Zhao Fu was startled as well. Both hands clamped tightly around the fishing rod, but that force was astonishingly great. Even using all his strength, Zhao Fu was still somewhat outmatched, dragged onward by that thing.
"This might be an enormous creature. Its size is definitely not small."
Feeling that shocking force, Zhao Fu made his guess inwardly. Unwilling to be outdone, he summoned the power of a king and gripped the fishing rod tightly, deadlocked with that thing. Under the clash of two immense forces, the fishing line stretched taut, and even the rod began to bend.
Even a Legendary-grade fishing rod was at risk of breaking now.
Zhao Fu still held tightly to the fishing rod. He did not know what this creature was. It might be a Divine Fish, but it could also be a fish monster living in the Li River. Either way, it was certainly no ordinary creature. Zhao Fu would never let it get away, so he absolutely would not loosen his grip.
That thing exerted tremendous force, continuously dragging Zhao Fu's small boat forward. Because Zhao Fu held tightly to the rod, the boat was being pulled relatively slowly. Otherwise, it would have flown across the river's surface. Neither side wanted to lose, making this battle somewhat difficult.
It now depended on who ran out of strength first. Whoever did would lose. Zhao Fu understood this, so he was in no rush to haul the creature up. Even if he wanted to pull it in now, he could not. He could only wait until its strength waned before reeling it in.
Ten minutes!
Twenty minutes!
Thirty minutes!
After an hour, that thing's strength finally began to weaken, and the force pulling on the rod lessened.
Zhao Fu began to exert himself, forcefully