their hearts.

The troops stationed at Black Qun quickly sprang into action, getting into positions and activating defense installations.

Within moments, vast expanses of seawater surged up, transforming into an enormous inverted hemispherical shield, enveloping the entire Black Qun Islands!

As the Sea Defense Array rose, the profound, heavy, retrofluent water elements instantly reassured all the Black Qun stationed troops on the island.

The Sea Defense Array was a seventh-level defense array set up by Great Flame’s Barrier Master, with strong defense, great resilience, and the ability to self-repair through water elements.

And above the sea, with an endless supply of water, its power could be further enhanced, comparable to some top-tier seventh-level arrays.

Even under the attack of more than ten Burning Suns, it would surely hold for a while...

But as Chang Bingtang watched the increasingly numerous demon beast army on the detection device, the number of Burning Suns detected from the sea surged to nearly twenty in just a moment!

”How can there be so many?!”

Chang Bingtang’s face showed a look of shock, his hands pressing firmly on the alloy tabletop, leaving indented marks.

”Any news from headquarters yet?” Chang Bingtang couldn’t help but ask the Radiant Moon deputy beside him holding a military communication device.

”General Chang, not yet!” The deputy was also anxious, and just then, a green light appeared on the communication device, ”Hmm? Got it!”

Before the deputy had finished speaking, Chang Bingtang had already snatched the communication device.

”Yes, it’s confirmed to be the Greyrealm army, at least over ten thousand if counting the Lower Three Levels!”

”What, almost the entire coast and every country have been attacked?!”

”What should we do here? Hmm? What did you say, reinforcements are already on the way? How many, where are they!”

”Hello, hello...!”

Before he finished speaking, the communication signal was disrupted and cut off.

Chang Bingtang looked at the suddenly ineffective communication device, immediately realizing the call had been interfered with, and his expression darkened as he slammed the device onto the table with a thud!

The deputy beside him, and indeed everyone in the command post, were secretly paying attention to this call.

The deputy couldn’t help but ask, ”General Chang, what did headquarters say?”

Chang Bingtang frowned, ”They said reinforcements are already on the way.”

Upon hearing this word, everyone was puzzled and looked uneasy.

Already on the way?

The vast surrounding sea areas are under the surveillance of the Black Qun station, where are the reinforcements?

Could it be that they’re entangled by Greyrealm Demon Beasts... or even, already wiped out!

Suddenly, the atmosphere in the scene reached an extreme tension.

At this moment, bursts of roaring sounds came from outside, indicating that demon beasts had already reached the perimeter of the island and started attacking the Sea Defense Array.

Chang Bingtang, seeing this, took a deep breath and shouted loudly, ”Reinforcements are about to arrive, everyone, follow me outside to defend until they get here!”

The crowd steadied their emotions and responded, ”Yes!”