Physical mage, challenge me to a solo duel!

As we all know, fishing is a recreational activity (scratch that) that requires both skill and luck, but it's not a serious sport.

Fishermen are generally wealthy and have plenty of free time, making them winners in life. They often possess many superior qualities that surpass those of ordinary people, such as:

Patience (able to sit still for many hours even if there are no fish);

Resolute (unafraid of air force attacks);

Hardworking and able to endure hardship (ice fishing, cliff fishing, sea fishing, night fishing, can withstand any environment).

Knowledgeable and shrewd (you learn a lot of things besides fish while fishing);

Undeterred by danger (daring to go to any fishing spot, no matter how dangerous);

Etc., etc.

So when Wang Yi asked Wang Jiang if he knew how to fish, Wang Jiang answered very decisively:

"Won't."

Wang Yi rolled off Wang Jiang's shoulder and started running alongside him, continuing, "It's alright, I don't know either. Activate your Golden Light Body, speed up and create distance, we'll talk in detail up ahead."

After speaking, Wang Yi released her golden light and suddenly accelerated, leaving everyone else in the dust.

The king then followed.

After the two had created a considerable distance between them, they stopped. Wang Yi took the dark halberd from Wang Jiang's hand, held one end of the blade, and then gestured for Wang Jiang to hold the shaft.

He raised his right foot and placed it about a third of the way down from the halberd blade, then said to the king, "I've never fished before, but I've always seen a fishhook, right? Help me bend this halberd to use as a fishhook."

Wang Jiang nodded, but first took out a pair of military boots from the backpack behind him: "Put these on, otherwise your feet won't be able to support them."

Wang Yi's shoes were damaged when he escaped the swamp, and now that he was running so fast barefoot, his feet were covered with fine cuts from the grass.

After taking the boots and putting them on, Wang Yi and Wang Jiang stood close together, each raising an adjacent leg and using it as a fulcrum at one-third of the length of the halberd.

Wang Yi held the halberd at the blade, while Wang Jiang held it at the end near the ferrule.

Taking a deep breath, Wang Yi and Wang Jiang exchanged a glance and began to count down:

"Three, two, one, turn!"

The two men's golden bodies shone brightly, their arm muscles bulging and their outer garments taut.

Ta-da! Ta-da! Ta-da! ...

The sturdy, dark halberd groaned under the strain, then gradually began to deform.

Their muscles and bones were also under immense strain.

"Three, two, one, loosen."

The two paused briefly, took a few deep breaths, and Wang Yi connected them with a healing beam of light before continuing:

"Three, two, one, continue!"

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM...

With their combined efforts, Wang Yi and Wang Jiang managed to bend the halberd into the shape of a fishhook after several attempts.

The two sides of the halberd blade are perfectly positioned to form barbs, and it really does look quite realistic.

After the halberd was modified, both of them were covered in sweat and panting heavily, supporting their knees.

The king glanced at Wang Yi, and was surprised.

How did this kid's strength suddenly increase so much? Although both of them were using their golden light bodies, Wang Yi deliberately chose the shorter part.

However, judging from her performance, Wang Yi seemed much more relaxed than Wang Jiang.

Before the king could think too much, footsteps began to sound behind the two of them.

Jiang Yue and his two companions, who had fallen far behind, had caught up.

"We're still missing some bait." Wang Yi used his Eagle Vision technique to scan the surrounding magical beasts and said to Wang Jiang, "Go help those behind us. Be careful that the earthworm doesn't actually catch up with us. I'll go catch some bait."

After saying that, Wang Yi ran sideways, temporarily deviating from the group's direction of travel.

After searching for a while, Wang Yi quickly spotted a small group of low-level magical beasts called "Pan Sheep".

Having chosen a target of suitable size, Wang Yi charged forward despite the magic of the flock of sheep, knocked it down, bound its hooves with green vines, and carried it away.

As for the remaining herd of ibex, upon seeing such a apex predator charging in so fiercely, they scattered in terror after a fruitless resistance, each fleeing for their own lives.

Wang Yi was also considering whether to catch more earthworms to use as bait, but he was afraid that if the earthworms ate too many, they would stop biting the hook.

He's really determined to kill right now.

When Wang Yi, carrying the ram, returned to the team, he saw Wang Jiang supporting the panting Qi Xiaohao with one hand and the unsteady-stepping Jiang Yingying with the other, so that the two of them could not run anymore.

Jiang Yue's complexion was also not good, and his steps were stiff when he ran, so it seemed that he could not continue for long.

Although it had only been running for about ten minutes, the geology of Takegawa Hara Bridge was all soil, which was particularly suitable for releasing swamp magic. The conversion not only saved magic power, but also made it very fast.

So the mud behind them chased after them like a death knell.

Jiang Yue and his two companions ran with almost all their might to avoid being overtaken by the swamp, which naturally resulted in severe exhaustion.

Seeing Wang Yi return with a huge curved hook in his hand and a whole ram on his shoulder, the group finally understood Wang Yi's intentions.

"Will it... will it eat?" Qi Xiaohao asked breathlessly, his words barely coherent.

"If this thing were truly intelligent, it wouldn't have relentlessly pursued us for so long. Why wouldn't we take advantage of something so readily available?"

Wang Yi, however, was quite confident, and then asked Wang Jiang, "Are there any more ropes?"

Wang pulled out a coil of finely woven ultra-high molecular weight polypropylene rope, about the thickness of a finger, from his backpack: "There are probably about a hundred meters left."

This rope was originally used to tie tiger bones. Qi Xiaohao has always been willing to spend money on supplies, so this is top-grade military quality and its sturdiness goes without saying.

"That's enough." Wang Yi took the rope, shook it, and let Wang Jiang grab a section and run away to find the center.

Then, using a rolling finger technique, the rope was wrapped more than ten times, and the center of the rope was tied to the tail of the halberd, dividing it into two ropes, each fifty meters long.

The ferrule of the halberd is a protruding ring, so there's no need to worry about the rope coming loose.

After tying the rope, Wang Yi, fearing it wasn't secure enough, said to Jiang Yue, "Old Jiang, wrap a ring of ice chains around the outside of the rope to increase its strength."

Although the rope is very strong, the earthworm has a mud flow spell, so it would be troublesome if it were cut.

Jiang Yue released icy chains that wove around the halberd and rope, and Wang Yi added another layer of green vines to wrap around it, instantly turning the thumb-thick rope into an arm-thick one.

However, considering the enormous size of the earthworm, this is nothing.

Wang Yi raised the fishhook made from his halberd and pierced the ram's body, causing blood to gush out.

To ensure the ram was live bait, Wang Yi released a healing ray of light onto it.

As a novice angler, Wang Yi didn't know much.

Anyway, the fishing hooks, fishing lines, and bait are all ready.

As for the fishing rod, of course there was none; it was all thanks to Wang Yi and Wang Jiang pulling it out by hand.

However, there was nowhere to land on the plains, so a suitable fishing platform was needed to wrestle with the earthworms.

Recalling Jiang Yue's actions when he saved them, Wang Yi asked Jiang Yingying, "Do you know how to use rock spikes?"