Four Split Personalities

"To be honest, it really took a lot of effort."

The player with the game ID [Hole Carving] who, like Dark Light, shares the ’Ripple Fishing Rod’ achievement and occupies the top of Ola West Continent’s Fishing Hall of Fame with 99125 points, happily smiled, curling his lips wryly: "You have to admit, Little Light, compared to your ’Divine Dragon Rod’, my ’Conquer Dragon Rod’, which is more threatening to large fish with strengths over three hundred, is more to the taste of the Ferocious Thorn Shark."

"Not necessarily."

Dark Light shook his head slightly, calmly stating the facts: "If I remember correctly, because of the inherent ’Beast Soul’ attribute, your ’Conquer Dragon Rod’ should only have a durability of 700, while the ’Divine Dragon Rod’s durability is..."

"2100 points, a full three times more, I know, of course."

Ke Yi smiled warmly, raised his hand to adjust his collar, and elegantly said: "Given our gold carving level, as long as we prepare enough materials in advance, repairing this rod takes less than three seconds."

"Hope you can still be this confident later."

Dark Light said nonchalantly, pulling out a delicate pocket watch from his pocket, shifting his gaze from the handsome guy nearby to focus entirely on the second hand of the watch.

The weather is, light mist.

The bait is the rock fish from this lake area.

The time left is, according to system time, 3 minutes and 17 seconds.

But...

That’s wrong!

Only a handful of people know that the game’s system time corresponds to standard time at the bustling Silver Plate Leisure Place located in the southern Ola West Continent.

In other words, at this very moment, there is a time difference with the Bania Special Administrative Region and the system time, albeit a minor one, but...

[3 minutes and 12 seconds]

Dark Light took a deep breath and closed the pocket watch in his hand.

The only reason for checking this was to confirm the specific time error of the system; holding it all the time would affect his rod swinging speed later.

"You always refuse to waste any second, whether it’s star biting or reeling in the rod."

Ke Yi smiled slightly, walking slowly to a close spot beside Dark Light, casually pulling out a stool from his bag, sitting on it and shrugging: "Honestly, I like this aspect of you, Little Light."

"I don’t recall us knowing each other well enough for you to call me that."

A trace of displeasure crossed Dark Light’s eyes, and he said blandly: "Also, you’re sitting too close."

"Haha, this lake isn’t owned by your family~"

Ke Yi laughed out loud, then suddenly took a serious tone: "I have a premonition that today, the battle between us will officially come to an end, Little Light. You should know, before the next leaderboard update, the Ferocious Thorn Shark will not appear again."

Dark Light twitched the corners of his mouth: "I just want to open the Pokédex."

"There’s no difference; after all, we are both passionate about fishing."

Ke Yi shrugged, laughing lightly: "So, let’s make a bet with this Ferocious Thorn Shark, the only one neither of us has caught."

Dark Light didn’t respond, but twisted his lips, noncommittal.

"Oh right, did you change your appearance when you entered the game?"

Ke Yi suddenly asked out of nowhere.

"No."

Feeling a bit nervous inside (since the Ferocious Thorn Shark appears only once every three months), Dark Light didn’t mind casually chatting with the other party about random stuff to relieve the tension.

"Haha, what a coincidence, neither did I."

Ke Yi clapped his hands happily, proposing with a grin: "If I catch the Ferocious Thorn Shark first, would you agree to date me?"

"Date you what?"

"Date, as in going out with me, I’ll buy the world announcement to let everyone know we are together."

"You might be somewhat ill..."

"Huh?"

"Oh, I mean, you’re overthinking it. I play this game to fish, not for online dating."

"In fact, I don’t have a girlfriend in real life either."

"Long-distance relationships are bad civilization."

"I could buy... uh, rent a house in your city."

"Thanks, but it’s too obvious, and unfortunately, I’m not really short of money."

"Alright then, do you know the new feature ’Battle Chronicles’ just opened?"

"What is that?"

"A system-operated restaurant, which can achieve 30% simulation."

"And then? You’re planning to change careers to become a chef and have me sell fish to you at a friendly price?"

"I’m saying, if I win, could we find a time to have a Haidilao meal together?"

"Not interested."

"If I lose, my [Conquer Dragon Rod] is yours."

"Deal."

Dark Light’s calm eyes were instantly filled with desire.

Of course, she didn’t plan to fulfill the promise. After all, Ke Yi himself said it would be ’find a time’, and as for how to find this time... Of course, it can’t be found.

But the [Conquer Dragon Rod] is a great thing, want it! Super want it!

Dark Light clenched her fists, suddenly filled with motivation.

Then...

"By the way, what’s that big ’bounty’ on your head?"

For the sake of the fishing rod, Dark Light asked curiously, taking another look at Ke Yi.

"Haha, some girl kept pestering me the other day, and one of her suitors got heated and put a million bounty on me."

Ke Yi shrugged helplessly, saying helplessly: "If it weren’t for this half month doing the [Conquer Dragon Rod] task and I couldn’t die during the task, I would’ve already asked a friend to claim the bounty."

[A million! Enough to buy me two new glamour outfits!]

Dark Light turned her head to hide the even brighter desire in her eyes, quietly asking: "Didn’t you just finish?"

"Finished just half an hour ago, fishing first, clearing the bounty later won’t be too late."

"Oh..."

"What, don’t tell me you’re also interested in this bounty, hahahaha."

"No... no."

"Even if you are, it’s pointless; we’re both dedicated fishers, are you planning on using a fishing rod to beat me to death~"

Ke Yi made a comical expression.

Dark Light shook her head and said nothing more.

Time ticked by, second by second, then—

Swoosh!

Swoosh!

With two sharp whistling sounds, phantoms of dragons swept through the air, as Dark Light and Ke Yi cast their rods simultaneously.

The time has come!

Two seconds later, Ke Yi, sitting on the stool, single-handedly lifted the hook, pulling out a hideously looking, earth-yellow monster fish from the water, then elegantly swinging the rod in a half-arc before throwing the fish back the instant the system judgment concluded—

[Using Small to Catch Big]!

At the same time, Dark Light, two seconds late in lifting the hook, also threw out the freshly caught [Rock Fish] once again!

[Using Small to Catch Big]!

Then suddenly, Ke Yi’s hand holding the Conquer Dragon Rod shook abruptly, hooked!

Without a moment’s hesitation, this handsome guy instantly pulled out a small knife, decisively cut the fishing line, and then relied on the Conquer Dragon Rod’s trait of auto-generating fishing line to cast again.

For rare large fish like the Ferocious Thorn Shark, hook time surely wouldn’t be less than 30 seconds, and even with skill enhancements, it’s impossible to hook within 20 seconds, so what bit was miscellaneous fish!

Lifting the hook, waiting for judgment, releasing the fish, waiting for judgment and then casting again is really too time-consuming, so Ke Yi chose to pay an extra 5 durability, directly cut the line, and immediately cast again, this way at least saving 2 seconds or so.

Twenty suffocating seconds later, the Divine Dragon Rod in Dark Light’s hand gave a sudden jolt.

Ke Yi, beside her, immediately looked horrified.

This time, this strength, hit!

But in the next moment, as Dark Light jerked the rod vigorously, her body suddenly tilted, and the hook she pulled up was empty, bringing up nothing at all!

This is...

[The hook is off; I just knew it wasn’t going to be that easy!]

Taking a deep breath and forcing herself to remain calm, Dark Light casually waved her hand, scattering a glowing substance with exotic fragrance.

[Urgent Bait]

Next second, the fishhook that had just dipped into the water was lifted almost the moment ripples arose, and just like that a rock fish was swiftly pulled up.

Then—

Using all its strength, the Divine Dragon Rod whooshed down.

[Using Small to Catch Big]!

The battle continues——

Chapter 1135: End